Snow in the ATL?

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 06:34 AM

Metro Atlanta folks, help me out. When's the last time we had significant SNOW (not ice) accumulation, as in enough to cover the roads? We had like an inch or two in 1999, I think, which caused the infamous MARTA bus crash in front of my house. I'm having a hard time remembering any other since the blizzard in '93. I'm thinking there have been one or two, but my memory is coming up blank.

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Updated: 4:13 am EST on February 5, 2006
Winter Storm Watch in effect from Monday morning through Monday afternoon...
	Today Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. » ZIP Code Detail
	Tonight Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow and rain after midnight. Lows around 30. West winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
	Monday Snow likely in the morning...then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Significant snow accumulation possible. Highs in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. » ZIP Code Detail

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 06:36 AM

Snow likely? That's alright, but then it rain to wash away most of the fun immediately. That stinks.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 06:39 AM

I'll trade the rain for more snow, and take a low of 30 degrees as well. Give me some damn snow, for at least one day!

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tekneek

I'll trade the rain for more snow, and take a low of 30 degrees as well. Give me some damn snow, for at least one day!

With ya. One good snow day would be fine.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Snow likely? That's alright, but then it rain to wash away most of the fun immediately. That stinks.

I don't understand how the NWS always blows that one. It seems that whenever we have significant snow or ice, the preciptation cools the atmosphere and the temperature ends up hovering around freezing all day, rather than rising into the 40's like they always predict. Of course, now that I've said it, watch me be wrong this time.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

With ya. One good snow day would be fine.

I meant a high of 30 degrees. Oh well, you get the point. A nice day with a 'significant amount of snow' on the ground until at least the late afternoon is all I am asking for. I don't have to work tomorrow, so it would be ideal for me.

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tekneek

I meant a high of 30 degrees. Oh well, you get the point. A nice day with a 'significant amount of snow' on the ground until at least the late afternoon is all I am asking for. I don't have to work tomorrow, so it would be ideal for me.

I won't if it snows. It'd be nice to have a full day off. Today was suposed to be one, and now I just need to find a way to get through before the game starts.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 06:49 AM

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID SOUTH LATE SUNDAY. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES EAST INTO THE DEEP SOUTH...MODERATE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE LOW AND INTO GEORGIA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

THE AIRMASS NEAR THE GROUND WILL BE COLD AND DRY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

IF THE RIGHT PARAMETERS COME TOGETHER...AS SOME COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE...SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS A SWATH OF NORTH GEORGIA...ROUGHLY FROM NEAR ROME TO THE NORTH ATLANTA METRO AREAS TO GAINESVILLE. AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY OR EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MIDTOWN AND SOUTH ATLANTA METRO...OVER TO THE ATHENS AREA...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW POSSIBLE. UP TO AN INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SURFACES AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

THE SYSTEM IS STILL ORGANIZING AT THIS TIME. IF IT BECOMES WEAKER OR TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER THAN EXPECTED...THEN LITTLE OR EVEN NO SNOW WILL OCCUR. IF THE SYSTEM BECOMES STRONGER...SIGNIFICANT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER A LARGER AREA.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CAREFULLY.

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Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I won't if it snows. It'd be nice to have a full day off. Today was suposed to be one, and now I just need to find a way to get through before the game starts.

I got started earlier than normal, just in case I decide to watch any of the game. Last time we got snow, my wife actually had to go into work, so this will be the first time in a few years that the entire family would be home to enjoy it.

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 06:51 AM

We are not even in it, but WSB says that we'll still see some snow. Going to be fun watching it play out.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

We are not even in it, but WSB says that we'll still see some snow. Going to be fun watching it play out.

Yeah, looks like Tucker is only in it by a little bit. This is sounding like one of those "North of I-20" storms. We'll see.

larrymcg421 · 02-05-2006, 06:56 AM

One of the drawbacks of living a mile from work: Boss expects you to be able to make it in, but understands if hardly anyone else does. This means it will be busy as hell for me on Monday.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

One of the drawbacks of living a mile from work: Boss expects you to be able to make it in, but understands if hardly anyone else does. This means it will be busy as hell for me on Monday.

My office and my wife's as well have a standard across-the-board policy for everyone: if DeKalb County schools are closed due to weather, so are we.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 07:06 AM

My employer never closes. When this weather happens, they say that you either come in, burn a vacation day (if you have one), or face possible disciplinary review. If you live in an area of the city that got hit hard, despite how it may be at HQ, they officially say, "We did not tell you to live in that area." There is always some conflict around here when this sort of weather hits.

larrymcg421 · 02-05-2006, 07:57 AM

Yeah, I do parts ordering for medical equipment, meaning we're open 24/7. We work in a 15 story building. If it was flooding up to the 14th story, they'd tell everyone to go up to the 15th and get to work. And they'd open the windows so people could get in.

