INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ime

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I wish it was snow instead of ice! I love snow, and hate ice!


Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2005

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305 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO THOMASTON TO SANDERSVILLE FROM
FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE ATLANTA
AND ATHENS AREAS.

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIANS TODAY...BRINGING COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA. MEANWHILE RAIN OVER THE MID SOUTH WILL MOVE EASTWARD
INTO GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO
FREEZING OR BELOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
THIS COULD LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THERE
COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION...AND
THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW MIXED IN OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SOUTH OF THE
ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR 1/4 INCH.
FROM ATLANTA AND ATHENS NORTHWARD 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE...WITH AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1/2 INCH OR GREATER POSSIBLE OVER
THE FAR NORTHEAST.

ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS CENTRAL
GEORGIA IN THE MORNING...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL
RAIN...BUT OVER NORTH GEORGIA TEMPERATURES WILL NOT WARM
SIGNIFICANTLY...LEADING TO THE FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING WELL INTO THE
DAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM UP ABOVE FREEZING
OVER NORTH GEORGIA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS
CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THE
WARNING AREA AS ROADS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPASSABLE. ALSO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE EXTENDED POWER
OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
 

Ime

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
get a jump and put some iceskates on

I didn't think about that! I should tell my wife to buy some ice skates!
 

Fausto

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Sweet. Time to grab a :beer:, flip on the news, and watch the idiots crash into each other.

"I don't know what happened," stated one accident victim "I had the Range Rover in 4WD.......how in the world did I lose traction?"
 

Ime

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: moshquerade
get a jump and put some testicles on

fixed

Sure, you go driving on sheet ice with 100,000 other people who don't know how to drive.

I plan to stay home and watch people on TV crash into each other, like Fausto.
 

Ime

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Sweet. Time to grab a :beer:, flip on the news, and watch the idiots crash into each other.

"I don't know what happened," stated one accident victim "I had the Range Rover in 4WD.......how in the world did I lose traction?"

That is so true in GA!
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: Ime
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: moshquerade
get a jump and put some testicles on

fixed

Sure, you go driving on sheet ice with 100,000 other people who don't know how to drive.

I plan to stay home and watch people on TV crash into each other, snuggled up with Fausto.
:Q

Whoa. Warn me first, sheesh.

 

Ime

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: Ime
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: moshquerade
get a jump and put some testicles on

fixed

Sure, you go driving on sheet ice with 100,000 other people who don't know how to drive.

I plan to stay home and watch people on TV crash into each other, snuggled up with Fausto.
:heart:

I didn't know you felt that way about me! I'll put the champaign on ice!

:D
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: Ime
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: Ime
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: moshquerade
get a jump and put some testicles on

fixed

Sure, you go driving on sheet ice with 100,000 other people who don't know how to drive.

I plan to stay home and watch people on TV crash into each other, snuggled up with Fausto.
:heart:

I didn't know you felt that way about me! I'll put the KY in the crock pot!

:D
Glad to see you're open-minded. :evil:

 

AmigaMan

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Sweet. Time to grab a :beer:, flip on the news, and watch the idiots crash into each other.

"I don't know what happened," stated one accident victim "I had the Range Rover in 4WD.......how in the world did I lose traction?"

DOn't worry, your neighbors to the north here in NC will be right behind ya'll. No lie, during last week's paralyzing .7 inches of snow and ice, I saw a driver in a Jeep Liberty going 65 MPH and passing people on I40. This was on Saturday after most of the snow and ice had happened. But there was still crap all over bridges and some roads. Everyone else (including myself) knew there was ice around and was going 30-40mph. About half a mile ahead of me she ran over a patch of black ice on a bridge, spun the jeep around and hit the concrete median wall. A couple other cars stopped to helped when I drove by, her jeep's front end was totaled. Stupid dumb driver.
 

300MDemon

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Yeah I don't even want to leave the d@mn house because of the idiot drivers here. I cringed when I heard about the storm on the news.
 

