Yay for snow

[miked]

It's snowed 1.5" in my yard in the past hour and everything is already closed down here for Monday (and probably Tuesday). They are expecting 4-6" of snow around here, which would be the most I've ever seen. Here's to hoping my power stays on. Hope all the ATLians resisted the urge to buy 30 gallons of water in preparation.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by miked

Here's to hoping my power stays on.

This.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

This.

This, this. I have a little over 2 inches on the ground now. It spits heavy flakes, and then sleety-pelts for a while. They are expecting even heaver snow later tonight, then turning into freezing rain by daybreak. With the temp not expecting to hit 30, it looks really bad for significant ice. Rough couple of days ahead.

[GrantDawg]

Btw, the snow started about 4 hours ahead of schedule, and much heavier at the start. Interstates are already covered in snow and ice, and many are already backed up heavy from people sliding and spinning out.

[miked]

I-20 Shut down in parts, 285/85 all lanes blocked. And some guy honking his horn next door because his car is stuck in an intersection. Should be fun.

[tucking fypo]

Got about 3 inches in north Mississippi. Last time we had something like this was the massive ice storm back in '94. Kids are wanting to build snowmen in the dark.

[MJ4H]

Just a dusting here, but over where I teach the roads are bad enough to have cancelled school for tomorrow. Hooray.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by tucking fypo

Got about 3 inches in north Mississippi. Last time we had something like this was the massive ice storm back in '94. Kids are wanting to build snowmen in the dark.

I was living there then. I remember it very well. It was a ugly mess.

[Recoil]

Nothing in north GA right now. Apparently it's on the way, though.

[Edward64]

The snow is coming down nicely North of the perimeter.

Delta cancelled my early Mon morning flight and rescheduled for Mon 2pm. I think its wishful thinking ... it'll be a bad travel day tomorrow at Hartsfield.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Right around 2 inches here in Athens now, didn't start until a few minutes before 10pm. That part is fine & dandy, it's the shift to freezing rain expected to occur sometime in the next few hours that has me seriously concerned. Local EMC (which isn't my provider but still) has been warning customers to expect power outtages of up to 4 DAYS if the predictions were accurate ... right now they look pretty well on target.

[Warhammer]

Have maybe an inch in Memphis, doesn't look too bad.

[Wolfpack]

We're expected to get less snow than at Christmas in Raleigh, but there's a significant ice chance this time that wasn't there then. Estimates are for a couple of inches of snow late tomorrow before it shifts over to whatever frozen precip decides to fall. Whether that's sleet or freezing rain is anyone's guess at this point. The weather people around here have been all over the place in terms of forecasting this which pretty much means they haven't got a clue. I'm expecting probably an inch or two of snow and then a nice crusty layer of ice in the form of some sleet, but mostly freezing rain. We're on the northeast side of Raleigh and the snow amounts should be heavier south and west with this storm, which means it'll transition to icy stuff before it has a chance to accumulate much in the way of snow.

I'm thinking I may be bailing out of work a bit early tomorrow and then am undecided about Tuesday depending on how everything plays out. I've got a 4x4 so getting around on thoroughfares isn't going to be a big issue. Getting up and down my inclined driveway is something else, though. At least I've got a garage so I'm not needing a jackhammer to scrape anything off the windshield if I have to go anywhere on Tuesday.

[rjolley]

Came down pretty heavy here in Stone Mountain around 9:30 or so. Reminded me of winters at home a bit. Right now, there's nothing coming down.

It'd be a great day if I was off tomorrow. Unfortunately, I work from home more than I do from my office, so it'll be business as usual.

[Warhammer]

We're at roughly 4" now.

[CU Tiger]

None here an hour south of Charlotte yet..but the school already cancelled for tomorrow....

Kinda hoping the power does go out...with the newly installed generator I want to get my money's worth. lol

[rjolley]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

None here an hour south of Charlotte yet..but the school already cancelled for tomorrow....

Kinda hoping the power does go out...with the newly installed generator I want to get my money's worth. lol

Which one did you get? We're thinking about getting one since our power goes out way too much.

[Recoil]

Starting snowing about an hour ago here. Experienced some of the "thundersnow" I heard about earlier tonight on the local news. Crazy.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by rjolley

Which one did you get? We're thinking about getting one since our power goes out way too much.