General Mike · 02-05-2006, 08:27 AM

So what is "significant snow accumulation" for Georgia? I guess when you aren't used to it, and don't have snow shovels, plow/salt trucks going around 2" is significant.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by General Mike

So what is "significant snow accumulation" for Georgia? I guess when you aren't used to it, and don't have snow shovels, plow/salt trucks going around 2" is significant.

The winter storm watch is talking a couple of inches, and yeah, we don't have snow shovels or snowplows. Our road-clearing method is not much beyond a couple of good ol' boys with a pickup and a bucket o' salt.

Like I said, I'm having a hard time remembering more than twice that there's been really any snow on the road in the last 13 years--and one of those was the bizarre blizzard that just nailed us back in '93.

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2006, 08:48 AM

Dola:

To explain further, the DOT does send out a few trucks for the highways and main roads, but in neighborhoods, we just have to wait 'til it gets driveable and hope that there's no black ice out there (which usually forms on the tail end of these things...)

mauchow · 02-05-2006, 09:25 AM

What's two inches in the southern part of the country is what a normal day up here is.. lol

Have fun with it tomorrow everyone!

kcchief19 · 02-05-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by General Mike

So what is "significant snow accumulation" for Georgia? I guess when you aren't used to it, and don't have snow shovels, plow/salt trucks going around 2" is significant.

I was thinking the same thinge.

Definitely a regional thing. Significant snow accumulation in the Midwest is at least 6 inches. In you territory, I'm sure it's at least a foot.

Good luck none the less. Sounds like The ATL will be shutdown tomorrow -- even if it doesn't snow and it's just cloudy.

Alan T · 02-05-2006, 10:16 AM

I moved away from atlanta in 96, but the only two real big snowfalls I remember were in 93 and in umm either 80 or 81 I think. Both cases it causes any form of transportation to be tough to go anywhere for 2-3 days. I think both times it was 3-5 inches of a mixture of snow and ice. It doesn't seem like much now compared to what I get living in Massachusetts, but Georgia simply doesn't have the snow plows or salt/sand trucks to deal with snowfall. So it literaly shut down the town for a few days.

Alan T · 02-05-2006, 10:20 AM

dola, speaking of the 93 snowfall that hit us, I was living in Northeast cobb at the time, but my mother had remarried and lived in Jesup (south georgia). She had just bought a new house the week before over near Dallas, Ga just SW of Marietta , but had not moved up yet. When the snow hit, she had just gotten water and such turned on in the house but wasnt living there yet and was afraid the pipes would freeze. I tried to drive out there but could not even get to 575 to get on the highway so had to turn back. 2 days later, I finally made it out there, but there was a huge gaping hole in the ceiling of the living room with water pouring out of it like a waterfall. (Their pipes ran in the ceiling in this house instead of the floor). Talk about a bad break!

lungs · 02-05-2006, 10:21 AM

I figured they closed everything at the mere threat of snow down south

I remember once being in Louisiana and walking around in a t-shirt and no jacket when it was about 40 degrees. Some of the locals figured I was from Alaska. Nope, just Wisconsin.

Recoil · 02-05-2006, 10:23 AM

I don't remember the last time I saw a good amount of snow. It's been awhile. I was in Athens last January when they had a pretty decent ice storm, but that's about it. I'm up more in the mountains so I'm hoping for some snow.

Alan T · 02-05-2006, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lungs

I figured they closed everything at the mere threat of snow down south

I remember once being in Louisiana and walking around in a t-shirt and no jacket when it was about 40 degrees. Some of the locals figured I was from Alaska. Nope, just Wisconsin.

I went to school in the cobb county school district, but I lived on the border of cherokee county, so some of my friends were in that school district. Cherokee county is a fairly large county that the northern part extends up into the foothills of the Appalachain mountains. Back then Cherokee county was not that built up, mostly was farms and such. Any time you heard on the radio that there was a chance of snow the next day, Cherokee county schools would already be closed. It ended up a big joke for us.. chance of snow?? close cherokee county schools!

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kcchief19

I was thinking the same thinge.

Definitely a regional thing. Significant snow accumulation in the Midwest is at least 6 inches. In you territory, I'm sure it's at least a foot.

