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re: What snow does to Birmingham, AL (surrounding areas)
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:42 am to lsuhunt555
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:42 am to lsuhunt555
also to answer "how? "
this snow came very quickly. at 10:00 the roads were dry. Within an hour, many roads became impassable.
seriously, how could you get what few salt trucks you have out?
Add to the fact that every school and business closed at the same time.
Add to the fact Birmingham has a lot of steep hills.
this snow came very quickly. at 10:00 the roads were dry. Within an hour, many roads became impassable.
seriously, how could you get what few salt trucks you have out?
Add to the fact that every school and business closed at the same time.
Add to the fact Birmingham has a lot of steep hills.
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:43 am to yellowfin
Saw him dead on 280
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:43 am to WG_Dawg
I'm stuck in downtown bham. Had to sleep in the office last night. Wife just sent me a video of the sand/salt truck going down some small arse street in Homewood, but they haven't done shite on 65....
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 9:46 am
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:46 am to WG_Dawg
IMO, icy weather right at or below freezing like what Birmingham and the gulf coast got is worse than the powdery snow that occurs when it's 10 degrees out.....and that's with or without salt/brine trucks.
Combine that ice with a lot of river crossings and elevated expressways, and that would be a very serious situation anywhere.
I'd much rather it be a deep freeze and snowy than freezing rain and that slushy, dangerous crap that you guys got over the past week or so.
Combine that ice with a lot of river crossings and elevated expressways, and that would be a very serious situation anywhere.
I'd much rather it be a deep freeze and snowy than freezing rain and that slushy, dangerous crap that you guys got over the past week or so.
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 9:50 am
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:47 am to Prominentwon
Many friends and family were forced to abandon their cars and walk home yesterday from school/work.
My mom's friend picked up 15 kids from the school and brought them home to feed and give them a place to stay for the noght.
It is nuts over there.
My mom's friend picked up 15 kids from the school and brought them home to feed and give them a place to stay for the noght.
It is nuts over there.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:47 am to Prominentwon
I am not one to think we need govts help, but damn, they couldn't do a better job of shutting down some of those roads, it is still the drivers responsibility, but damn.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:47 am to Prominentwon
I hope they get that mess cleaned up before the SEC baseball tournament starts in Hoover....
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:47 am to Caplewood
RIP
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:48 am to Caplewood
Prayers sent
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:48 am to East Coast Band
up north, they are totally dependent on plows and salt trucks.
people whose neighborhood roads don't get plowed bitch up a storm and cry foul.
people whose neighborhood roads don't get plowed bitch up a storm and cry foul.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:48 am to dewster
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So they not salt the roads there
The only salt trucks and plows the Ala Dept of Transportation has are kept in Huntsville and they sent them south towards Mobile before the storm because the northern and central parts of the state weren't forecast to get all that slop. Weather forecasters in Bham dropped the ball, not the government.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:50 am to lsuhunt555
This dude is salt of the earth type guy. Why y'all hatin. 
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:51 am to Flanders
My neighbors had the mules and gators out shuttling kids and parents home from school and people abandoned around their neighborhood.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:53 am to Alatgr
Stay safe out there and don't go anywhere if you can help it.
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:56 am to Interweb Cowboy
He looks like a stellar dude.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:58 am to RebelOP
I saw a video on facebook of four wheelers picking up folks on I20. shite definitely got real yesterday and no one was prepared.
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 9:59 am
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:58 am to Prominentwon
Those pictures make me feel less bad for people who were stuck. It was an inch of snow. Good lord.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:58 am to WG_Dawg
quote:
True. It's mildly irritating when people on the internet are like "LOL look at the south! They can't handle the snow! People in NY deal with this every day!!!"
Well no shite, the north deals with this every day so they have proper procedures in place to carry on as normal. We don't.
it's just like when there is a heat wave in the northeast or upper midwest and people die from 100 degree weather
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:05 am to dewster
quote:According to the forecasts, Atlanta and Birmingham weren't supposed to get much - just a dusting or none at all. Not just the local meteorologists missed this - so did National Weather Service. Atlanta was only in a Winter Storm Watch until close to midnight Monday night - warning was not extended to the metro until early Tuesday morning.
Do they not salt the roads there? I figured Birmingham and Atlanta would have that.
Also, what made it really bad was that the roads were all pretty warm - temps had been in the 60s on Sunday, so the snow that fell at first melted, but the temps dropped as the day went on, so all that melt then froze, and then had snow stick on top of it.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:11 am to mwlewis
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It took me 9 hours to get home from work yesterday that is only 20 miles away
9 Hours?????
Holy shite!
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