SouthEast-MidAtlantic Snow/Ice storm January 28-29, 2014 (tornadoes, snowy, earthquakes, blizzard)
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Sleeting hard right here in Tallahassee right now, there is a slight glaze of ice over elevated spots. This should continue all day, with a chance of snow during the afternoon
In suburban Atlanta, there were school buses stuck in some places
16+ hour traffic jams right now here in Atlanta. People abandoned their cars and slept in grocery stores, restaurants, and hotels. Majority of stores feeding stranded commuters for free, or very very cheap, and hotels putting people in all available rooms. Thousands of cars abandoned on highways and local roads all over. Looking out my window, the roads are snow covered - they are ice skating rinks. 2 inches of snow fell, melted, and froze into a solid block of ice. 911 is overwhelmed, and police have asked people to start reporting issues on their twitter page - they will not respond to accidents with 2 or less vehicles.
Right now, temp is in the teens, and the sun is shining. Hopefully we will get above freezing today, but everything will refreeze again tonight. Tomorrow is when we will get reprieve.
If I lived in Atlanta I wouldn't have went out in the storm, I wouldn't have set myself up to be stuck and stranded. The same thing for NYC, my normal commute already feels like I'm going to Philly (twice a day), if we're expecting 5+ inches of snow I'm not going anywhere, I've made that mistake once, never again.
Wowsers...if I'd already moved to NC, as I plan to later this year...I would not have gone ANYWHERE.
I'll drive in snow...not ice. Not never.
I can't handle it and neither can anyone else.
I don't care if you got four wheel drive, you can't handle ice.
We get a lot of ice storms where I am now, in rural PA....because of the weird lay of the land here.
I live in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, and there are two places where the weather seems to diverge wildly.
One is right along Interstate 80. North of the line, they will get far more snow.
The other line runs approximately along the southern border of Monroe County...about 4 miles down the road from my house. South of that line, they get even less snow than we do.
I live right in between those two lines, 4 miles to the south, and about 12 miles to the north. Depending on what the conditions are elsewhere, we can get a lot of icing in this small swath. I'll go in 8 inches of snow before I'll go in ice.
One time, earlier this year, we got 1.5 inches of snow. Tobyhanna, PA, which is about 22 miles north-northwest of me as the bird flies...they got 16 inches. Wind Gap, PA...the most northern town in Northampton County - it borders Monroe...they got freezing rain, sleet, and rain. Tobyhanna is one of the first towns north of I-80.
So I have a lot of experience dealing with ice. And I don't drive in it. EVER.
Georgia state government getting grilled for their response to the storm. Is Alabama and South Carolina facing the same problems as Georgia? Granted the Atlanta area is heavily populated, but it still seems the state as a whole was more caught off guard.
If I lived in Atlanta I wouldn't have went out in the storm, I wouldn't have set myself up to be stuck and stranded. The same thing for NYC, my normal commute already feels like I'm going to Philly (twice a day), if we're expecting 5+ inches of snow I'm not going anywhere, I've made that mistake once, never again.
Agree 100%. Same here with 8"+.
But It's the same situation as Tornado Warnings. Those not in tune with weather or ignore it gets caught in it.
The other thing I have to say respectfully... It's 2014 not 1914. City's need to start thinking like it no matter if its a rare thing or not.
Or.... just maybe.... just maybe we're all jumping the gun here because when temps are in the teens any melting is just refreezing on the roads, so maybe., just maybe, there was nothing else to do for the roads and then it comes down to actual peoples fault for being out in the elements.
Or.... just maybe.... just maybe we're all jumping the gun here because when temps are in the teens any melting is just refreezing on the roads, so maybe., just maybe, there was nothing else to do for the roads and then it comes down to actual peoples fault for being out in the elements.
Maybe...they shoulda built the highways right - and embedded heat coils that could be activated in order to prevent the stuff from freezing on the roadways in the first place!
Obviously, you can't do that with all roads...but major roads...
Still, that would at least enable them to target emergency supplies to other areas.
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