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Snowmageddon 2022 (2 Viewers)

This Georgia governor is gonna swing... totally invisible, when CNN calls, you have to go deal with it, have to, major player in the state.

Now doing a presser putting a rosy face on things...too late Gov, accountability counts.

 
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Wife is still stuck at her school and daughter at her babysitters. Looking doubtful to me I see them tonight. High is now looking like 30 at best. The roads are sheets of ice with cars literally abandoned in the middle of many roads.

 
NCCommish said:
stbugs said:
NCCommish said:
stbugs said:
NCCommish said:
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Geez, what a freaking mess. I was pissed my kids got out early, but that was because we knew the snow around here wouldn't even start until around 6, or a couple hours after everyone would be home. While I am sure the side roads are a little bad around here, kids are home again and it snowed so little that the grass is still poking through the snow. There will probably be a delay tomorrow morning as well. Seems like Hotlanta always gets hit way worse than Charlotte.
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More than a little and it isn't just neighborhood roads.
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Our street is now completely devoid of any snow/ice. In fact, it will probably be completely dry not too much longer. We may have not gotten hit with much south of town, but I know we will have another delay tomorrow even though the roads around here should be dry overnight. There isn't enough stuff on the roads to melt and re-freeze and the stuff on the grass won't melt.That said, I expected to have them home today, I just didn't get the ridiculously early dismissal yesterday. I understand you don't want to get in an Atlanta situation, but they left school after it was already bad. Our kids were home 5-6 hours before precipitation even started. Even the weather had it hitting our area around dinner time earlier in the day. I am all for safety, but our kids were home when the snow was hitting Atlanta, still way away from us. Atlanta should have closed before us, so they effed that up royally.
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Well as I said Arrowwood was a skating rink at 8 AM. Cars in ditches, cars stuck trying to go up hills, very icy at stop lights. Not sure how it is now of course but this morning it was no joke.
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Understood, I believe you. My buddy had to help someone get unstuck on the way to work and said it was bad this morning. I was out running an errand at dinner time, about 4 hours after my oldest was the last to get home when I saw the first flake hit my windshield. I knew when I saw that first flake that the kids were home today. I have no issue today at all, it would have been dangerous for the buses and kids. I was just annoyed at the early dismissal yesterday. It was as much of a conservative approach as Atlanta was a stupid approach.
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I guess they went with better safe than sorry.
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True, but there was no need. Even the forecasts in the morning had nothing starting until after school was done. Not getting treacherous but not even starting. If you are going to end school at 11:30, what was the point of going? If you are going to wait until the next day to send them home early, why not actually look at the forecast at that point and realize there won't even be a flake on the ground until a couple hours after the last dismissal.
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I bet that was long enough to qualify it as an official school day for the federal dollars.
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Exactly. My mom is a retired principal and she always said they waited for that. Yesterday her old district released at 10 am and every single kid and teacher made it home. My wife's district waited for 11:15 and they are still there.

 
The Commish said:
MAC_32 said:
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Check out this video of atlanta my buddy just posted to Facebook... holy ####.

Biggest Accident I've Ever Seen

EDIT: Now it appears it's shared footage from 2yrs ago in ohio :lol: Nevermind
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If it's the one I'm thinking of only one person died. They got out of their car after crashing and was hit by another crashing car while they were inspecting the damage on their car.

If you're ever in a situation like this, if you're jammed up - just stay put. If you're out in the open and see an opportunity to get away,run like hell and don't check out your car's damage first. Don't want to be mowed down by a semi out in the open, but don't want another crashing car to take you out while you inspect the damage.
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These pale in comparison to the "fog" wrecks on i-40 going from Asheville to TN. I think it was around 1990 the smaller of the two (in my lifetime) happened. It was like 75 cars and 10-15 killed.
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I saw a 75 car pile up in Alaska. I was staying with a girl off base. Coming back we ran into a near white out. I still don't know how we got through unscathed. I claim it was my superior driving. But there was a lot of dumb luck involved. I couldn't see crap but I knew I had to keep moving or I was going to get mashed. Scary stuff.

 
NCCommish said:
The Commish said:
MAC_32 said:
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Check out this video of atlanta my buddy just posted to Facebook... holy ####.

Biggest Accident I've Ever Seen

EDIT: Now it appears it's shared footage from 2yrs ago in ohio :lol: Nevermind
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If it's the one I'm thinking of only one person died. They got out of their car after crashing and was hit by another crashing car while they were inspecting the damage on their car.

