Everyone Making It Through Winter Storm Leon OK?

Mistwalker

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Since we got 4-inches of snow on Thanksgiving day, and it has been there under all of the other snow and ice since...plus the negative wind chills being pretty well constant (changed out the heater in the well house yesterday in horizontal snow and -33F wind chills) I have thought the winter weather here for the last two months was the norm. But looking at all the news reports from back home it looks like the south is having some trouble with Leon. Is everyone making it through the madness ok?
 
I know I'm glad to not still be in the Atlanta metro yesterday. Took a good friend over 8 hours to go the ~10 miles home. I've been thinking a lot of the community members that I know are down that way too. Thanks for starting the thread, Mist.
 
we are makin it....took the wife 3.5hrs to get home last night...normally a 1hr drive tops


the metro atl area is fubar'd
 
RRaconteur said:
I know I'm glad to not still be in the Atlanta metro yesterday. Took a good friend over 8 hours to go the ~10 miles home. I've been thinking a lot of the community members that I know are down that way too. Thanks for starting the thread, Mist.
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Yeah, I was watching news reports from back home and saw some bad wrecks on routes some close friends drive home. It looked rough down that way.


VANCE said:
we are makin it....took the wife 3.5hrs to get home last night...normally a 1hr drive tops


the metro atl area is fubar'd
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Glad she made it home safe and sound man!
 
I was just wondering if Andy's team did OK. I work in the heart of downtown but had worked from home for a DR appointment yesterday (Whew!) My carpool buddy left work at 12:30 and made it home just before 5. My boss drove 3.5 hours and realized he was getting nowhere so he turned around and went back to the office. He spent the night there as did one of our sales managers. One of our planners who lives near my boss kept going. She was still on the road at 9:00PM and then found a good samaritin stranger who opened his house to her. She is still there now. A former colleage who works in Buckhead made a facebook post at Midnight that she had finally gotten to a fire station and would stay the night there. There are thousands of people in ATL that had to abandon their cars last night.

I was driving home from my Dr appt and conditions went from a snow flurry to packed ice within an hour. I grew up in the midwest and I "Know how to drive" on ice, but even going 20MPH when faced with a gentle downhill that ended at a major intersection, I struggled to keep control of my car which, at one point, was sliding with no response from steering or brakes. I avoided sliding into the intersection at the bottom by catching some gravel on the side and making a right turn.

We were all expecting another over-hyped snowfall that didn't turn into anything, but when everyone in Atlanta looked out their window at 12:30 and saw it was sticking they ALL got in their cars and instantly plugged the highways. Our salt trucks couldn't move for the traffic.

It is unbelieveable to me how quickly our city went from a normal workday to essentially a survival situation for thousands. When I lived in Colorado, I always had a winter survival kit with me. In ATL I don't even keep a pair of gloves in the glove compartment!
 
Damn Paul, I knew it was bad, but that put it in perspective for me. Sounds like it got really scary for some people, I hope Andy and crew are all ok, I haven't heard from any of them today yet. I guess my first experience with extreme cold, first trip up north in my teens, being one that almost killed me and left me with permanent nerve damage from the frost bite, actually did me a favor. I throw a bag with winter supplies in each vehicle at the beginning of autumn...
 
we have folks spending the night in their cars in gas station parking lots & i just saw on where one lady took shelter in a firestation

folks really need to prepare better down here
 
Paul Brach said:
I was just wondering if Andy's team did OK. I work in the heart of downtown but had worked from home for a DR appointment yesterday (Whew!) My carpool buddy left work at 12:30 and made it home just before 5. My boss drove 3.5 hours and realized he was getting nowhere so he turned around and went back to the office. He spent the night there as did one of our sales managers. One of our planners who lives near my boss kept going. She was still on the road at 9:00PM and then found a good samaritin stranger who opened his house to her. She is still there now. A former colleage who works in Buckhead made a facebook post at Midnight that she had finally gotten to a fire station and would stay the night there. There are thousands of people in ATL that had to abandon their cars last night.

I was driving home from my Dr appt and conditions went from a snow flurry to packed ice within an hour. I grew up in the midwest and I "Know how to drive" on ice, but even going 20MPH when faced with a gentle downhill that ended at a major intersection, I struggled to keep control of my car which, at one point, was sliding with no response from steering or brakes. I avoided sliding into the intersection at the bottom by catching some gravel on the side and making a right turn.

We were all expecting another over-hyped snowfall that didn't turn into anything, but when everyone in Atlanta looked out their window at 12:30 and saw it was sticking they ALL got in their cars and instantly plugged the highways. Our salt trucks couldn't move for the traffic.

It is unbelieveable to me how quickly our city went from a normal workday to essentially a survival situation for thousands. When I lived in Colorado, I always had a winter survival kit with me. In ATL I don't even keep a pair of gloves in the glove compartment!
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I was thinking the same thing at first, until this post. I was in Chattanooga Tennessee a few years back and the whole city shut down because of something like 3 inches of snow.

Sounds awful either way and hope everyone gets through it ok.

Here in WI, we haven't had a day go by without a windchill warning in something like a month. My girlfriend and I spent the night in our greenhouses sunday night because we staelrted seedlings and the roads were drifting so bad we were afraid we wouldnt be able to get back up in the morning or later that night to load the wood stoves.
The forecast for Sunday was -15 with a 50 below windchill potential, and blizzard like whiteouts due to drifting on the roads. Thankfully it was milder than expected, but Tuesday morning was -20, thankfully no wind.

