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Post by abrakapokus on Feb 12, 2014 13:17:39 GMT -5
A couple lot of years a go I had to drive to and from work in the snow and ice. I was so thankful for my Subaru and the fact that it was a manual transmission. <sigh> I miss that car!
No takers on my offer....surprisingly, I still have power...although with the icicles on the power lines and gusty winds, it will be a miracle if I don't lose it at some point. On the local news they are showing a house with a tree that landed on it that is only a couple miles from me.... :0
Outside is a total sheet of ice pretty much. The precip is like a frozen mist right now but there's another band moving in. My animals seem totally confused about what is going on.
But I'm ready for whatever. Except the tree landing on the house thing. That would be totally uncool.
My parents are from Michigan, so I should know what those are, but being raised in TN means I have no idea what those are.
I don't even put winter tires on my car and i live in MN. All season tires and knowledge of how to drive in snow/ice are plenty safe if ya ask me, but nobody was so carry on :-)
MN gets worse weather than where I'm from, a lot more snow for sure, so I'll take your word for it!
I don't even put winter tires on my car and i live in MN. All season tires and knowledge of how to drive in snow/ice are plenty safe if ya ask me, but nobody was so carry on :-)
MN gets worse weather than where I'm from, a lot more snow for sure, so I'll take your word for it!
Yea we're quite estatic here that we're about to turn a corner, next weeks highs are in the 30s! Heat wave!
No takers on my offer....surprisingly, I still have power...although with the icicles on the power lines and gusty winds, it will be a miracle if I don't lose it at some point. On the local news they are showing a house with a tree that landed on it that is only a couple miles from me.... :0
Outside is a total sheet of ice pretty much. The precip is like a frozen mist right now but there's another band moving in. My animals seem totally confused about what is going on.
But I'm ready for whatever. Except the tree landing on the house thing. That would be totally uncool.
Even being from MN, that is something we rarely ever experience is A LOT of freezing rain. We get freezing rain in and out of snow storms and what not, but that much ice seems pretty intense. Put on the skates and strap on the foil! (not sure if others with get the Slap Shot reference or not)
I had responded earlier, but I dindn't realize Inforoo pulled an "unregistered domain name error"
Dave Maynar- I am 100% TeamAHamurgerIsInNoFingWayASandwich.
I can't imagine having to use PTO for snow... I am lucky enough to work at a higher education institution and can get snow days (we'll probably have one tomorrow), late openings and early dismissals. They are much more strict with them than secondary schools, but this will be our third this year If we didn't get snow days, there is NO way that I'd use PTO unless I aaaaaabsolutely had to. My days are strictly for Bonanroo, Wanee, Mountain Jam, NFF, MOEMS, Bisco...
I also don't change my tires. And my tires suck in the snow. They are super low profile.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I had responded earlier, but I dindn't realize Inforoo pulled an "unregistered domain name error"
Dave Maynar- I am 100% TeamAHamurgerIsInNoFingWayASandwich.
I can't imagine having to use PTO for snow... I am lucky enough to work at a higher education institution and can get snow days (we'll probably have one tomorrow), late openings and early dismissals. They are much more strict with them than secondary schools, but this will be our third this year If we didn't get snow days, there is NO way that I'd use PTO unless I aaaaaabsolutely had to. My days are strictly for Bonanroo, Wanee, Mountain Jam, NFF, MOEMS, Bisco...
I also don't change my tires. And my tires suck in the snow. They are super low profile.
Sandwich is part of the dictionary definition of the word, woman. Stop being stubborn!
Post by atlenergyguy on Feb 12, 2014 20:37:22 GMT -5
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We'll be posting the first half of February album reviews, about 9ish albums, tomorrow. We add in what albums to check out if you like the albums. Keep an updated concert calendar on the site and list the shows for each month at the beginning of each month with links to the artists facebook page, venue site, and specific ticket page. We add in our rec rating of the shows to fwiw. We're also trying to work with venues to increase overall information about venues so people know more about all the great area locations.
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Post by zenofmalarkey on Feb 13, 2014 0:49:28 GMT -5
I used to be like some of these drivers mocking Atlantans in the snow. Grew up in Idaho and Northern California, drove on ice and snow my whole life.
However, I have NEVER seen anything like this. I know here in my neighborhood in north Fulton, there are two roads out (both steep hills) and about 300 residents. No one can get out. The way this freezing rain accumulated (and continued for almost 24 hours straight now) was pretty impressive. My streets have literally an inch of ice. In my life I've seen ice patches, thin sheets of ice and black ice, but nothing like this.
In our area, they put down salt but it didn't do a thing. The way the freezing rain was accumulating it had little effect. There were two cars who tried to make it out of the neighborhood (both were from the Northeast and "knew how to drive in this" ... their words). They loaded down the backs of their 4x4s (because "watch this, this is how you do it") and tried to make it up the hill. Both ended up spinning into the ditch while the rest of us laughed and drank our beers while our kids sledded down the icy hill. I would put good money that a majority of the accidents (at least this time) are people out on the roads thinking they know how to drive in this only to find it's a completely different beast than what they've seen.
