Southern boy snowed-in! Help!

[dawg]

Call the National Guard! Mobilize the Army! Martial law!

This is supposed to happen to other people ........ Northern people!

Not me.

[Rosie1223]

1. Please post pics of your snow emergency

so we Northern People can snicker.

:rofl:

[dawg]

2. I would.

But I'm a luddite and don't know how. Also, too worn out from shoveling snow.

[Bunny]

3. I'm envious. You all are expected to stay home during your

snow emergencies. We northerners still have to report to work. :( Ordinary table salt can help with light de-icing, if need be. There's some free advice from a snow-sick yankee.

[dawg]

5. Ordinarily, that would be a plus.

But, since I am Mr. Self-Employed, another day off just means the work ain't gettin' done.

Plus, even though I might be able to drive with the roads in this condition, my fellow Georgians cannot. They provide me with a moving obstacle course, and it's just not worth playing a giant game of pinball with them in order to get to town.

[tigereye]

23. So far not nearly as bad as last winter- let's hope that

continues! I suspect they have too much ice for table salt to help, Bunny! :rofl:

[old mark]

4. Well, y'all wouldn't come North, so we are sending the North to you!

Hope you got some long underwear, it is gonna get very much colder over the next few weeks...Then you can be introduced to....ICE!


mark

[dawg]

6. long underwear? snow shovels? de-icing?

What are these things of which you people speak?

[sarge43]

8. For us to know; for you to discover.

BAWAHWAH!

(Should I tell him about black ice? Nah. Hee)

[tigereye]

24. what is the temp usually down there this time of year?

Here it's usually in the 20s during the day, and teens at night, or a little warmer, on average.

[dawg]

28. Temp is pretty normal for this time of year.

Highs in mid-30s, lows upper teens. It's just the white stuff that is unusual for us.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. It's not snowing in Texas.

It knows better than to mess with Texas...

...well, at least, my part of Texas. :P

[kentauros]

16. Yeah, this part of Texas just floods

every time we get an inch of rain, and our "fellow" drivers don't know what to do, either! :P

[hedgehog]

9. I got chewed out over in GD last Friday for suggesting that Georgia

was in for a tough time! Hang in there, I understand it's going to melt in a day or so.

[one_voice]

10. How much snow did you get?

Last winter we had 3 major storms back to back...double digit snow totals. By Feb 2010 we had 63 inches fall. Broke all the previous records.

[dawg]

12. Oh, it's really not that bad.

Looks like about 5 inches to me, six tops. I could probably get somehwere if I really wanted to. (But most places are probably closed anyway)

[Inchworm]

11. I blame Al Gore

This ain't no dang "warming" lol!!

Gonna be 3 weeks of this crap at least here :D

:hug: <= for warming effect

:hi:

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. You KNOW you have a free holiday, right?

Hell, at 2 inches of snow, most of the South cranks up the heat and locks the front door.
At 5 inches, you have a season pass to remain in pajamas under the electric blanket and 6 cats until the pecans leaf out.
And not one single southern soul will blame you.

Meself, I have not been out of my wool socks, wool slippers, silk longjohns since mid=Oct, and make Mr. d go outside for anything needed.
But..it IS the one season we can turn on the over and bake stuff without dying from the heat.

Put some snow in the freezer as a memory, for the young uns.:evilgrin:

[Inchworm]

15. Hehe, I'm an oddity

A couple years ago I realized our weather compares more to NY state and Northern Ohio. I always laughed when I went down the mountain in bad weather... well, until some crazy thought he'd go from 40mph to stopped in 30 feet and met me. :D

Now I stay home.

:hi:

[Mira]

26. This is "high"larious Dixiegrrrrl, and accurate to boot.

Here in NC we are all tucked in safely and don't have to appear on any of our appointed rounds. Everybody understands, and most places are either closed or not really working and just standing about talking about the snow.

Time for soup and crusty bread and waiting it out.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Didn't you stock up on beer?