The propane costs have skyrocketed and are potentially going to severely screw us this year. If this winter goes as long as last years did, we may end up with over 8gs into our crops just in propane.

This winter is rough everywhere.
Be safe everyone! Keep an extra blanket in the car and tow straps if you can help others get out:)
 
My wife has friends sleeping in the lobby of a hotel off 75. They ran out of gas in traffic and had to abandon the car. They had the money for the room...but no rooms are available. Just glad they were able to find some shelter. No survival experience at all, and no supplies.
 
Tribial said:
I was thinking the same thing at first, until this post. I was in Chattanooga Tennessee a few years back and the whole city shut down because of something like 3 inches of snow.

Sounds awful either way and hope everyone gets through it ok.

Here in WI, we haven't had a day go by without a windchill warning in something like a month. My girlfriend and I spent the night in our greenhouses sunday night because we staelrted seedlings and the roads were drifting so bad we were afraid we wouldnt be able to get back up in the morning or later that night to load the wood stoves.
The forecast for Sunday was -15 with a 50 below windchill potential, and blizzard like whiteouts due to drifting on the roads. Thankfully it was milder than expected, but Tuesday morning was -20, thankfully no wind.

The propane costs have skyrocketed and are potentially going to severely screw us this year. If this winter goes as long as last years did, we may end up with over 8gs into our crops just in propane.

This winter is rough everywhere.
Be safe everyone! Keep an extra blanket in the car and tow straps if you can help others get out:)
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Chattanooga was chaos yesterday. I was just glad my family and friends all made it home in the madness that ensued. That city is not known for its winter preparedness at all...other than the lack there of at times like this...
 
mistwalker said:
Chattanooga was chaos yesterday. I was just glad my family and friends all made it home in the madness that ensued. That city is not known for its winter preparedness at all...other than the lack there of at times like this...
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Yeah I can only imagine. Hope this isn't a portent of what's to come. Hot dry summers with extra cold terrible winters as a consistent theme.
 
Tribial said:
Yeah I can only imagine. Hope this isn't a portent of what's to come. Hot dry summers with extra cold terrible winters as a consistent theme.
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Eh, weather patterns fluctuate, lets hope that's all it is...
 
Tribial said:
Yeah I can only imagine. Hope this isn't a portent of what's to come. Hot dry summers with extra cold terrible winters as a consistent theme.
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Yeah I live in Chattanooga and just a little snow causes a lot of problems. I think the snow kind of caught the city off guard. I dont think they had done anything to prepare the roads for the snow. The little roads going into neighborhoods are pretty bad, tons of cars parked or crashed near the entrances. Fortunately i've got 4wd and havent had any trouble with the mess myself.
 
Mist you picked a tough year to move north. Hope you guys are doing OK.

We were not supposed ot get anything yesterday but ended up with a few inches of powder. Most folks here know enough to get home and not too many issues.

My Sis is in NoCal and they are looking at true misery in the drought department. Odd jetstream so far this year.

Bill
 
The road crews just dont have the equipment or supplies to deal with storms like this. The entire Metro Atlanta area is jacked up. There's a good 4" of snow in my area (North West of Atlanta). Took my wife 6 hours to make a 4mi drive. So many wrecks blocking the roads that she had to park the car about a 1/2 mi from the house and walk the rest of the way. A lot of kids still were stranded at their schools and they're expecting that to continue for at least another day.

If the temps dont get well above freezing, then nothing is going to change. It's 12 degrees outside now. :(
 
lmalterna said:
Mist you picked a tough year to move north. Hope you guys are doing OK.

We were not supposed ot get anything yesterday but ended up with a few inches of powder. Most folks here know enough to get home and not too many issues.

My Sis is in NoCal and they are looking at true misery in the drought department. Odd jetstream so far this year.

Bill
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Yeah, we're hanging in so far. At this point still glad to be away from what Chattanooga has become these days :)
 
it took my dad 9 hours to get home last night and he had to walk 6 miles because someone got stuck on a bridge in front of him.
 
Man, I feel for you guys, thats some nasty stuff you guys are enduring. Although the weather in California has been more like early summer, we are in the biggest drought in a very long time, if not in history.

You guys stay warm and safe. "Endeavor to persevere."

Here's a tune for you guys.
[video=youtube_share;frt_f0eP_Hs]http://youtu.be/frt_f0eP_Hs[/video]
 
My wife is a nurse and a local children's hospital and they don't have a choice whether to show up for their shift. She left the house @ 4pm yesterday. Typically, it takes her 45-50 minutes to get to work. 2 hours into the commute she made it to within 8 miles of work. It took her until 830 this morning to go just over 6 miles further. Finally semis were ordered to the shoulder and personal vehicles eere shuffled around and she is heading home, hopefully here within the hour!!! She has been in the car for 20 hrs, luckily she had some snacks in the car and was able to stop at a gastation around 10am. I know she is ready to be home!!!!!
 
allen456 said:
My wife is a nurse and a local children's hospital and they don't have a choice whether to show up for their shift. She left the house @ 4pm yesterday. Typically, it takes her 45-50 minutes to get to work. 2 hours into the commute she made it to within 8 miles of work. It took her until 830 this morning to go just over 6 miles further. Finally semis were ordered to the shoulder and personal vehicles eere shuffled around and she is heading home, hopefully here within the hour!!! She has been in the car for 20 hrs, luckily she had some snacks in the car and was able to stop at a gastation around 10am. I know she is ready to be home!!!!!
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WOW, sounds she had a hell of a night! Glad she made it through it ok
 
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