The freezing power lines and trees is even crazier. I've heard tree limbs falling all day and know several people who had big trees fall in their yards. How do you prepare for that?
At least we figured out from last week that it's just better to take it easy, drink some beer and stand around a fire waiting for Friday and a date with Trey at the Tabernacle.
I can't imagine having to use PTO for snow... I am lucky enough to work at a higher education institution and can get snow days (we'll probably have one tomorrow), late openings and early dismissals.
Lucky.
I've had to call out twice this month already, one for this storm tomorrow (today?) and for the one last week. I burned a vacation day last week, decided against it for this one. I probably need it later in the year. But having a 29 hour week paycheck is going to suck.
I've worked at this company now since July 2010. It has NEVER been closed a full day for weather in the 3.5 years I been there. This includes several huge blizzards, Irene, and Sandy. In the case of Irene, Sandy, and the blizzards of '11 and '13 - it opened at 6:30 like normal, then decided to close only because Gov. Malloy ordered the highways closed.
Post by memphis1979 on Feb 13, 2014 7:27:56 GMT -5
Do people in Atlanta realize how many people north of Nashville are laughing at them?
Seriously, my last full Michigan winter had measurable snowfall from mid October through mid march. We had snow on our road all the time. I was driving a 96 Mustang with speed tires, not exactly a snow car.
So if you're freaked, if your city and state can't handle a few inches of winter precipitation, just stay home, stay warm, and you'll be fine. I have lived in a house with no heat due to a loss of electricity. It's why i owned a kerosene heater.
Do people in Atlanta realize how many people north of Nashville are laughing at them?
Seriously, my last full Michigan winter had measurable snowfall from mid October through mid march. We had snow on our road all the time. I was driving a 96 Mustang with speed tires, not exactly a snow car.
So if you're freaked, if your city and state can't handle a few inches of winter precipitation, just stay home, stay warm, and you'll be fine. I have lived in a house with no heat due to a loss of electricity. It's why i owned a kerosene heater.
No one should be laughing at anyone over this. There isn't one ounce of anything humorous about major storms, whether it's winter, tropical, or a fucking tornado ripping across the Plains. I'm not even gonna try and give you a reasonable response to this, but you're an ass. Good for you that live you in Michigan and are a big tough guy.
Do people in Atlanta realize how many people north of Nashville are laughing at them?
Seriously, my last full Michigan winter had measurable snowfall from mid October through mid march. We had snow on our road all the time. I was driving a 96 Mustang with speed tires, not exactly a snow car.
So if you're freaked, if your city and state can't handle a few inches of winter precipitation, just stay home, stay warm, and you'll be fine. I have lived in a house with no heat due to a loss of electricity. It's why i owned a kerosene heater.
Knock it off, memphis. The people there do not find anything funny about it.
Hope everyone is safe out there! Thankfully it's warmed up where I am today.
I remember 10 or so years ago, there was a major ice storm in the Houston area. Everything around had > 1/2" of ice on it. After, you would walk outside and it was ghostly quiet, except for the cracking of tree limbs all around. Took our cat out for a walk (yes, he enjoys the walks just like our dogs!), and he was absolutely freaked out by the noise/atmosphere.
When the power went out here because of Hurricane Sandy I was just about to fry some chicken cutlet and had a frying pan filled with oil ready to go.
Power went out.
I figure I'll leave the oil cuz the power will come back on son.
Day 1 passes.
Day 2 passes.
Day 7 passes.
At some point that frying pan of 10 day old oil sitting on my counter was pretty funny. It was like my companion in the stormy days.
But yea...in general there's nothing too funny about folks losing their power. It can be cold as hell and you lose out on lots of food if you can't keep them refrigerated. My house was extremely lucky that one of our neighbors was on a different power grid and they didn't lose power. We were able to run a huge extension cord to one of our refrigerators. You realize that you take things for granted when you have no power for days.
Do people in Atlanta realize how many people north of Nashville are laughing at them?
Seriously, my last full Michigan winter had measurable snowfall from mid October through mid march. We had snow on our road all the time. I was driving a 96 Mustang with speed tires, not exactly a snow car.
So if you're freaked, if your city and state can't handle a few inches of winter precipitation, just stay home, stay warm, and you'll be fine. I have lived in a house with no heat due to a loss of electricity. It's why i owned a kerosene heater.
I usually don't respond to these kind of things, but what an ass response. #1: it's not just snow, it's almost all ice. My whole family is from Michigan and they would never drive with this much ice on the road. #2: It's the south; we don't get storms like this. When a heatwave hits Michigan I'm not like "why don't they just turn on their ac?" I understand that a lot of places are not prepared like the south to have over 100 degree temps. Grow up dude.