So, its supposed to snow here tomorrow

[Easy Mac]

I don't get this weather. For the past 4 or 5 days its been nice and in the 60's. Before that it was miserable for a week or so and it was supposed to snow. Before that it was beautiful for a few days. Before that it was supposed to snow.

Make up your mind God, I can handle snow when I have school, but it better not snow on my break.

[mauchow]

Well, it's finally going to hit 40 degrees in Wisconsin.. So quit your whining, fool.

[FBPro]

Predicting a bushel load of the white stuff here as well. yay!!

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by FBPro

Predicting a bushel load of the white stuff here as well. yay!!

So Subby is visiting you tonight?

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

So Subby is visiting you tonight?

That's funny.

Can't believe people are complaining about the other white stuff. We have just come off of some of the coldest weather in years here in the cities. Snow is a welcome savior for minus 20 weather.

And yes, I am looking forward to 40 degree weather here.

[JeeberD]

It rained here pretty much non-stop from Sunday night until this morning. I just wish that it had gotten cold enough to become more than just rain. Icy roads are fun!

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

It rained here pretty much non-stop from Sunday night until this morning. I just wish that it had gotten cold enough to become more than just rain. Icy roads are fun!

We've got two more days of rain coming. Six straight days of rain - this happened a couple of weeks ago, and I went out driving the first morning it was sunny and could hardly see it was so bright. I'm not sure what is up with this weather - it's like June already, without the 90 degree temps.

[ice4277]

Its supposed to be in the 50's and sunny in Detroit this weekend!

[GoldenEagle]

All rain here.

[SnowMan]

Again, I have no comment for the weather-whiners. Tho it did get over freezing for the last few days! My igloo is gonna melt!!

[FBPro]

No Subby.....and I'm NOT complaining about snow. I love it.

[Ben E Lou]

{Crossing fingers for snow in the A-T-L.}

[Easy Mac]

Welcome to Atlanta where the players play,
and we ride on the sleds like every day.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Welcome to Atlanta where the players play,
and we ride on the sleds like every day.

[Ben E Lou]

Dola--

Sometimes I really like that liberal kid...

[Easy Mac]

... I'm like a little John Edwards... well, I may be taller than him... but I'm a smooth operator

[FBPro]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

{Crossing fingers for snow in the A-T-L.}

Good luck!!

[Easy Mac]

The weather map says its been snowing and raining in Greenville... its sunny right now.

[tucker342]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

I don't get this weather. For the past 4 or 5 days its been nice and in the 60's. Before that it was miserable for a week or so and it was supposed to snow. Before that it was beautiful for a few days. Before that it was supposed to snow.

Make up your mind God, I can handle snow when I have school, but it better not snow on my break.

wow sounds like Iowa

[Ben E Lou]

Snowing hard here right now. Just walked down the driveway....about a half-inch on the road in front of my house....enough to shut down most of Atlanta, probably.

Looks like we'll get a decent little snow, for Atlanta, out of this.

[Peregrine]

We're supposed to get the same system here in Raleigh from Thursday evening through Friday. Up to 4 inches expected. That would be I think the fourth snow in the past few weeks, very strange.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Snowing hard here right now. Just walked down the driveway....about a half-inch on the road in front of my house....enough to shut down most of Atlanta, probably.

Looks like we'll get a decent little snow, for Atlanta, out of this.

Back when I lived in Annapolis, MD, they would cancel school basically if snow was predicted. I went to HS in Massachusetts and had a grand total of one snow day in my four years there.

[MIJB#19]

Snow is falling from the sky here, yet, it's too little and not cold enough to concider it as a serious pack of snow...

[The_herd]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Back when I lived in Annapolis, MD, they would cancel school basically if snow was predicted. I went to HS in Massachusetts and had a grand total of one snow day in my four years there.

I could probably count the number of snow days I had on one hand. But when I worked in North Carolina they would close everything if even looked like it was going to snow.

[Ben E Lou]

It has stopped for now, but more is supposed to come. Schools cancelled all over metro Atlanta.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

It has stopped for now...Schools cancelled all over metro Atlanta.

Southerners are weak.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Southerners are weak.

Yeah, yeah. This is the first snow accumulation in town in the last few years. The Georgia Department of Transportation doesn't have a large budget for snow/ice removal equipment, suffice it to say. The roads are very slushy all over town, including the interstates, and it is supposedly as hard to drive on as ice.

[The_herd]

Those weak southerners also don't know how to drive on snow.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by The_herd

Those weak southerners also don't know how to drive on snow.

1. We very rarely have that sort of weather.
2. When we do, it is virtually never snow on the roads--usually ice or slush, which are far more dangerous than snow.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

The roads are very slushy all over town, including the interstates, and it is supposedly as hard to drive on as ice.

From my experience, no, but maybe I'm misinterpreting slushy. Slushy you can just drive through cautiously. Ice or especially fresh snow in very cold temperatures (<20F) before the plows got out meant accidents. Of course, down south, people aren't used to it, so you'd have a fair amount of idiots driving recklessly (as opposed to the smart people in my town, like those at my high school who were arrested for pulling snowboarders behind them at night.)

