January 23, 2003
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IT SNOWED, IT SNOWED, IT SNOWED!!!!!!
Last night before going to bed (2am, actually), I told the DH, "Ya know I'm just ready for Spring, we're not going to get anymore snow and just cold with no snow, SUCKS!" The weather people said snow for last night but it wouldn't stick. At 2am there was no snow, it was just cold as hell, I figured that our one and only chance for snow had passed last week..off to bed.
This morning, DH comes in and wakes me up saying, "Honey, Honey...you got your snow! I'm not going into work, the road is iced over and there are 4 cars spun out over the bridge!" I wake up and head to the window and sure enough, a little dusting of snow and about 4 cars all turned the wrong way sitting on a HUGE patch of ice that is the busy road next to our house, with a line of cars going up the road. The whole road was a sheet of ice and NO ONE was prepared. They've shut down interstates, main highways, all that good stuff. And yes, you can laugh at us southerners and shutting down with less than an inch of snow, but it isn't really the snow so much as the ice all over the roads, and not one county was prepared for any of this...And I've seen northerners during an ice storm trying to drive, now THAT is funny! In the south, we know better than to try to drive when every road is a big sheet of ice! No matter how well you drive, snow or no snow, ice is totally different! Besides, Atlanta is nothing but transplanted 'yankees' anyway! lol
I've taken a TON of shots, I even braved the nice warm temp of 16 with 15mph winds to get you people (ok, really it's for me) good shots of a southern snow. They are HERE...ENJOY!
I'm off for orange cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa, extra marshmallows!
Have a great day everyone and stay warm!!!
Comments (7)
LOL, I wish I could still get that excited about snow. When I lived in Texas, snow was a big exciting thing. Now that I live in Nova Scotia, I've seen enough snow to never want to see any again! And that's with just what's on the ground right now. *g*
Yea, but where we come from we get that excited about sand and sun
You can have all the snow...I hate it.
'lanta, huh? i'm from 'lanta... yup... and i got snow too.... *squeal* we southerners know how to appreciate snow don't we?
I'm in Charleston right now and we got a dusting of snow!!!! I've been here for four years and this is only the second time we've had flurries!!! But they didn't cancel classes =( My parents live in the upstate and they got ~7inches!! Daddy's taken lots of pictures. Yours reminded me of his. Those are beautiful! Anyway, enjoy the snow and stay warm.
Colleen
GOD!!! I miss snow! We've had Springish weather for awhile now, I miss winter. Thanks for the pics:)
-M
You are so lucky! I wish we had snow here in CA, but people drive bad enough with just rain
Wow you took some great pics with that camera! The dogs look like they're having fun--the turtle looks a bit, ummm, perplexed?!! LOL.
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