Cummins/Onan

Did a ton of research here...it was not the cheapest (by a decent margin) but well worth it.
Actually if you get serious let me know, I have a good friend in NW GA that is a generator specialist, he mainly does commercial/large projects but I think he does som homs or at worst would know who to recommend locally to help you out price wise.

[Easy Mac]

Walked the dog. 4 inches on the yardstick. Still no word on work yet.

[Ben E Lou]

It's sleeting here in the Lowcountry. School is delayed for two hours in Charleston County, three hours in the counties just inland. But from what I'm reading, the roads are icing in some places. This could get interesting all the way down here...

[Thomkal]

haven't gone outside yet, but looks like just a small trace of snow if anything here in Myrtle Beach.

[Thomkal]

Of course right after I typed that it started sleeting like crazy. Stepped outside and its crunchy/icy underfoot and a small trace of snow on the trees and roof

[Ben E Lou]

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:

01/10/2011 0749 am

North Charleston, Charleston County.

Ice on Don Holt bridge. Police escorting cars over
bridge one at at time.

For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...

[Ben E Lou]

Just looked at radar. A fairly large red/orange area is heading my way. Not sure what kind of precip it is, but it's below freezing here. Could be thundersnow.

[tucking fypo]

Unbelievable. We got 8 inches here in Pontotoc County. Thin layer of ice under the snow. It looks like we're not going anywhere for two or three days. Maybe the power will stay on. We're all electric.

[GrantDawg]

Icy snow everywhere here, with a drizzle falling pretty steady. Trees look ok so far. It looks like they over-estimated the ice fall. It was almost all sleet for most of the morning.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:



For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...

Actually, according to Wikipedia, it's 150+ feet up. And they've closed it now, along with the Ravenel.


Yeah, Grantdawg, looks like they underestimated the ice here. We have a quarter inch or so on all the trees, and it's still coming down. Our entire development (about 8 subdivisions) is pretty much clear-cut, and mostly has buried lines, so I'm not particularly concerned about power for us, but I suspect this is gonna suck for some parts of the Lowcountry.

[MizzouRah]

4-6" for us expected.. going to get out of work a bit early and take the rest of it home.

[Tellistto]

I'll take my foot of snow with a smile over an inch of ice any day of the week. Grew up in Texas and Oklahoma and it rarely snowed, but iced up all the time. No thanks, you can keep it! I do feel for you guys, though, ice just plain sucks.

Tell

[SirFozzie]

Looks like over a foot of snow here in MA, starting tommrrow night.

[Ben E Lou]

Hehehe.

Snow helps police catch liquor store burglary suspects *| ajc.com

[miked]

Our street is still unplowed, got about 5" of snow that is now ice-covered. I think most places will be closed tomorrow as well. Keeping my fingers crossed for power stability. Two years ago our power was out for about a day and a half following an ice/snow storm.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by miked

Our street is still unplowed, got about 5" of snow that is now ice-covered. I think most places will be closed tomorrow as well. Keeping my fingers crossed for power stability. Two years ago our power was out for about a day and a half following an ice/snow storm.

Do they even have plows for residential streets in ATL? I know that in DFW, there were only trucks that would sand bridges and overpasses, and that was about the extent of winter weather machinery.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by cartman

Do they even have plows for residential streets in ATL? I know that in DFW, there were only trucks that would sand bridges and overpasses, and that was about the extent of winter weather machinery.

Atlanta has a couple ol' boys named Bubba and Earl with an pickup truck full of salt and sand.

At least it has an extended bed.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Hehehe.

Snow helps police catch liquor store burglary suspects *| ajc.com

Rookies...

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

...along with the Ravenel...

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Looks like over a foot of snow here in MA, starting tommrrow night.

Having lived in both Atlanta and Massachusetts, 4 inches of snow/ice in Atlanta > 1 foot in Mass.

For the amount of time that 4 inches will shut down Atlanta, it would probably take like 4 feet of snow hitting Massachussets (maybe even more). Problem is Georgia just doesn't have the equipment to get rid of it. So you either go drive on an ice skating rink, or just sit at home and enjoy the days off

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:



For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...

Yep been on that bridge, and that's just insane.

[FBPro]

North of Chattanooga 6.5"

[ISiddiqui]

3-4 inches here in Decatur, GA. Really pretty, but the weather being so cold, its been icing up on the top layer of snow. Was supposed to go to Tifton this week for work, but that's been postponed as it doesn't look safe to drive on the interstates even tomorrow.