If you're ever in a situation like this, if you're jammed up - just stay put. If you're out in the open and see an opportunity to get away,run like hell and don't check out your car's damage first. Don't want to be mowed down by a semi out in the open, but don't want another crashing car to take you out while you inspect the damage.
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These pale in comparison to the "fog" wrecks on i-40 going from Asheville to TN. I think it was around 1990 the smaller of the two (in my lifetime) happened. It was like 75 cars and 10-15 killed.
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I saw a 75 car pile up in Alaska. I was staying with a girl off base. Coming back we ran into a near white out. I still don't know how we got through unscathed. I claim it was my superior driving. But there was a lot of dumb luck involved. I couldn't see crap but I knew I had to keep moving or I was going to get mashed. Scary stuff.
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161 in Mobile in the 90's due to fog.

 
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Isn't it a "full day" of school by federal standards if all the kids get through their lunch periods?
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I think that's for the lunch subsidies. The time of release on the clock has to do with meeting state standards for counting an official day of school. to to have to make it up.

 
Ok....we were always told that if we made it through lunch we didn't have to make the day up. Maybe that's just how NC rolled then.

 
My buddy in high school was a big fan of smoking weed and watching the Weather Channel during any weather emergency. Taking a trip down memory lane. As good as ever.

 
Somebody might want to clue cnn into the difference between snow and ice. They have become comically awful in just about every significant news event.

 
scottybo said:
NCCommish said:
The Commish said:
MAC_32 said:
[icon] said:
Check out this video of atlanta my buddy just posted to Facebook... holy ####.

Biggest Accident I've Ever Seen

EDIT: Now it appears it's shared footage from 2yrs ago in ohio :lol: Nevermind
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If it's the one I'm thinking of only one person died. They got out of their car after crashing and was hit by another crashing car while they were inspecting the damage on their car.

If you're ever in a situation like this, if you're jammed up - just stay put. If you're out in the open and see an opportunity to get away,run like hell and don't check out your car's damage first. Don't want to be mowed down by a semi out in the open, but don't want another crashing car to take you out while you inspect the damage.
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These pale in comparison to the "fog" wrecks on i-40 going from Asheville to TN. I think it was around 1990 the smaller of the two (in my lifetime) happened. It was like 75 cars and 10-15 killed.
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I saw a 75 car pile up in Alaska. I was staying with a girl off base. Coming back we ran into a near white out. I still don't know how we got through unscathed. I claim it was my superior driving. But there was a lot of dumb luck involved. I couldn't see crap but I knew I had to keep moving or I was going to get mashed. Scary stuff.
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161 in Mobile in the 90's due to fog.
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2 years ago today was the pileup on I75 in Gainesville that killed 10 people...only like 19 cars/semis involved but it was pretty deadly. Fog was the factor.http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-01-29/news/os-deadly-i-75-crash-20120129_1_pileup-fog-and-smoke-southbound-lanes

 
This press conference is an absolute disaster for anyone associated with this....the Georgia emergency management guy saying gridlock wasn't a problem at 3:30-4pm yesterday, you're either ignorant or a liar... neither is good

 
First New Orleans and now Atlanta, this is proof that people who make movies grossly exaggerated your chances of escaping the cities if there is a real zombie attack.

 
Mark Davis said:
Wife is still stuck at her school and daughter at her babysitters. Looking doubtful to me I see them tonight. High is now looking like 30 at best. The roads are sheets of ice with cars literally abandoned in the middle of many roads.
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Best wishes GBMD. Give your girls an extra big hug from this part of the internet when you see them. I couldn't imagine being in a similar situation.

 
Went for a walk along some major roads around here. Mostly a sheet of ice still, but good melting is starting in places. Was seeing more and more vehicles on the road as I walked, of course driving like idiots -- way too fast, tailgating, etc. Typical Atlanta driving behavior, essentially -- hey, I've got an F150 4x4, speed limit is 45, so I can go 50, even up and down huge hills and around blind curves. The one or two cars driving sensibly at 20-25 mph had a caravan behind them, each vehicle less than a car length behind.

Told the wife to stay put, let this melt today and let these idiots get home, and give it a go tomorrow.