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

2. When we do, it is virtually never snow on the roads--usually ice or slush, which are far more dangerous than snow.

This is basically repeating my last post, but it seemed that ice wasn't bad becuase they would put salt/sand down, and slushy wasn't bad. The worst was fresh snow on very cold roads. Very, very slick.

[FBPro]

Who cares if we don't know how to drive on it, school/work closed ---- "game on"!!

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

This is basically repeating my last post, but it seemed that ice wasn't bad becuase they would put salt/sand down, and slushy wasn't bad. The worst was fresh snow on very cold roads. Very, very slick.

First off, you have to have large amounts of salt/sand on hand, and enough trucks to put it down. You're making a BIG assumption there, my friend. From Atlanta southward, it just isn't cost-effective to be set up for snow/ice events. The "slush" I'm referring to is part snow, part slush, part ice, so you really don't know what you're gonna get. On the side streets, if this stuff doesn't melt/evaporate during the day today, we'll have a complete mess tomorrow morning when it all freezes tonight.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by FBPro

Who cares if we don't know how to drive on it, school/work closed ---- "game on"!!

You know it! I had a meeting with kids scheduled tonight, and we have a policy that if school is cancelled that day, we cancel at night as well. Kind of a bummer, because by then I'm guessing it should be fine to drive on (at least until re-freezing late tonight). However, liability is an issue...

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

First off, you have to have large amounts of salt/sand on hand, and enough trucks to put it down. You're making a BIG assumption there, my friend. From Atlanta southward, it just isn't cost-effective to be set up for snow/ice events.

Oh, yeah, I was just referring to up here the difference between icy/slushy/fresh snow. Just not fiscally sound to have the salt/sand south of maybe like North Carolina, unless you're near the mountains. Sorry bout the mix-up.

[Ben E Lou]

I'm trying to recall, but I think this is only the second time since 2000 (massive ice storm) that we've had any snow, ice, or slush actually accumulate on the roads here (at least in Tucker, which is just barely northeast of "town.")

[MIJB#19]

Somhow, this reminds me of some hypothetical situation brought up over at the IHOF board...

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Somhow, this reminds me of some hypothetical situation brought up over at the IHOF board...

No ice though. Very few poeple have lost power. Back in the ice storm in 2000, pretty much all of metro Atlanta was out of power for several days. It hit on a Saturday night, if I recall. My house didn't get power back until Tuesday evening, and most of my neighbors didn't get it back until Thursday morning.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Snow day here too, looks like we got just enough to make the roads interesting. Right now, I'm pretty happy about it, I think kids deserve at least one snow day a year (call it a "mental health day" if you like ).

We'll see, after about 8 hours of trying to work with Will at home looking for something to do, if I'm still happy about it

[Ben E Lou]

I just heard something else interesting on the radio. The DOT is only responsible for interstates and state highways. Secondary roads are local responsibility--which means that the farther south you get in the state, the longer it will take to clear roads.

[GrantDawg]

I love snow days. I have no idea why. We don't have enough here for snow ice cream or even a good snowball fight, but it is enough that for the first time in a long while I will not have to leave the house.

[Peregrine]

I wish I could have snow days! We've had a good few snows this winter, but since I work in a 24/7 operation we don't have the option of having a snow day.

[Kevin]

That's not snow! We had three feet fall last Thursday and Friday. Biggest single snowfall in my 40+ years. Only the second time in 20+ years of working that an employer closed for snow.

We were joking last night how all the kids of today will now have a good "back in my day" story when they become grandparents.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by The_herd

Those weak southerners also don't know how to drive on snow.

I find that northerners don't know how to drive on snow either but they think they can so I think southerners are far less dangerous. In Houston, we'd get freezing rain and town would just shut down for a day: "Ok, everyone stay home, there's ice everywhere" and everyone was happy with that. Then again, that only happened once every couple of years. I lived there for 9 years and it snowed 3 times and it even stuck twice. When you have to count the times it doesn't stick, it's probably a rare occurence

This strikes me as such a midwestern thread, actually. "It {insert weather here today}" "Ayup" "So, what do you think of {insert weather here}" "I like/don't like it" "Yup."

SI

[Ben E Lou]

I *hate* that I left the connecting-to-the-computer cord for the digital camera at my office. I've got some great pictures, including the 100+ birds that converged on our bird feeder after I put some seed out there a few minutes ago. Apparently, Southern birds don't know how to find food in the snow. They've been freaking out all morning--EXTREMELY loud outside.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Originally Posted by ice4277

Its supposed to be in the 50's and sunny in Detroit this weekend!

Now all you need is a real mayor instead of an over-inflated ego trip.

[Easy Mac]

Well, its snowing here but not sticking to the roads yet. I just got back from walking a mile to work from my apartment on campus. It was a mile there and a mile back. I called Public safety and they said everything was open on campus today. Well, I got to work and its closed... fucking Public safety.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

... fucking Public safety.

Meanwhile, in a public safety office somewhere in the country, someone just muttered the phrase "fucking public ..."

[Easy Mac]

I wouldn't doubt it man, mr. rent-a-cop was an ass when I called this morning. I'm sorry I made his fat ass stop eating his bearclaw so he could pick up the phone.

[Craptacular]

Heavenly ski area in Tahoe got 4 feet yesterday. Someone really needs to invent teleportation!!