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

4-6" for us expected.. going to get out of work a bit early and take the rest of it home.

It started a couple hours ago here. Its coming down harder now. Everything is canceled tonight. Im sure school out tomorrow and possible wednesday if we are on the 6 inch side of things.

[Wolfpack]

The snow has barely amounted to anything here. Just too dry in our area, so it kept evaporating as it moved in. Finally started falling about 5 PM, but has pretty much turned into a mix in the last couple of hours. Still some snow, but it's mostly sleeting right now. Still expected to turn into freezing rain or drizzle before it's over with, so we'll have a dusting of snow, a crusting of sleet, and then a nice little glaze of ice over all of it by tomorrow morning. However, it's been a rather pitiful storm compared to the hype that had been preceding it. If you were inside of an arc in NC drawn by I-95 and I-40, it was a pretty good snowfall, but along and past that line it hasn't amounted to a whole lot.

[JonInMiddleGA]

No school around here tomorrow, given the forecasted high temps I'm not expecting any on Wednesday either. That's cool, just so long as the freezing rain tomorrow doesn't lead to power outages.

[Peregrine]

No snow here as you said, but there is hellacious ice everywhere from all the freezing rain last night. No one has been able to climb the steep hill out of my neighborhood yet, and there are cars scattered everywhere, including mine.

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

The snow has barely amounted to anything here. Just too dry in our area, so it kept evaporating as it moved in. Finally started falling about 5 PM, but has pretty much turned into a mix in the last couple of hours. Still some snow, but it's mostly sleeting right now. Still expected to turn into freezing rain or drizzle before it's over with, so we'll have a dusting of snow, a crusting of sleet, and then a nice little glaze of ice over all of it by tomorrow morning. However, it's been a rather pitiful storm compared to the hype that had been preceding it. If you were inside of an arc in NC drawn by I-95 and I-40, it was a pretty good snowfall, but along and past that line it hasn't amounted to a whole lot.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

No snow here as you said, but there is hellacious ice everywhere from all the freezing rain last night. No one has been able to climb the steep hill out of my neighborhood yet, and there are cars scattered everywhere, including mine.

Somewhat the same boat here. My driveway's got 1/8" ice on it right now, with no breaks in it that could provide decent traction. I've seen one car on my street this morning, so I think if I could make it down my driveway, I would be okay, but it's the getting down part that's the problem. Even in a 4x4, I think I'd be skating some going down to the street. Might be even more fun getting back up.

I thought Wake County was being awfully optimistic that they'd only need a two-hour delay this morning after hearing the sleet falling like it did last night.

[Qwikshot]

Stocked and ready...though getting a sixpack may be wise...

Made some pumpkin soup.

Got a bunch of netflix ready...

Of course, if the power goes out I got plenty of chef boy r dee to heat on the gas stove.

[ColtCrazy]

School district here is taking a ton of flak. Every other school district had called school today by 6AM. By then, we had about an inch, but the counties west of us already had 3-5'' and it seemed like that would hit us between 6-11. Our school district didn't make the call till nearly 7, when most parents were preparing to put kids on buses, and some teachers made struggled to make it to buildings (by 7, there was easily 2 inches and roads were completely covered). Our district has done this in the past, canceling school for flooding once only after on bus got stuck and had to backtrack. I ended up at work that day, one of 3 that made it, only to take a 10 mile detour to find a way home.

What a strange school district I work for.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

What a strange school district I work for.

Which one?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

School district here is taking a ton of flak. Every other school district had called school today by 6AM. By then, we had about an inch, but the counties west of us already had 3-5'' and it seemed like that would hit us between 6-11. Our school district didn't make the call till nearly 7, when most parents were preparing to put kids on buses, and some teachers made struggled to make it to buildings (by 7, there was easily 2 inches and roads were completely covered). Our district has done this in the past, canceling school for flooding once only after on bus got stuck and had to backtrack. I ended up at work that day, one of 3 that made it, only to take a 10 mile detour to find a way home.

What a strange school district I work for.

That does sound odd. Everywhere I have lived, School districts usually error on the side of overly cautious for fear of legal liability if even one student was hurt on the way to school on a questionable weather day.

I haven't heard of too many districts really pushing the envelope in the other direction.