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re: Storm of 1993 (snowstorm)
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:14 pm to Beaux Man
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:14 pm to Beaux Man
We got a foot in West Central Georgia.
That was a Saturday. My dad(RIP) was raising my sister and me by himself then and he had to go into work due to the storm. He worked at Coke World HQ in Midtown Atlanta for a contractor on their cooking equipment and his office was below the main kitchen downstairs(In the back of the mechanical room).
We got up early that morning b/c we couldn't find anyone to watch us on short notice. So we went to work w/Dad. When we left the house,(35 miles south of Atlanta), it was sleeting. By the time we had reached the 675 split on I-75, it had all changed over to snow. We made it into the city and into Coke. Long story short, we ended up spending the night in a conference room on the 12th floor of the North Avenue Tower basically snowed in. I got up in the morning and looked out the window into the courtyard and it was beautiful. 10" of fresh snow. And the city was deserted.
That was a Saturday. My dad(RIP) was raising my sister and me by himself then and he had to go into work due to the storm. He worked at Coke World HQ in Midtown Atlanta for a contractor on their cooking equipment and his office was below the main kitchen downstairs(In the back of the mechanical room).
We got up early that morning b/c we couldn't find anyone to watch us on short notice. So we went to work w/Dad. When we left the house,(35 miles south of Atlanta), it was sleeting. By the time we had reached the 675 split on I-75, it had all changed over to snow. We made it into the city and into Coke. Long story short, we ended up spending the night in a conference room on the 12th floor of the North Avenue Tower basically snowed in. I got up in the morning and looked out the window into the courtyard and it was beautiful. 10" of fresh snow. And the city was deserted.
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Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:22 pm to blueridgeTiger
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I was living in Tuscaloosa at that time. Lots of white stuff on the ground.
As was I. Still in school.
Someone was giving away bourbon snoballs on the Quad.
This post was edited on 1/4/25 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:27 pm to Beaux Man
I was in junior high and my sister and I walked in our snow boots to our grandparents house up to our knees in snow. Fun times
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:39 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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We got a foot in West Central Georgia.
That was a Saturday. My dad(RIP) was raising my sister and me by himself then and he had to go into work due to the storm. He worked at Coke World HQ in Midtown Atlanta for a contractor on their cooking equipment and his office was below the main kitchen downstairs(In the back of the mechanical room).
We got up early that morning b/c we couldn't find anyone to watch us on short notice. So we went to work w/Dad. When we left the house,(35 miles south of Atlanta), it was sleeting. By the time we had reached the 675 split on I-75, it had all changed over to snow. We made it into the city and into Coke. Long story short, we ended up spending the night in a conference room on the 12th floor of the North Avenue Tower basically snowed in. I got up in the morning and looked out the window into the courtyard and it was beautiful. 10" of fresh snow. And the city was deserted.
You had to be 13 or 14 at the time, your dad couldn't let yall stay at home and you take care of your little sister?
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:52 pm to Beaux Man
Knoxville got 24"
Complete white out with only two feet of visibility
Complete white out with only two feet of visibility
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:58 pm to Beaux Man
I remember being huddled in the living room with my parents by the fireplace, cooking bacon and eggs in an iron skillet over the fire, and praying my little sister wasn't born then and there. I think it hit March 12th and she was born the 23rd. A week past her due date.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 1:00 am to Beaux Man
Shut down ole miss for a week. I pulled into the Chevron that sold the famous chicken on a stick as heavy snow was falling when the front was coming through and bought a few cases of beer. We thought it was a good idea to "sled" down the hills in the cemetery, and the bars never closed.
My liver still has PTSD from that week.
My liver still has PTSD from that week.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 6:50 am to Beaux Man
I was living in Florida. We just got rain, no blizzard.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 3:12 pm to PeteRose
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1993 snowstorm was one of the best childhood memories.
Mine as well. I was 11 and we received 48 inches of blizzard snow in Southern WV. I stayed outside almost all day during the storm. What made it more exciting is knowing school would be canceled for a week.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 3:50 pm to Beaux Man
In North Alabama, we went without power for 7 or 8 days. A tree branch broke because of the ice & fell through the sunroof of Miss UNA's car breaking her neck & killing her, but miraculously they brought her back to life at the hospital. Later she was featured on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show.
Personally, that's probably the greatest week of my childhood. Every kid in the neighborhood spent a week sledding & riding on 4 wheelers.
Personally, that's probably the greatest week of my childhood. Every kid in the neighborhood spent a week sledding & riding on 4 wheelers.
This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 1/5/25 at 7:06 pm to deeprig9
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You had to be 13 or 14 at the time
I was 11.
This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 1/5/25 at 7:14 pm to AlterDWI
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In North Alabama, we went without power for 7 or 8 days. A tree branch broke because of the ice & fell through the sunroof of Miss UNA's car breaking her neck & killing her, but miraculously they brought her back to life at the hospital. Later she was featured on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show.
That was the ice storm of 94
Posted on 1/5/25 at 7:17 pm to AlterDWI
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In North Alabama, we went without power for 7 or 8 days.
Yep. I remember my grandmother staying with us because we had a wood heater at the time. She cooked breakfast every morning on that wood stove. It wasn't a cookstove, but she made it work.
This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 7:18 pm
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