Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

SNOWMAGEDDON! Atlanta Shut Down Entirely
Source: Personal observations. | 1/29/2014 | By Laz A. Mataz

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: algore; globalcooling; globalwarming
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-147 next last
To: Pan_Yan; Lazamataz

I pictured the exact same thing when I read that.


41 posted on 01/29/2014 8:05:31 AM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

My office said we open at 10:00. I got in the car and slid down an ice hill and barely dodged some poor lady spun out at the bottom. I could have made it to 85N, but turned around and went home. I have bourbon, my boss can kiss it!


42 posted on 01/29/2014 8:06:52 AM PST by The Toll
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: Hoodat
I admit it. I am PajamaBoy.

I've been fooling you all, all these years.

Let me brew you some Hot Choddy and talk to you about signing up for Obamacare!

43 posted on 01/29/2014 8:07:13 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Say what you will about Southern California.

My East Coast and Southern relatives are always asking when I’m moving out.

High today: 77 degrees and my Washington navel oranges are ripe.

THAT’S why I’m not moving.


44 posted on 01/29/2014 8:09:01 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Don't want to brag...but I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

I hate driving in icy conditions. Rather face snow than that stuff.


45 posted on 01/29/2014 8:09:45 AM PST by mware
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Actually..and I can`t believe I`m saying this...N.O. Did a good job with this `crisis`. Schools were shut down in advance. Roads closed as needed..I10 totally shut now. The officials did things right...shocking I know. Its still below freezing and iced over so roads are empty. There are always morons who WILL go out but they actually have this handled! I kno...cold day in hell..Feels like 15 outside...I LOVE it,wish it would last ttill May.


46 posted on 01/29/2014 8:11:16 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

In the Chattanooga area, the weatherman did not predict this was coming, so schools, etc were not prepared

I have folks who live there and they barely made it home......by actually leaving their cars by the side of the road or parking lots.....in other words, they walked home

130 car accidents in a matter of hours

Like Atlanta, it’s always the ice


47 posted on 01/29/2014 8:12:15 AM PST by Guenevere
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bon of Babble
Ok. Enjoy that. We get this sort of weather stuff once every 5 years -- on the other hand, we have great gun laws, good tax laws, no insane environmental regulations (at the state level), a business environment conducive to unencumbered commerce, and a solid Christian population.

I'll stay here. :)

48 posted on 01/29/2014 8:13:08 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Another topic could be MyRA - whatever that will be. It will likely have a nice web-based interface, like one-way (contributions only), mandated deductibles into the Void.


49 posted on 01/29/2014 8:14:30 AM PST by locountry1dr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: yarddog

I’m not far from Cocoa Beach, and yesterday was sunny and balmy


50 posted on 01/29/2014 8:15:27 AM PST by Guenevere
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
Our corporate home office is in Atlanta. They're out of the office today because of 1.5" of snow.

Some unfortunate employees camped out overnight inside their cars on I-285 while others were stranded in parking lots because they drove to work into a snowstorm with no fuel in their vehicle's gas tanks.

Everyone trapped was wearing office attire.

It's not the dearth of government salt/sand trucks that's the problem here, Laz.

51 posted on 01/29/2014 8:15:34 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

New news... car on fire at Brookhaven MARTA station.


52 posted on 01/29/2014 8:17:10 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: The KG9 Kid
. They're out of the office today because of 1.5" of snow.

No, not necessarily the snow. It's what the snow became.... ice. The ice made travelling nearly impossible.

53 posted on 01/29/2014 8:17:58 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Will all the private sector workers still get paid like those Fedgov employees?

BTW, it’s sunny and supposed to get to be 75 degrees today in S. California.


54 posted on 01/29/2014 8:18:08 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: locountry1dr

MyRA! That’s right! Get covered by MyRA! It’s a GOOD INVESTMENT in your future, and ABSOLUTELY WON’T BE ANYTHING LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY!


55 posted on 01/29/2014 8:18:52 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

And MyRA will NEVER get twisted into “MyNRA”as a whole other investment premise...

They just don’t even think 2 steps ahead. But that’s a good thing.


56 posted on 01/29/2014 8:23:20 AM PST by locountry1dr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Sounds like lots of kids had quite the adventure, camping out at school last night. Feel real bad for those kids stuck on the school bus all night. If those buses are anything like when I was a kid you could freeze to death before you got to school.


57 posted on 01/29/2014 8:24:31 AM PST by mware
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek

791 car accidents. That’s a lot.


58 posted on 01/29/2014 8:27:31 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
Yes, I've been there. Northern Atlanta metro area is all rolling hills and twisty roads. I understand that one inch of snow can turn it into chaos.

Come to Northern Nevada and I will show you spiky mountains and roads with vertical climbs, ice that never leaves until May, and highways that look like bobsled runs with walls of snow on both sides. It starts snowing here in September. Well, not this year anyway.

I'd still like an answer for thousands of commuters driving into a snowstorm wearing business attire with their car's gas tank on 'E'.

59 posted on 01/29/2014 8:33:15 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: The KG9 Kid
I'd still like an answer for thousands of commuters driving into a snowstorm wearing business attire with their car's gas tank on 'E'.

They aren't named "Laz"?

60 posted on 01/29/2014 8:35:16 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-147 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson