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Snowmageddon 2022 (1 Viewer)
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McGarnicle
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Getting worse now, black ice everywhere, people smashing into each other even on the main road. She's pulling into an Olive Garden. Marshalls is still across the street since she's hardly moved all this time. I told her to get boots and walk to the hotel.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Marshalls is closed
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Yep, people are running around looting now. My wife killed a guy with her nail file! You don't want to be in Atlanta when it snows folks.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Sorry that was funny, hang in there, man.
Clifford
Footballguy
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Safe and sound at the Cumberland Knights Inn. Room is nasty but she's happy to have it.
Clifford
Footballguy
GoBirds
Footballguy
Safe and sound and knights inn don't go together. Only time I almost stayed in one was a spring break sports trip in high school. ....when we got there police were there for a homicide.
Snow coming down here in va beach.
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
You're asking HIM to hang in there? He's not the one sleeping at a Knights Inn tonight
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McGarnicle
Footballguy
She said there is a big crowd of people in the lobby, families with kids, they're bringing out cots for people.
All major roads are still jammed. People who left work 6 or 7 hours ago still aren't home. Roads are now thick sheets of ice. People are abandoning cars and walking.
All major roads are still jammed. People who left work 6 or 7 hours ago still aren't home. Roads are now thick sheets of ice. People are abandoning cars and walking.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Long lines for gas, some stations running out. It's nuts out there folks.
This city is run by a bunch of monkeys. Two inches of snow did this.
This city is run by a bunch of monkeys. Two inches of snow did this.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
No, but College of Charleston students are flying aroundBeing that Charleston is a peninsula and 2/3 of the way out of town are high bridges, my work, and most of downtown, let out at 2pm today. At that time it was just rain so the bridges were still open and the interstate was ice free. I just checked outside and it still raining, but it is freezing. My deck and the cars are covered in a sheet of ice, but the sidewalk and driveway are just wet. While outside I did hear a limb snap and fall on the next street.JaxBill said:
Caesar
Footballguy
Hastur
Footballguy
I live in upstate South Carolina.
It took me about 2 hours to drive 12 miles(passing dozens of cars stuck in ditches). Then, when the roads became impossible, I parked my car at a gas station and walked the rest of the way home(almost 4 miles).
I lived in New Jersey for 37 years. The roads out there right now are downright NASTY, folks. Nobody should be on these roads.
It took me about 2 hours to drive 12 miles(passing dozens of cars stuck in ditches). Then, when the roads became impossible, I parked my car at a gas station and walked the rest of the way home(almost 4 miles).
I lived in New Jersey for 37 years. The roads out there right now are downright NASTY, folks. Nobody should be on these roads.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Still gridlock on all the major roads. Lots of cars abandoned. People have been on the road for 10+ hours in some cases.
krista4
Footballguy
We made it back in to ATL and got on MARTA with seemingly the rest of the world. Pretty funny as it was clear that almost no one (including us) had ever been on MARTA before. In our five-block walk to our place from the Midtown station, we saw several cars run off the road including one that took out an electric pole. Fun times.
As a Chicagoan, I'd make fun of Atlantans for this, but it truly is treacherous out there. Just a huge sheet of thick ice. Saw a bunch of pedestrians taking headers, too.
As a Chicagoan, I'd make fun of Atlantans for this, but it truly is treacherous out there. Just a huge sheet of thick ice. Saw a bunch of pedestrians taking headers, too.
stubby
Footballguy
Atlanta is a nightmare. Following friends on Facebook that have been trying to get home for 10 hours+. Over 900 accidents in the greater Atlanta area. Black ice everywhere. People staying at area Kroger, Home Depot, Lowes, and Target stores. Over 600 kids that will end up spending the NIGHT at schools in the area. All because everyone decided to leave work at the same time, according to our outstanding DOT.
4000 kids in Birmingham.
Doctor Detroit
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Some dude in Minnesota got stuck in the ditch, got out of his car and tried to walk home, never made it. Frozen.
I'm from Michigan so I can't complain about 10 degree weather, but it does bother me when it starts to cost me money because they didn't consider this cold when building my house 15 years ago.
stubby
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GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Mark Davis
Footballguy
My wife is a teacher at one of the Hoover schools. She's stuck there overnight and my daughter is stuck at her babysitter's. I can't get over to that side of town because of all the cars stuck on the road.
Homer J Simpson
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Smack Tripper
Footballguy
That snowedoutatlanta group is AMAZING. If you want to know what's good about humanity check that out. Strangers opening their homes to strangers. God bless those folk.
