Posted on 01/29/2014 7:22:03 AM PST by Lazamataz
Atlanta, Georgia was covered with what, in other parts of the country, might be considered a light dusting of snow. Approximately one to three inches of snow fell since noon Tuesday, and continued until about 5:00PM that same day.
Due to poor planning, bad decisions by employers and school officials, and slow reaction by commuters, a gridlock has happened that put the entire Metro area, and many major highways, entirely out of commission.
There are reports of some people who have been in their cars, stationary, for as many as 16 hours -- including one person who reports being on the road 21 hours. Many motorists have run out of gasoline, and quite a few commuters abandoned their vehicles to go into local restaurants and stores to keep warm.
HERO rescue trucks and salt-spreading vehicles have found it impossible to perform their duties due to the complete gridlock. Various city and county officials cannot predict when the crisis will ease.
It is estimated that 100,000 to as many as 250,000 people have been stranded overnight, and since the prediction is for no temperature increase over freezing (except for briefly midday) there is no estimate to when the gridlock will ease.
Road conditions are called 'extremely slick and very icy' and many accidents have been reported.
What is so great about this ice mess is that it’ll be in the 60s this weekend! :)
That’s right....only for me it’s more I won’t take the risk of being without my car...I’m the only it for everything! So you don’t take risks you might otherwise.
bull. Here is South Alabama our guys were on the ball and ready as we could be. We may not get ice and snow that often, but Atlanta does just about every winter. Atlanta's Muslim Mayor dropped the ball, and the people of Atlanta seemed to have forgotten to put their brains back in their heads before leaving home.
bttt
The dramatization of normal weather plays a part here. Talked to relatives in Atlanta this morning. It was 7 degrees. She said the LOCAL weather people have been predicting snow every week- NO ONE BELIEVES them anymore; so they didn’t believe this either. That’s what happens when every rainstorm is named, every snowfall is impending disaster-and nothing happens. You know that, down here, with hurricanes the locals can tell the difference between ‘theatre’ and science re. weather. This has become a nation of WUSSIES re. weather. Our ancestors-who withstood blizzards in log cabins-would be ashamed at people quivering in terror of normal, seasonal weather.
go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g 8^}
Cheer up! At least you have made progress. You are bound to keep improving.
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