Day 3 - Atlanska

I thought it might be easier, and more entertaining, to give an update to everyone's comments.  :)  So you can see how unaccustomed Atlanta is to receiving snow.

RichardM said... Very pretty. I didn't think Atlanta ever got more than a dusting of snow. I think I would head for the mountains as it's supposed to snow up there. Maybe the drivers would be a bit more sane. Maybe dig a snow cave...

The cycle is generally about every seven years Atlanta will get hit with a good snow or ice storm.  We have been lucky to have two years in a row.  Though Feb 2010 came in with a freakish 4 inches and beautiful blue skies that next day had melted it all by 2 pm.

This time the temperatures dropped even more after the storm passed.  So nothing is melting!

Remember, this is Atlanta...  I wouldn't expect much more of the drivers in the mountains either.  :)  I do like the snow cave idea...

Circle Blue said... Love the title of the post :)

You may have more snow than we do, but we're working on catching up. It's been snowing since mid-afternoon. The forecast was for 4 to 6 inches, but I don't think we will get that much, more like 2 to 4in.

Have you caught up yet?  I know the storm headed NE...but I don't think it would have hit you.  I wish we could figure out a way to ship all this up to you.  ;)  Atlanta just is not equipped to deal with this.  It has handled this type of situation better, but it has also handled it worse.  So I'm not complaining too much this time around.

bobskoot said... I was going to gloat . . . but now we have a snow warning for a bit tonight and more for Tuesday night. Right now it is clear, cold and the roads are frosty.

It must be the global warming thing again

HA! Sharing in the joy of winter.  You need the bad so you can appreciate the GOOD!!  At least that is what I keep telling myself with these damn roads.  I do hope you are faring better.

 

SonjaM said...Is it normal for Atlanta to get that much snow? I thought the weather over there would be a bit milder. Well, it looks pretty, though. A good reason to watch 'Long way...' Hang in there!

Not normal on a yearly basis.  But definitely not unexpected every seventh year or so. Our winters usually are milder.  A couple weeks of freezing temps.  Maybe a dusting of snow every once in awhile, that doesn't stick.  It does look pretty, but the freezing rain that came in right after the snow has created this hard crust on everything and makes it impossible to walk on or play with.  Not a properly made snowball can be had.  :)

'Long Way...' was such a mistake.  Wanderlust...

Raftnn said...Bummer about the weather hopefully it will improve soon for you.....i do genuinely feel for you guys over there.

Thanks Roger.  Just keep your pictures and ride reports coming to give us Northern Hemisphere folks a taste of the summer that we long for.  I've read that Queensland is suffering from severe flooding and think of the rains you encountered during your holidays.  I hope your summer continues on easily.

Jonesy said... No fair! Hundreds of miles North of you and we get a lousy inch? Wife did get a snow day though. :)

Take it!  Please, please take it!  LOL.  I'm glad that your wife did get a snow day out of it.  Some companies here managed 2 and 3.  :)

Trobairitz said... Stuck inside and watching Long Way Round and Long Way Down with hubby.... I can't think of a better way to spend a snow day. Good choice.

Hope your snow melts soon so you can get out and ride. Do they use a lot of gravel out there? That is all they seem to use on the frosty roads here. 

The "Long Way" series were enjoyable...but just made the desire to travel that much worse...  Arrgh!!  Stuck indoors!!  Monday was bad.  Tuesday was worse with the freezing rain and night time temps making the snow stick to the asphalt.  Wednesday was worse because what little roadway melt did occur just froze into sold sheets of ice across the road.  Temps dipping down to 13F at night is not helping our roadways.

They are using gravel on the roads here.  However, the interstates are getting most, if not all, of the attention.  The rarity of this much snow, and the economic situation, has caused cutbacks.  The interstates are getting the most attention, and they only had one lane cleared for two days of work.  Primary roads in my area still only have tire ruts in one lane.  Forget about the secondary and tertiary roads.  Ice.  Ice.  Ice.  They deigned to spread some gravel on some of the worst hills and curves.  But not nearly enough of them.

bluekat said... Snow sure makes everything look so pretty, but I still say it belongs in the mountains. :)

You are correct.  It was pretty.  Now it is just hard, cold, icy and in the way!  :)

irondad said... What? No hot chocolate? We just got hooked on peppermint hot chocolate from Trader Joe's. What a mistake.

Interesting lighting on a couple of the photos. Very intriguing.

OOhhh!!  Peppermint Hot Chocolate!!  Keep it as a winter time vice and don't feel guilty!  Such a small little sin.  :)  Glad you like the photos.  So hard to catch the snow falling.  Either sudden flash or unintelligible streaks...

Rob R Robinson said... Atlanta in snow and ice - like one big bumper car rink! I'm glad you opted for staying off the roads, definitely safer. Are you still enjoying time off or getting cabin fever already? From what I have heard, the cold temps have stuck around.The snow must have been coming down fast and furious to get those first couple of photos and have 2 inches of snow in an hour.Stay warm and safe.

That is exactly right!!  We just didn't see much progress in clearing the roads in three days of work!  On the flip side, people mostly heeded the warnings and did stay off the road.  It helped when most companies declared snow day on Monday.  We dearly wanted to go into the mountains.  Unfortunately Oilburner continued to sleep in until 10.  I didn't think we had the time to get to the mountains and back in safety, going 25 mph.  It would have taken 3 hours one way!  Yes, the colder temps actually came the day after the snows.  So we are getting evening temps down to 13F.  Wreaking havoc on the roads.  Be glad your area handles snow better.  Doesn't it?  ;)

David T. Macknet said...Gah! We just got rid of (most of) ours. Hope you've got snow-cleats!

I'm glad your area is clearing up.  Three weeks is much too much.  Luckily ours won't stick around that long.  But the city isn't moving too fast until about 10 or later.  People are trying to let the roads warm up a bit.  But they are beginning to get reckless now as they are antsy.  No snow-cleats.  But they definitely would have been helpful.  Parking lots are sheets of ice...with water underneath.  But the ice doesn't break!!  Just slippery all the way around.

I managed to escape work yesterday because the roads were horrendous and people were spinning tires getting out of our neighborhood.  I tried going to work today, despite all of the ice across the roads.  But I did make Mr. Oilburner drive me in.  No way was I going to be responsible for this mess!  LOL.  He called me about 3 hours after dropping me off to tell me that he hadn't been able to get home yet.  People were spun out on the roads in all of the dips in the roadway that were still covered in ice.  He was wondering if I was willing to go home early since he wasn't going to want to venture out again.  No Problem!!

Thank you all for writing in and giving motorbike longing support.  I hope you are all enjoying better weather and doing well!  I've posted a few more photos of my morning commute on Flickr.