Listening to the ATL police scanner is crazy and scary. 8 month pregnant lady out there with contractions and blood pressure dropping.
Listening to the ATL police scanner is crazy and scary. 8 month pregnant lady out there with contractions and blood pressure dropping.
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AAABatteries
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Live in Atlanta but happen to be in Vegas this week. Wife and kids are all safe at home but my FIL was stranded and either sleeping in his truck or finding a store to stay at - he was at the 7 hour mark on the road and was still 15 miles from home. One of my employees said he left the office and it took 4 hours to go 1 mile. My SIL and MIL both abandoned their cars and walked to a friends house. Insane.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yep, I bet you are a fantastic driver on unsalted, unplowed roads covered in two inches of ice/snow.
The South. Still behind.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
7am and still no snow, but it is sleeting heavily. The news is still calling for snow to eventual kick in for a few hours all the way to the beach.
From what is being posted out of Atlanta it sounds like Charleston got lucky. All of the bridges closed overnight so there shouldn't be any rash of accidents. They are reporting only around 4,000 power outages. My power flickered last night, at one point while out with the dogs I did see a transformer blow a few blocks away, a limb fell last night that broke my neighbor's satellite dish and I have a small tree that is lying on my back fence. Knock on wood, that will be the extent of it.
From what is being posted out of Atlanta it sounds like Charleston got lucky. All of the bridges closed overnight so there shouldn't be any rash of accidents. They are reporting only around 4,000 power outages. My power flickered last night, at one point while out with the dogs I did see a transformer blow a few blocks away, a limb fell last night that broke my neighbor's satellite dish and I have a small tree that is lying on my back fence. Knock on wood, that will be the extent of it.
SteevieG
Footballguy
It's unreal. There are people and cars on the Interstates who haven't moved since yesterday afternoon. Today's temperature isn't supposed to go above about 30 and into the teens again tonight.
I don't know how those people will get off the roads for the next day or so.
I left work at 1:30 and made it home about 3. I think if I'd waited until 2 or 2:30 I might be in their situation.
I don't know how those people will get off the roads for the next day or so.
I left work at 1:30 and made it home about 3. I think if I'd waited until 2 or 2:30 I might be in their situation.
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Snow is easy. This mess is because of the sleet.Yep, I bet you are a fantastic driver on unsalted, unplowed roads covered in two inches of ice/snow.
The South. Still behind.
Buckfast 1
Footballguy
Several other friends have updated there statuses this morning saying that they are STILL not home from work. One of my friends slept in her car near Langford Parkway and was saying how thankful she was that her car had enough gas that she could turn it on when it got cold. Her brother had been on the road for over 12 hours and is stranded near the intersection of I-20 and I-285. What a disaster.Buckfast 1 said:
McGarnicle
Footballguy
We're extending the Knights Inn just in case. Temp is supposed to go up to 34 today, but with the roads still gridlocked since last night, and the roads probably still icy until this afternoon, wouldn't surprise me if she has to spend the night there again. Going to follow the news and traffic cameras today and make the call this afternoon. Hoping there's a window by 3 or 4 when the roads are safe and cars are at least moving again so she can come home.
My wife was pretty upset yesterday but there are thousands still stuck in their cars who would trade with her in a second. This whole thing is just surreal.
My wife was pretty upset yesterday but there are thousands still stuck in their cars who would trade with her in a second. This whole thing is just surreal.
ClownCausedChaos2
Footballguy
[Cracks beer][Opens laptop]
[Navigates to favorite pron site]
[Loosens pants]
[Tosses a handful of pretzels in mouth]
"Honey, I absolutely agree with you. I know, I'll miss you too. Mmhmm. Yep. Staying another night for safety's sake is the best idea. The bed'll be lonely without you. Mmhmm. Yep. You got it. Sure thing. Hey honey, yeah I gotta go. Later."
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This.Yep, I bet you are a fantastic driver on unsalted, unplowed roads covered in two inches of ice/snow.
The South. Still behind.
belljr
Footballguy
lolThis.Yep, I bet you are a fantastic driver on unsalted, unplowed roads covered in two inches of ice/snow.
The South. Still behind.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Ice ain't no joke. That situation in the South is crazy. Hearing reports of kids stuck on buses all night on the roads. I can't imagine how awful that would be. 30-50 kids all cold, hungry and thirsty, scared and no bathroom. What a nightmare for their parents and this poor bus drivers.
ClownCausedChaos2
Footballguy
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.
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.
McGarnicle
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