It's what got me through Georgia ice storms.

:hi:

[bluedigger]

17. Call the Fire Department!

Stuck car catches fire:

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/weather/2011/01/10/ga.fire.car.wxia.html


:rofl:

[Raven]

18. Heh, heh, heh. Expecting a foot and a half tonight and tomorrow.

I have the dog food, the cat food and the scotch. The trick is to prepare and then enjoy.

[Lex]

19. We had stupid ice here in central NC. (pic)

Not much but when walkways, sidewalks, roads get coated with this, it's not too much fun:



I'm sure everyone up north knows how to drive on ice, but I stayed home today.

[hedgehog]

20. No, up North when the roads are covered with ice, we stay home!

You can drive carefully on the snow; you can't drive on ice!

I recall driving to work in Syracuse a fine late Winter day about 10 years ago. I don't know what the exact mix of humidity and temperature was, but just as the sun rose, every single bridge deck in Onondaga County flashed over to black ice. The salt trucks were already out; they just didn't get to the bridges in time. In fact, I think some salt trucks got into trouble. On I-81, there was a massive pileup that took a couple hours to straighten out. It was only when the police compared notes that they realized a driver was missing. It took a search to find the guy. The poor fellow had gotten out of his car to help someone else and ended up slipping and falling off the bridge. I myself had the dubious distinction of being the first car waved over the bridge over the Seneca River. I crept forward, not knowing what the problem was, and found myself sliding sideways the length of the bridge. It was a unique view of the river, one I hope never to repeat.

[tigereye]

25. no, you can't drive on ice- a lot of folks seem to forget

that, unfortunately. :(

[old mark]

31. Like the people trying to drive up the hill in front of my house...they eventually do it,

it just takes 5 minutes to go the block...It's really the guys driving down hill fast and trying to stop for the light that I'm concerned about...there are always a few parked cars getting hit by others sliding into them...happens every year.


mark

[nolabear]

21. Shrimp and grits on the way!!

Hang on, Baby, me and Paula Dean are comin' for y'all!

[dawg]

29. Oh, salmon and grits for me, please!

Cooked on a cedar plank. (The salmon, not the grits.) :P

[nolabear]

33. Can do... Btw I'm in danger of being snowed in here in Seattle too

and I've got a plane to catch in the morning. Gotta love winter...

[tigereye]

22. I feel sorry for you folks - stay safe and warm

we are used to this kind of thing up here- you don't really expect this kind of thing down in your area. Try to enjoy some time to read, make some soup and relax. That's what we do!



ps, don't drive! Sounds like there aren't nearly enough plows to deal with it all.

[dawg]

30. plows?

:rofl:

[emilyg]

34. I would join you in

laughing but I'm going nuts here after 3 days of being inside.

[tigereye]

35. that's what my old friend who now lives in SC said!

:D

husband was just telling a funny story about a woman in Tenn. who was upset since she had no idea how to get snow off her car!

:rofl:

[rainbow4321]

37. Our local Dallas news had a lady

who was whining because "my nose is cooooold, I guess I will have to put something on my head or face and I'm not uuuusssssed to THAT".

Ohmygosh, lady, it's going back up to the 50's and 60's later this week..suck it up!!

Of course, this is the same place where news anchors breathlessly start off their broadcast with "BREAKING NEWS...how to keep yourself warm, temperatures dropping to 40 degrees in the morning". Uuuhhh, COAT, maybe???

Disclaimer: Born and raised in NJ, have lived in Dallas since 1986 and locals' reactions still have me shaking my head every winter.

[kimi]

27. Didn't you stock up

on sleds and huskies??

Keep warm and safe!

[snooper2]

32. really?

:eyes:

[bikebloke]

36. Don't eat yellow snow.

I think Frank Zappa wrote a song on the same subject.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

38. Are you in Dalton?

If so, I have been trying to reach you at your office since Monday
If not...nevermind