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re: What snow does to Birmingham, AL (surrounding areas)
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:05 am to dewster
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.
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:12 am to PJinAtl
I walked home a little over 7 miles because there were 2 10+ car pile ups in front of my office. Luckily I had my golf shoes in my truck. Still can't get anywhere the roads are solid ice and the high today is 32.
It's looking like it will be the same tomorrow. Time to hunker down with some beer and gumbo.
It's looking like it will be the same tomorrow. Time to hunker down with some beer and gumbo.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 1:44 pm to PJinAtl
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 1:48 pm to PJinAtl
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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.
I think a lot of the internet mockery is from people who didn't realize this (I didn't, until today). Pictures look like, and most early news only mentioned snow, and not much of it, by Northern standards.
Ice is terrifying to anybody, and even if you're too stupid to be scared shitless by driving on it, physics will prevent you from doing anything worthwhile, anyway.
If you see me laughing at anybody in Georgia or Alabama for the next couple of days, please mentally add "except for the ice, of course, that stuff sucks" to anything I say.
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