Good luck none the less. Sounds like The ATL will be shutdown tomorrow -- even if it doesn't snow and it's just cloudy.

I know that in Upstate NY (Albany) 6+ inches is enough to cause a hassle.

Then again, 10-12", while a nuisance, doesn't shut things down for more than 5 or 6 hours.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lungs

I figured they closed everything at the mere threat of snow down south

It used to be that way when I was a kid. By the time I was in high school, the roads could be bad enough that buses wrecked and school would stay open.

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 03:42 PM

I've got to get in tomorow somehow. At least I have couple who said they wanted to come in tomorow whatever the conditions.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I've got to get in tomorow somehow. At least I have couple who said they wanted to come in tomorow whatever the conditions.

Any chance they could just drive to your house?

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tekneek

Any chance they could just drive to your house?

That would be nice. I wish I could have took the Seqouia home that they want to buy. Or the one they are trading in for that matter.

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 03:54 PM

I don't get what would preclude you from getting into work?

Leave 30-45 minutes early, and drive according to the conditions??

ISiddiqui · 02-05-2006, 03:56 PM

Grantdawg is like all the other native Atlantans (and south Georgians)... can't drive in the snow to save their lives

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GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

I don't get what would preclude you from getting into work?

Leave 30-45 minutes early, and drive according to the conditions??

Other people not, hitting other people (hopefully not me), and then blocking the road forever. Regular snow day occurrence.

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Grantdawg is like all the other native Atlantans (and south Georgians)... can't drive in the snow to save their lives

.

Drive slower and give others more space. It isn't hard. Of course it is the yankees that think they know, drive full speed, and then discover snow down here is actually ice and plow into the person in front of them that causes the problems. That and people driving in 4 wheel drive vehicles who believe that means they can drive even faster.

Draft Dodger · 02-05-2006, 04:01 PM

meanwhile, I walked around in my T-Shirt today up in NH

ISiddiqui · 02-05-2006, 04:03 PM

Yeah, yeah... blame the Yankees, when you Southerners are pulling over to the side of the road or driving with your blinkers on

. It's kind of funny that the Yankees have no problems driving in snow up north, which, btw has ice as well (it isn't a Southern phenomenon to have ice on the roads

).

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 04:03 PM

Besides, it isn't just about not being able to get into work. It is about NOT WANTING to go into work. I'd think playing in just an inch or two of snow with the kids would be a lot more fun than working.

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Drive slower and give others more space. It isn't hard. Of course it is the yankees that think they know, drive full speed, and then discover snow down here is actually ice and plow into the person in front of them that causes the problems. That and people driving in 4 wheel drive vehicles who believe that means they can drive even faster.

Haha, I am amused to an unnatural level when I heard people from north of the M-D line referred to as "Yankees.

On-topic... how far is your commute? What type of driving is it (city/rural)?

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Yeah, yeah... blame the Yankees, when you Southerners are pulling over to the side of the road or driving with your blinkers on

. It's kind of funny that the Yankees have no problems driving in snow up north, which, btw has ice as well (it isn't a Southern phenomenon to have ice on the roads

).

But generally the snow down here is "wet" compared to a powdery true snow. Black ice is much more common down here, and it is rough on anyone no matter how good a driver they are.

Tekneek · 02-05-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Yeah, yeah... blame the Yankees, when you Southerners are pulling over to the side of the road or driving with your blinkers on

. It's kind of funny that the Yankees have no problems driving in snow up north, which, btw has ice as well (it isn't a Southern phenomenon to have ice on the roads

).

I get a NY channel via DirecTV, and they crash their cars in the ice, too. I've also watched some multi-car smashups in Chicago via WGN when they get ice on the roads, too.

GoldenEagle · 02-05-2006, 04:07 PM

I just do not see it snowing tonight. Of course, it all has to with how far a low center of depresion drops.

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Haha, I am amused to an unnatural level when I heard people from north of the M-D line referred to as "Yankees.

On-topic... how far is your commute? What type of driving is it (city/rural)?

For me, it is "suburban rural." Roads designed to have rural traffic but having suburban traffic. The road system in this county is 15 years out of date.

Airhog · 02-05-2006, 04:11 PM

I have been hoping that we get a good snowfall here, doesn't look like that will happen though. Another very mild and very dry winter here in norman

ISiddiqui · 02-05-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tekneek

I get a NY channel via DirecTV, and they crash their cars in the ice, too. I've also watched some multi-car smashups in Chicago via WGN when they get ice on the roads, too.