 
Homer J Simpson said:
3 out of 5 said:
Smack Tripper said:
massraider said:
Publix had stranded drivers sleeping in their supermarkets.
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They and Home Depot get it as companies, they deserve great praise for their response to this, particularly the depot... wonderful free press and smart smart management, all from being just decent humans
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Chick fil A fed and housed a lot of people as well.
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No gays though.
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They're mostly grass-eatin' vegertarin's anyways.

 
Saw a note taped to a mailbox -- IF YOU CANNOT GET HOME, COME IN FOR SHELTER/COFFEE -- JUDY AND MIKE. Thought that was really nice.

But, no Kona or Sumatra, and all they had for creamer was Coffee Mate French Vanilla!!!!! I told Judy her coffee sucks.

 
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We made it out, headed back to charlotte. We took surface streets down to Buckhead and hopped on 400 all the way out. There were places on the streets that had at least an inch of ice. Had to help push as couple other cars along, just to keep the roads moving. Had to break out the kitty litter even.

US400 has been smooth sailing - no ice, no traffic. Literally hundreds of cars abandoned on the side of the road & at each exit.

 
McGarnicle said:
Saw a note taped to a mailbox -- IF YOU CANNOT GET HOME, COME IN FOR SHELTER/COFFEE -- JUDY AND MIKE. Thought that was really nice.

But, no Kona or Sumatra, and all they had for creamer was Coffee Mate French Vanilla!!!!! I told Judy her coffee sucks.
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No Kona? What are they barbarians?

 
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We made it out, headed back to charlotte. We took surface streets down to Buckhead and hopped on 400 all the way out. There were places on the streets that had at least an inch of ice. Had to help push as couple other cars along, just to keep the roads moving. Had to break out the kitty litter even.

US400 has been smooth sailing - no ice, no traffic. Literally hundreds of cars abandoned on the side of the road & at each exit.
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Good luck

 
NCCommish said:
McGarnicle said:
Saw a note taped to a mailbox -- IF YOU CANNOT GET HOME, COME IN FOR SHELTER/COFFEE -- JUDY AND MIKE. Thought that was really nice.

But, no Kona or Sumatra, and all they had for creamer was Coffee Mate French Vanilla!!!!! I told Judy her coffee sucks.
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No Kona? What are they barbarians?
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It was all I could do not to throw the mug against the wall.

Seriously though, there is a vibe of community, helping, and empathy out there today. It's nice to see. I expect it to last another...............it's gone.

 
Apple Jack said:
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They should have cancelled school earlier. Getting in a situation where kids have to spend night in school because of 2" of snow is pretty ridiculous.
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You can drive on two inches of snow. You cannot drive on ice.
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:goodposting:

I lived in central Indiana for 9 years, and I've lived in South Dakota for the past 15. The occasional ice storm that we used to get back in IN was orders of magnitude worse than anything we get up here besides the occasional zero-visibility blizzard. Snow is very easy to handle, but there's you can do about ice.

 
Stranded for 3 days in Birmingham. It's been 70-80 degrees for a month straight in So Cal. I want to go back home. Pure ice here - this SUCKS.

 
little offtopic, but do you guys know of any type of ice or solution that will de-ice your sidewalk and not eat the concrete up

 
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NCCommish said:
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NCCommish said:
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Abandoned cars are being towed at owners' expense. :thumbup:
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Now that's some crap.
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Well sure, but whose expense should it be? Roads have to be cleared.
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Maybe the municipality that completely and utterly dropped the ball? Of course that still means taxpayers but it makes more sense.
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At the end of the day they will say it's your fault if you were driving. Never mind that the city dropped the ball, never mind that people abandoned their cars in many cases because it wasn't safe to keep driving, not necessarily that they got tired of sitting in a vehicle for 12+ hours.

 
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
I'm really suprised that Georgia and Alabama don't have something in place to deal with 2 inches of snow and ice.

I understand that they don't get much snow, and if they got hit with ten or twelve inches out of the blue, something like this might happen, but two inches?

It's not as though they sit on the Equator and there is no chance of this ever happening.
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Our elected officials are far more concerned with making sure no abortions happen under any circumstances and persecuting immigrants than they are with helping the people of the state. Our state legislatures are complete jokes stocked to the roof with corrupt demagogues. Our state governments resemble most mid-African dictatorships in concern for citizens and overall competence. I would much prefer that our legislature be done away with entirely simply to have less people stealing money from the state.

 
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