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MountainAir05
Explorer II
Jan 30, 2014

snow and Ice Around Atlanta , GA

For the poster who just posted about Ice/Snow in Georgia, use this link to actually see what the roads are. Just go to Trafficland and pick the state and City for current traffic. been using this for years. A lot of times the TV reports one thing and the live cam shows something else.

http://trafficland.com/city/MCN/index.html
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  • Lobstah's avatar
    Lobstah
    Explorer
    Jan 31, 2014
    Clearly a failure of leadership at both the state and local level. Schools and government offices should have been closed, and the announcement should have come the day before. This had nothing to do with not having a "staggered release", it had everything to do with plain old stupidity. Especially inconceivable after Atlanta got shut down for 4 days due to the ice storm in 2011.
    Normal citizens own part of it too. I travel for business all the time, and had two events I was supposed to attend in Charlotte and Raleigh. Those events were cancelled on MONDAY due to the impending weather.
    If I lived there, there's no way anyone in my family would have gone anywhere, work, school, shopping, forget it, period.

    Jim
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    kjbkjb
    Explorer
    Jan 31, 2014
    My brother in law who lives in the Atlanta area normally has a commute to and from work time of 1 hour and 15 minutes but on Tuesday it took him 11 hours to get home. Unbelievable. I think we got 3 inches of snow yesterday here in Wisconsin and nobody noticed.
  • hotbyte's avatar
    hotbyte
    Explorer
    Jan 31, 2014
    Much worse than regular rush hour. A couple of folks that work for same company as my sister got home at 2:30am and 10am after leaving offices in Buckhead around 3pm. AJC reported over 2,000 cars abandoned on road sides. Schools had kids stay the night and even a few loaded buses stuck out in traffic. Crazy what 2" to 3" inches of snow does here in the south!

    We hit low 40's south of Atlanta and melted most of it away. This wimpy southerner is ready for spring :)
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    ferndaleflyer
    Explorer III
    Jan 30, 2014
    ZERO here in NC this morning----think they claimed it got up to 28--somewhere! That mess in Atlanta looked like a regular rush hour with some ice and snow thrown in....News right on top of traffic tie ups....I mean Bridge gate was last week.
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    sowego
    Explorer
    Jan 30, 2014
    The best plan is for all travelers to stay put until conditions have improved. If you don't have to go...don't. Be safe everyone.

    We have 18 right now and snow to start soon with up to 4 inches, not too bad for our area. But, we will stay home for a couple of days...even out in the country...we take care of our chores at home then stoke up the wood stove.

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