We got nothing that even resembled snow, sleet or even rain and they still closed school. Leave it to the South to over react to cold weather. :

We've had about a half inch. Schools are closed, and they have already closed them for tomorrow.

You're kidding right?

I'm with bassnleo. We have about 12 inches on the ground, that's nothing. When it snows real hard and the plows can't keep up, I like to take the Jeep out for a drive and have some fun.

It's not so much the snow but we usually get a good blanket of ice before the snow and then nobody has the equipment to take care of it. No salt spreaders, snow plows, nothing.

The folks from up north and out west always make fun of us for shutting everything down when it snows. What they don't think about is the fact that while THEY may know how to drive in the snow, the guy coming down the road towards them doesn't .

By the way, our water in N. GA. is HARD. Ponds and small coves are froze over.

Many times schools are closed or have a delayed opening is for the safety of the children on school buses.  When I was kid in Michigan school never closed due to snow, we walked.

The folks from up north and out west always make fun of us for shutting everything down when it snows. What they don't think about is the fact that while THEY may know how to drive in the snow, the guy coming down the road towards them doesn't .

What makes you think people up north know how to drive in the snow? ;D. You should have been here the other night.

Same here F&F. Snowing now, blowing and drifting 10*. I wish Firefightn15 would take this white stuff back up North where it belongs.

Kelley

I spent til 2 this morning plowing it down there! ;D

You know where you can stick your snow Brian!!!!!

Kelley

You know, last year my neck of the woods got hammered by snowstorm after snowstorm.  At one point, we were getting 10" of snow every 4 hrs with single-digit tempuratures. 

But did it make the national news?  Nope.  I doubt anyone in other areas of the country even knew about the power outages, closures, and even deaths as a result of the storms.

But the east/SE gets a little chilly, and WOA!!  Call in the National Guard and sound the alarms!!!  It's plastered all over the national news as if it's a national disaster. That cracks me up!

It's funny, whenever we get a giant, damaging storm, there's no word of it in the national news.  But the east coast gets a little more rain than normal, and it makes the headlines.

A few years ago, we had hurricane-force winds that resulted in the loss of power to over 4 million people (some for over a week), and caused millions and millions of dollars worth of damage and even deaths.....not a peep in the national news.  Nobody knew about it.

It's not that I think we should get more media attention (far from it), but I don't understand the stark difference in coverage when it comes to weather events.  The media overreacts to the weather in the east, and ignores everything in the west.  What gives?

You know, last year my neck of the woods got hammered by snowstorm after snowstorm. At one point, we were getting 10" of snow every 4 hrs with single-digit tempuratures.

But did it make the national news? Nope. I doubt anyone in other areas of the country even knew about the power outages, closures, and even deaths as a result of the storms.

But the east/SE gets a little chilly, and WOA!! Call in the National Guard and sound the alarms!!! It's plastered all over the national news as if it's a national disaster. That cracks me up!

It's funny, whenever we get a giant, damaging storm, there's no word of it in the national news. But the east coast gets a little more rain than normal, and it makes the headlines.

A few years ago, we had hurricane-force winds that resulted in the loss of power to over 4 million people (some for over a week), and caused millions and millions of dollars worth of damage and even deaths.....not a peep in the national news. Nobody knew about it.

It's not that I think we should get more media attention (far from it), but I don't understand the stark difference in coverage when it comes to weather events. The media overreacts to the weather in the east, and ignores everything in the west. What gives?

I remember very well Glenn.  Didn't you also have some ungodly flooding that kept alot of folks at bay also?  My question is how prepared are your utilties from year to year as far as manpower, equipment, sand/salt, etc?  Do they at least have ample resources to combat that kind of weather?

And Kelley,..........nanah, nanah!

We had some very serious flooding last year and the year before that.  In fact, 2 years ago our major freeways and railways coming in/out of the state were blocked due to flooding...or snow in the mountains.  We were cut off except for flights and ships for about a week.  Really makes you aware of how much you rely on truckers!

Last year, the flooding nearly trapped me on my way to work.  The flooding was really bad, and it DID make the national news.  In fact, a lot of the footage shown was within a few miles of my house.

And no, they're not very well equipped to handle this...at least the snow.  We normally get maybe a week of snow and few days here and there thrown in for good measure.  Certainly not worth buying all that equipment just to have it sitting around.  Last year they went deeply into debt trying to keep the roads cleared.

I will say the power crews are better equipped, and do a good job of fixing downed power lines relatively quickly.  That said, the big wind storm we had required linemen and power crews from across the country and Canada to help restore power.