Southerners and Snow

bbass2

Puff_Dougie

pross

Lee.mcglynn

Man that's insane for such a small amount of snow!! I guess if your not use to it this happens

dandin1

It's pretty bad here in Louisiana this morning. I went outside and could have literally ice skated down the sidewalk/street.

Amos Umwhat

jgibv

Krieg

Lee.mcglynn:

Man that's insane for such a small amount of snow!! I guess if your not use to it this happens

It's not really the amount that freaks us out, it's the fact that people who live here understand that we don't have snow on the ground for very long before it turns to ice. It's the ice under the snow that really causes all the issues. Not to mention that all our weather men are freaking useless...they forecasted most of the snow to be south GA...which is where all 5 of our snow plows went...which also means school wasn't canceled...so as soon as the snow started to fall in the city, everyone hit the road at the sametime. What pisses me off is that this samething happened to ATL back in 2011...and apparently no lessons were learned...except by me...I left work well before the snow came down and made it home with my two little ones...thank God.

dandin1

Amos Umwhat

Krieg:

Lee.mcglynn:

Man that's insane for such a small amount of snow!! I guess if your not use to it this happens

It's not really the amount that freaks us out, it's the fact that people who live here understand that we don't have snow on the ground for very long before it turns to ice. It's the ice under the snow that really causes all the issues. Not to mention that all our weather men are freaking useless...they forecasted most of the snow to be south GA...which is where all 5 of our snow plows went...which also means school wasn't canceled...so as soon as the snow started to fall in the city, everyone hit the road at the sametime. What pisses me off is that this samething happened to ATL back in 2011...and apparently no lessons were learned...except by me...I left work well before the snow came down and made it home with my two little ones...thank God.

I've seen it in Nashville at least a half-dozen times, maybe more through the years. You're right about the ice, and very very few of your neighbors will ever learn how to cope with it. I guess it's gone too soon for that.

bbass2

In addition to what others said another issue is that generally when it snows here it doesn't freeze on the roads until overnight, but due to the temps around here lately the snow started accumulating on the roads soon after it started falling.

RBeckom

YankeeMan

Lee.mcglynn

Krieg:

Lee.mcglynn:

Man that's insane for such a small amount of snow!! I guess if your not use to it this happens

It's not really the amount that freaks us out, it's the fact that people who live here understand that we don't have snow on the ground for very long before it turns to ice. It's the ice under the snow that really causes all the issues. Not to mention that all our weather men are freaking useless...they forecasted most of the snow to be south GA...which is where all 5 of our snow plows went...which also means school wasn't canceled...so as soon as the snow started to fall in the city, everyone hit the road at the sametime. What pisses me off is that this samething happened to ATL back in 2011...and apparently no lessons were learned...except by me...I left work well before the snow came down and made it home with my two little ones...thank God.

hhhhmmmmm well up here I think Saturday will be the first time the temp get over the freezing point. It's been in the low too mid 20's and wind chills below 0. I do understand people don't know how too drive...even up here! I think most peoples problems are they all have rear wheel drive vehicles...yup no go in snow

MorganGeo

Southerners need snowplows about as much as New Yorkers needs tornado shelters.

Bigshizza

Just got done snow blowin and I can say with confidence... I hate snow!!

jgibv

Lee.mcglynn

MorganGeo:

Southerners need snowplows about as much as New Yorkers needs tornado shelters.

yeah but it does happens once in a while and I'd rather be prepared!! Even if I moved down south I'd take my snowblower and shovel with me

Martel

Sasquatch

I like one good storm per year, then the novelty wears off. Somebody said it earlier about not having the equipment, and that is true. I heard a news report that Cumberland County has 5 plow trucks and 2 of them are slated for I95 so that leaves 3 for the rest of the roads. Pitt county has 3 plows and so on for most of the counties besides Wake County(Raleigh).