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originally posted by: ReadLeader
a reply to: UnBreakable
I'M ~EN ROUTE NOW
our city is not equipped to deal w/it
At 3:38 AM, on January 28, the winter storm warning was expanded northward, to include all except the northern exurbs.[4] Despite this coming more than two hours before school systems' 6 am deadline to call off classes and notify local media, and the fact that the previous advisory predicted plenty enough snow to make driving dangerous, and that prior releases noted the northward trend may require expansion of the warning, many superintendents, including those of Douglas County Schools, Cobb County Schools, Marietta City Schools, Fulton County Schools, DeKalb County Schools, Decatur City Schools, Cherokee County Schools, Paulding County School District and Gwinnett County Schools, failed to cancel school until it was too late. Some superintendents apologized, including those for Douglas and Atlanta, while Cobb superintendent Hinojosa refused to acknowledge his failure, and even went so far as to claim that he "wouldn't have done anything different", despite students being stuck on school buses for hours, and some having to spend the night in schools.[5]
originally posted by: Psychonautics
I don't care where you live, learning/reading about how to drive in the snow is essential if you want to be a confident, qualified driver.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Bumer, another snowstorm for somebody else to enjoy.
originally posted by: butcherguy
I live in Eastern Pennsylvania.
I went to the local Aldi grocery store and the only bread they had was the weird crap that my kids don't care for.
I bought a loaf of some kind of multigrain totally organic bread that cost three times what a normal loaf does... because i needed bread to pack my kids lunches.
I don't understand why people have to buy the stores out of bread and milk because a possible snowstorm might hit two or three days away.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: ReadLeader
a reply to: UnBreakable
I'M ~EN ROUTE NOW
Come on over. Just bring your shovel. My plan Sat. night is to shovel for five minutes, stop and drink a beer, then repeat until my property is shoveled or I run out of beer.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: Krazysh0t
We own an "old" oldsmobile...front wheel drive...four door...the best at getting around.
Snow or ice. It is a tank!
My point was when the roads get bad, that is the one we often choose to drive.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Bumer, another snowstorm for somebody else to enjoy.
Enjoy? It's going to snow here in Maryland all day Saturday. If it starts on Friday, it'll be after work has let out for the day. It'll stop on Saturday night, leaving Sunday to shovel snow so you can go to work on Monday. Yay fun...
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: TNMockingbird
Yea, I just own one car. A Toyota Corolla. In a few years I plan on getting a brand new Subaru, but for now, I gotta deal with this guy. Great car, but it doesn't handle very well when the roads get slippery.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Bumer, another snowstorm for somebody else to enjoy.
Enjoy? It's going to snow here in Maryland all day Saturday. If it starts on Friday, it'll be after work has let out for the day. It'll stop on Saturday night, leaving Sunday to shovel snow so you can go to work on Monday. Yay fun...
Yes fun.
I get snowed in with my family. I can't think of anything I enjoy more.
and if you get 18 inches on saturday with wind, you might not be going to work monday.
Take a look at the chart, you can see that at a temperature of 30 degrees, one pound of salt will melt 46 pounds of ice. As the temperature drops, salt's effectiveness slows to the point that when you get down near 10 degrees and below, salt hardly works at all.
originally posted by: SonOfThor
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: ReadLeader
a reply to: UnBreakable
I'M ~EN ROUTE NOW
Come on over. Just bring your shovel. My plan Sat. night is to shovel for five minutes, stop and drink a beer, then repeat until my property is shoveled or I run out of beer.
That is what I'm talking about. If I hadn't moved to Texas a few years back (folks and in laws still live in Northern VA and Front Royal, VA) I'd be doing the exact same. Always a good excuse to slay beers, shovel snow, and maybe play some Xbox1 / watch some movies without the missus getting annoyed...
Y'all be safe. I do wish I was still up there to help my folks with the shoveling, they aren't getting any younger.
Cheers from down in Texas