Us southerners ain't used to snow so I'm not sure why you northern folk are trying to make jokes about "its only 2 inches!!111"
People were in their cold ass cars for 12+ hours. Its still students at my school, and they'll probably have to spend a second night there. Bitches giving birth in cars, folks sliding into rivers, my cousin got stuck on a train track in the traffic with the train coming and her babies in the car. This ain't no damn JOKE.
Us southerners ain't used to snow so I'm not sure why you northern folk are trying to make jokes about "its only 2 inches!!111"
People were in their cold ass cars for 12+ hours. Its still students at my school, and they'll probably have to spend a second night there. Bitches giving birth in cars, folks sliding into rivers, my cousin got stuck on a train track in the traffic with the train coming and her babies in the car. This ain't no damn JOKE.
WTF.. Even when it snows 2 inches there might be black ice problems but no problems like this
Y'all are too much
When it snows, just drive on the street really slowly... there's really nothing else to it.
Same goes for ice, just drive slowly. I was driving 30km/hr last week during the snow storm here.
It's way too hilly here just to "drive slowly". I saw at least 20 cars getting stuck going up a hill. It took me 7 hours to drive a 30 minute route yesterday.
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They're stuck because of the icy roads.
As for some northerners laughing over "just two inches of snow," we aren't use to driving on icy roads like that. Snow vs. black ice are two complete different things. Car accidents and pile ups will back traffic up. It's reasons like this why some southern states and counties have issued "curfews" and discouraged people from being on the road, period. Because of that inexperience, things like this happen in larger cities. I mean, we're better equipped to handle hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, not winter mixes.
They don't sell the all-weathered conditioned tires or ice scrapers as much as they have them available up north. There is this thing called, SUPPLY AND DEMAND. If the demand isn't there, the supply won't either. We don't have the city or state government getting salk trucks to scatter salt on roads/highways/freeways to help with traffic flow. The knowledge of how to weather such storms won't be common for southerners. Same goes for earthquakes that the west coasters are accustom to.
Funny, the panic and handling of "just" category 1/2 hurricane Sandy was "something" to watch. Category 3? Maybe we can talk, but 4 and 5 will have you feelin' some type of way.
You can't live in the south during the spring or summer and not taste a freaking snowball. And no, the ones people buy from the ice cream trucks or stores are NOT THE BUSINESS. A legitimate experience occurs as a corner snowball stand. Snowballs with that sweet condensed milk is everything. Nachos, frito pies, hot dogs, ice cream, chilli cheese fries, and so on. UFFFF I cannot wait for March to get here
I feel so sorry for all of the drivers who got stuck. I'd hate to be stuck in Atlanta traffic period. Much less when there is a backup because of snow/ice.
You can't live in the south during the spring or summer and not taste a freaking snowball. And no, the ones people buy from the ice cream trucks or stores are NOT THE BUSINESS. A legitimate experience occurs as a corner snowball stand. Snowballs with that sweet condensed milk is everything. Nachos, frito pies, hot dogs, ice cream, chilli cheese fries, and so on. UFFFF I cannot wait for March to get here
Wait is it because of the snow??? There's like no snow!
Southern state is not equipped with infrastructure to deal with snow..... people don't usually drive on that condition and tire friction may not be as good as cars in the north.... be sympathetic ok....
We're not used to nor equipped for snow in the south. It's a big deal when it happens -- when you live in a region where snow is common all winter and there is the infrastructure in place to deal with it efficiently, yeah a lot of snow is no big deal. Atlanta and the rest of the south except for the coast Atlantic/Gulf coasts and Florida is really mountainous and hilly, combine that with fluctuating temperatures making the snow turn to ice quickly and not much equipment to efficiently handle the ice/snow and drivers completely unaccustomed to driving in snow you have a recipe for disaster.
THEN combine that with the government's failure to make appropriate judgment calls like not canceling school in a timely manner, not shutting the city/roads down, you have a perfect storm for a complete cluster****. Atlanta rush hour traffic is horrid on a normal day, but then you factor in people leaving work early and then people and school buses also when these are usually staggered throughout the day -- ch...it just created a huge mess. Fulton and the surrounding school systems should have canceled class for that day, period. That could have cut out a whole lot of mess.
Oh my area had some major flooding this past summer for the first time ever, and it closed places down. But I just had to be in Poland for vacation, so I missed it... I always wanted to experience something like it.
And I'm grateful to be at home, safe.
I'd hate to be stuck in Atlanta traffic period. Much less when there is a backup because of snow/ice.