It ain't like there aren't any accidents in fair weather up there either

. When you have that may cars in the road, you will have an accident a day. Ice is going to cause more, but not an epidemic compared to usual. Ice also may make you slide more into other lanes after the crash, cause more of a chain reaction.

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

For me, it is "suburban rural." Roads designed to have rural traffic but having suburban traffic. The road system in this county is 15 years out of date.

If getting to work is as important as you're making it sound (and given that you're a commission-based salesperson, it is that important), I think you'll have to suck it up and leave whenever necessary... I'd suggest before 7am so you avoid most of the traffic, period.

ISiddiqui · 02-05-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

But generally the snow down here is "wet" compared to a powdery true snow. Black ice is much more common down here, and it is rough on anyone no matter how good a driver they are.

That don't mean you gotta go 10 mph on 285 (and yes, I have witnessed that)! Especially when that is the road they cleared off first!

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

If getting to work is as important as you're making it sound (and given that you're a commission-based salesperson, it is that important), I think you'll have to suck it up and leave whenever necessary... I'd suggest before 7am so you avoid most of the traffic, period.

Well, duh.

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Well, duh.

Sometimes a "duh" answer is necessary.

We recently had a very small contract to look at the layout of the parking lot for a vehicle maintenance facility, and after about 30-40 hours of looking at it and drawing it up, our answer was, "You can't do any better."

GrantDawg · 02-05-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Sometimes a "duh" answer is necessary.

We recently had a very small contract to look at the layout of the parking lot for a vehicle maintenance facility, and after about 30-40 hours of looking at it and drawing it up, our answer was, "You can't do any better."

and then "that'll be $20,000 please."

RPI-Fan · 02-05-2006, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

and then "that'll be $20,000 please."

It's convienent to leave out details sometimes, I guess.

02-05-2006, 06:39 AM	#3
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02-05-2006, 06:36 AM	#2
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02-05-2006, 06:51 AM	#10
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	We are not even in it, but WSB says that we'll still see some snow. Going to be fun watching it play out.

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Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Dola: To explain further, the DOT does send out a few trucks for the highways and main roads, but in neighborhoods, we just have to wait 'til it gets driveable and hope that there's no black ice out there (which usually forms on the tail end of these things...) __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

02-05-2006, 09:25 AM	#19
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	What's two inches in the southern part of the country is what a normal day up here is.. lol Have fun with it tomorrow everyone!

02-05-2006, 10:16 AM	#21
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I moved away from atlanta in 96, but the only two real big snowfalls I remember were in 93 and in umm either 80 or 81 I think. Both cases it causes any form of transportation to be tough to go anywhere for 2-3 days. I think both times it was 3-5 inches of a mixture of snow and ice. It doesn't seem like much now compared to what I get living in Massachusetts, but Georgia simply doesn't have the snow plows or salt/sand trucks to deal with snowfall. So it literaly shut down the town for a few days.

02-05-2006, 10:20 AM	#22
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	dola, speaking of the 93 snowfall that hit us, I was living in Northeast cobb at the time, but my mother had remarried and lived in Jesup (south georgia). She had just bought a new house the week before over near Dallas, Ga just SW of Marietta , but had not moved up yet. When the snow hit, she had just gotten water and such turned on in the house but wasnt living there yet and was afraid the pipes would freeze. I tried to drive out there but could not even get to 575 to get on the highway so had to turn back. 2 days later, I finally made it out there, but there was a huge gaping hole in the ceiling of the living room with water pouring out of it like a waterfall. (Their pipes ran in the ceiling in this house instead of the floor). Talk about a bad break!

02-05-2006, 10:21 AM	#23
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	I figured they closed everything at the mere threat of snow down south I remember once being in Louisiana and walking around in a t-shirt and no jacket when it was about 40 degrees. Some of the locals figured I was from Alaska. Nope, just Wisconsin.

02-05-2006, 10:23 AM	#24
Recoil High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GA	I don't remember the last time I saw a good amount of snow. It's been awhile. I was in Athens last January when they had a pretty decent ice storm, but that's about it. I'm up more in the mountains so I'm hoping for some snow.

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GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I've got to get in tomorow somehow. At least I have couple who said they wanted to come in tomorow whatever the conditions.

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ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Yeah, yeah... blame the Yankees, when you Southerners are pulling over to the side of the road or driving with your blinkers on . It's kind of funny that the Yankees have no problems driving in snow up north, which, btw has ice as well (it isn't a Southern phenomenon to have ice on the roads ). __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

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