Queasy

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At least it will be over a weekend and not during the middle of the work week. Less idiots on the road.

I remember driving home during the ice storm on 2000 and some lady slammed on her brakes when she saw cop lights on Peachtree Industrial. She did a 180 right in the middle of the road. She's lucky there weren't any other cars around her other than me. I was able to glide right past her.
 

bunker

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If you actually need groceries hurry up and get your ass to Publix before all the paranoid folks buy out all the bread, milk and bottled water!
 

DrPizza

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Originally posted by: AmigaMan
Originally posted by: Fausto
Sweet. Time to grab a :beer:, flip on the news, and watch the idiots crash into each other.

"I don't know what happened," stated one accident victim "I had the Range Rover in 4WD.......how in the world did I lose traction?"

DOn't worry, your neighbors to the north here in NC will be right behind ya'll. No lie, during last week's paralyzing .7 inches of snow and ice, I saw a driver in a Jeep Liberty going 65 MPH and passing people on I40. This was on Saturday after most of the snow and ice had happened. But there was still crap all over bridges and some roads. Everyone else (including myself) knew there was ice around and was going 30-40mph. About half a mile ahead of me she ran over a patch of black ice on a bridge, spun the jeep around and hit the concrete median wall. A couple other cars stopped to helped when I drove by, her jeep's front end was totaled. Stupid dumb driver.

Yeah, doesn't she know how to drive? Just before you get to the bridges, you take your foot off the gas pedal; let Newton's 1st law of motion take you across the bridge, then put your foot back on the gas. If only she had known, then she could have passed all you people who don't know how to drive on bad roads and not ended up wrecking ;) :p
 

sixone

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Already in Kansas & Oklahoma. At least we're a little more experienced with ice, although that's not saying much.
 

KeyserSoze

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I'm supposed to be driving there today from Knoxville, TN. We were going to leave @ 7:00. Suddenly, this seems like a terrible idea.

Our reason for the trip: To "hang out" with friends. Might have to reconsider.




KeyserSoze
 

AmigaMan

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: AmigaMan
Originally posted by: Fausto
Sweet. Time to grab a :beer:, flip on the news, and watch the idiots crash into each other.

"I don't know what happened," stated one accident victim "I had the Range Rover in 4WD.......how in the world did I lose traction?"

DOn't worry, your neighbors to the north here in NC will be right behind ya'll. No lie, during last week's paralyzing .7 inches of snow and ice, I saw a driver in a Jeep Liberty going 65 MPH and passing people on I40. This was on Saturday after most of the snow and ice had happened. But there was still crap all over bridges and some roads. Everyone else (including myself) knew there was ice around and was going 30-40mph. About half a mile ahead of me she ran over a patch of black ice on a bridge, spun the jeep around and hit the concrete median wall. A couple other cars stopped to helped when I drove by, her jeep's front end was totaled. Stupid dumb driver.

Yeah, doesn't she know how to drive? Just before you get to the bridges, you take your foot off the gas pedal; let Newton's 1st law of motion take you across the bridge, then put your foot back on the gas. If only she had known, then she could have passed all you people who don't know how to drive on bad roads and not ended up wrecking ;) :p

Hey I wasn't the one who wrecked punk :p
I was driving cautiously since there was ice patches all over the roads, not just the bridges. When there's ice out, you really don't want to be passing people whether or not you THINK you know how to drive on bad roads.
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: rh71
free icetime rules... break out the hockey sticks.

:thumbsup: playing tonight @ 11 - pickup. geeked
i want to play pickup ice again, but i'm playing on 3 roller teams this season... i like ice so much better, but it's a lot more $$$ for leagues. $400 ! :(
 

sixone

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Originally posted by: AmigaMan
When there's ice out, you really don't want to be passing people whether or not you THINK you know how to drive on bad roads.

Good advice.