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Help!! Brother in law stuck on i75 in atlanta for 20 hours!!!

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I'm in north metro Atlanta and we don't really have any snow. Just ice. Everything is covered in about half inch of ice. And we just lost power just now. 🙁. I was thinking about taking my family to a hotel last night just for this potential loss of power reason.
 
ponyo said:
I'm in north metro Atlanta and we don't really have any snow. Just ice. Everything is covered in about half inch of ice. And we just lost power just now. 🙁. I was thinking about taking my family to a hotel last night just for this potential loss of power reason.
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bundle up, southern ice is scary. Is it even safe to walk outside if you aren't wearing crampons or something similar to dig into the ice and provide traction?

Real question. Does the North get ice storms like that? in my long duration (18 months) of living in New England, we've never had an ice storm that lays down ice. The worst was in January when we had a snow, warm rain, then a deep freeze.
 
Saw no ice what-so-ever when I looked outside the apartment window at sunrise. Nothing on the ground, fence, trees, etc. Just a lot of wet rain.

When I went out to the parking lot I saw that all the cars were covered with ice but everything else was just wet. I wore a short-sleeve shirt and wasn't even cold (bit breezy though). On the way to work I instantly started seeing ice-covered trees everywhere. Some were sagging and a huge dead tree finally came down in a graveyard nearby. All lights were working even though the radio says the majority of power outages are in this area. My coworker on the north side (Smyrna) says his power is out.
 
rudeguy said:
Stay safe man. If you need to go out, take it real slow.
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I hate to hear that it's frozen rain and ice south of here. I hope we continue to avoid it. I heard trees cracking and falling earlier, and whenever we have an ice storm we lose a lot of trees and usually power. A few years ago we were without power for a week. I have a generator but my kids used all the remaining gas to run the four wheelers around. I didn't tell them I have a secret reserve hidden safely in the boat's tank - she holds about 40 gallons IIRC.

I'm not going anywhere though unless there's an emergency of some sort. I work from home and have a week's worth of milk, bread, and eggs. I think I'll survive.
 
SearchMaster said:
I hate to hear that it's frozen rain and ice south of here. I hope we continue to avoid it. I heard trees cracking and falling earlier, and whenever we have an ice storm we lose a lot of trees and usually power. A few years ago we were without power for a week. I have a generator but my kids used all the remaining gas to run the four wheelers around. I didn't tell them I have a secret reserve hidden safely in the boat's tank - she holds about 40 gallons IIRC.

I'm not going anywhere though unless there's an emergency of some sort. I work from home and have a week's worth of milk, bread, and eggs. I think I'll survive.
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As much as we northen folks pick on you guys, there is no need to risk it. We have thousands of plow trucks, salt trucks, drivers trained decades to drive on bad roads. Stay safe is the number one thing.
 
About an inch of sleet on the ground and ice on the trees. Been 10 years since the last one. The trees have already started cracking. Power flickering. Should be fun tonight. Gas logs:thumbsup: and the new generator might prove it's worth.
 
I'm filling the downstairs bathtub full of water just in case. I charged all my phones, tablets, and spare batteries last night. We have plenty of food and water. Probably enough for months. And I have my Weber gas grill with side burner if I want to cook some food. I just hope this power outrage doesn't last days. All our power lines and cables are underground. Yet we're usually the first to lose power.
 
Southerners are funny. Yesterday morning on the news some reporter pulled a guy over in Gainesville asking why he was out in the snow. He admitted he had no reason or business for being out in it, "But just wanted to see what it was like."

Morons like that are why Southerners deserves every bit of what they get in Winter.
 
I drove the the Post Office to pick up my mail this morning and stopped by McD for breakfast. The stairs and sidewalks were iced solidly. It took a while to clean up all the ice on the windshield and other windows.

Surprisingly, the streets were clear and the interstate was almost empty. Still have power (all electric) and water. All is good here, just a bit cold down here.
 
We opened the store today. Actually have a few customers buying coats right now. Most of the staff didn't come in so I'm moving people around to compensate.

I don't think it's worth the manpower or even electric power to keep our lights on here today.

Speaking of lights, some of my cameras and PC were reset when I walked in and we got another flash later that triggered the same thing. A register's UPS was making a solid tone right outside my office when I came in.
 
County auto called telling us to stay home. Been a lot of accidents and they don't have the manpower to handle it.

Damned southern ice.
 
jaedaliu said:
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Real question. Does the North get ice storms like that? in my long duration (18 months) of living in New England, we've never had an ice storm that lays down ice. The worst was in January when we had a snow, warm rain, then a deep freeze.
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I was living in Stamford CT and back in the winter of 93/94 we had some freezing rain/ice storms that laid down some real good ice.

Fern
 
BarkingGhostar said:
Southerners are funny. Yesterday morning on the news some reporter pulled a guy over in Gainesville asking why he was out in the snow. He admitted he had no reason or business for being out in it, "But just wanted to see what it was like."

Morons like that are why Southerners deserves every bit of what they get in Winter.
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I won't lie, I would probably do the same thing.

The last big snow around here was in 1932

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Fern said:
I was living in Stamford CT and back in the winter of 93/94 we had some freezing rain/ice storms that laid down some real good ice.

Fern
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The worst I can remember is 12-13 years ago, we had wind sheers come through. I don't understand them, but they basically flash froze every single thing in their path. I pulled out of my apartment doing less than 10 MPH and slid around a curve. I had zero traction. I ended up snapping a support arm or something in my suspension when I hit the curb.

We get a decent amount of freezing rain but we are prepared for it. Whatever kind of freezing hell those wind sheers brought was unknown to us.
 
jaedaliu said:
Real question. Does the North get ice storms like that? in my long duration (18 months) of living in New England, we've never had an ice storm that lays down ice. The worst was in January when we had a snow, warm rain, then a deep freeze.
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Yes we do occasionally get storms like that. Its usually mixed in with snow so it will start snwing, then warm up and turn into freezing rain then have a hard freeze at night. They dont happen frequently but they do happen. I hate having to break the ice off my car when that happens.
 
8" diameter limb just fell between the the lamp post and the car. 1' from the 1st and 5' from the 2nd. Not a scratch on either. Going to be interesting tonight since there's still moisture coming down.
 
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