Chatter

By Jeannie Johnson

February 1, 2007 05:51 AM | Link to this

5:45am The ground is covered with snow in Calhoun, Georgia. Sleet is falling now and the temperature is 33 degrees.

By Bmajor

February 1, 2007 06:06 AM | Link to this

Nothing in McDonough but rain. Was sleeting pretty hard about 3am. Darn i was hoping for a reason to stay in bed today.

By Chris

February 1, 2007 06:10 AM | Link to this

It is 6:09 AM, our house in Blairsville has about 2.5 inches of very wet snow on the ground and it is still coming down very heavily.

By Warren

February 1, 2007 06:11 AM | Link to this

Nothing in Buckhead but rain.

By Freedawg

February 1, 2007 06:12 AM | Link to this

I see a lot of cold rain down here in Augusta, and a lot of people calling in sick for work too.

By Seamus

February 1, 2007 06:16 AM | Link to this

It’s a mix of rain and freezing precipitation in East Cobb, but it doesn’t seem to be sticking anywhere except for the windshield of my car and the front steps. Not slippery and, so far, not even pretty to look at.

By Brad Stephens

February 1, 2007 06:18 AM | Link to this

2 in of snow here on the east side of Jasper, with a mix of noisy wet snow and sleet falling. When daybreak comes, it should be pretty up on the mountain.

By Seamus

February 1, 2007 06:21 AM | Link to this

East Cobb has mostly rain with frozen preciptitation mixed in, but it doesn’t seem to be sticking anywhere except the windshield of my car and the front steps. So no ice, and so far, not even pretty to look at.

By hd0054

February 1, 2007 06:23 AM | Link to this

As of 6:15am, it’s raining steadily in the Northside Drive / I-75 area. No ice, no sleet.

By Mike in Woodstock

February 1, 2007 06:29 AM | Link to this

All I’m seeing is breathless reporting on WSB TV. Pretty funny to watch.

Tiffany Reynolds and Joquitta Williams are in Pickens & Habersham counties acting like they’ve never seen snow before. If you’re a hick with a four-wheeler and want to be on TV then head on up there.

Thank goodness they have Collins Spencer and Carol Sbarge directing the viewers attention to the bottom of the screen every 4 minutes for school closings as if you’d miss that….

The most grueling part of WSB’s coverage is having to sit through the “Springer Mountain Farms Chicken” commercials. Hokie, Hokie, Hokie!!!

By Gary the K

February 1, 2007 07:02 AM | Link to this

I traveled from downtown Decatur to Buckhead in heavy rain. The roads were fine except for the normal flooding at Lavista and Cheshire Bridge.

By Trent

February 1, 2007 07:12 AM | Link to this

Im in East Gwinnett. Roads are just wet. Some sleet on the roof..Now getting a little freezing rain. Once again alot of bark and no bite. As usual. Since when did the NWS issue winter storm warnings for rain? This is why people are unprepared when something really happens. NWS gets an F on forecasting along with all the other goofy weather people on the local channels for saying it was going to be bad.

By N GA BOB

February 1, 2007 07:13 AM | Link to this

50/50 snow/ice everywhere & on everything. GOOD NEWS WE’VE STILL GOT POWER HERE IN DALTON.

By Barbara

February 1, 2007 07:19 AM | Link to this

Jonesboro has cold and rain. Too much of both.

By Elisabeth

February 1, 2007 07:21 AM | Link to this

We have freezing rain here in Gainesville. All I see is white on the ground, its beautiful!

By Hartman Eager

February 1, 2007 07:22 AM | Link to this

In Dahlonega at 7:20AM we have six inches of snow, a temp of 31 with rain.

By PatH

February 1, 2007 07:39 AM | Link to this

Drove from 92 in Paulding County to Buckhead un-eventful except for the panic braking. No ICE at all, in fact, theres a pig puddle of water on the Glade Rd 75N entry ramp.

By RODERICK BRIGHT

February 1, 2007 07:53 AM | Link to this

I DON’T WASH

By Goodgrief

February 1, 2007 08:12 AM | Link to this

Just a cold rain in midtown but you would think that there was six feet of snow on the ground with the scared drives with one foot on the brakes all the way to work.

By Dorothy

February 1, 2007 08:15 AM | Link to this

Roads were wet coming from Austell, lots of rain. But people slow down it is raining especially going to downtown Atlanta,if it was icy out there on Mableton Pkwy. SLOW DOWN TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO NOT TAILGATE!

By Seamus

February 1, 2007 08:25 AM | Link to this

It’s all rain now (as of 8:15) in East Cobb and in Roswell along Ga. 92. The only ice is in the pine trees, and there’s not enough of that to be a worry.

By Sugar Hill

February 1, 2007 08:27 AM | Link to this

Just a little accumulation of wet snow on the deck here in Sugar Hill. A little slush on Sycamore Road. Other than that, alot of rain and alot of idiot drivers. People doing 25mph down Peachtree Industrial Blvd.

By Help

February 1, 2007 08:39 AM | Link to this

Sugar Hill, maybe you were stuck behind Dorothy!

By deidre

February 1, 2007 08:41 AM | Link to this

lots of snow here in NC mountains..3 inches so far and more to come..hope i stays snow and no ice!!!

By Sam

February 1, 2007 08:44 AM | Link to this

Between Clarkesville and Batesville, there is six inches of snow on the ground and still snowing lightly with a temp of 30 degrees. Beautiful!

By jay

February 1, 2007 08:46 AM | Link to this

Up in Cleveland, TN, north of Chattanooga, we have 2” of snow on the ground, but it has now turned to freezing drizzle. All schools are closed and folks are coming in late to work. They do attempt to sand/salt the roads, though, so it isn’t bad. But just like in Atlanta, people don’t slow down like they should.

By jeb

February 1, 2007 08:52 AM | Link to this

Here in Buford, 6” of snow. I can’t get out of my driveway, have no milk, what am I going to do???

By Cristy

February 1, 2007 08:59 AM | Link to this

Man, I was counting on the ice to keep me out of work today!!! Nothing but rain in West Cobb :(

By loosecannon

February 1, 2007 09:16 AM | Link to this

Turn your damn hazard lights off unless you’re stopped on the side of the road. You’re gonna kill somebody!

By Sugar Hill

February 1, 2007 09:20 AM | Link to this

Jeb Got Beer?

By Drew

February 1, 2007 09:21 AM | Link to this

Sandy Springs: There was a little sleet on the grass and sidewalks and a bit of icing on elevated/exposed surfaces, but it was beginning to melt rather quickly as of 8:00 am. Rain is all that’s falling now.

By Margaret

February 1, 2007 09:22 AM | Link to this

In Mount Airy, about a inch to two inches of snow. It is sleeting right now. The temp is 33. The only one moving other than the birds is the kid in the neighborhood with the Jeep. He skidded a little and went home.

By Sarah

February 1, 2007 09:24 AM | Link to this

On my drive to work at a little after 7 AM I saw not one but two cars on the road without lights on, no lights period. I mean come on, just how stupid can a person be? It’s dark, raining, sleeting, snowing…whatever and these two idiots can’t connect the dots in their brain to know to turn their lights on. First off, Georgia law dictates if your windshield wipers are on, then your lights must be on. I was compelled to follow one vehicle out of curiosity to see just what it is this person is qualified to do for a living. I bet if or when they don’t get a better job or a promotion they will have a host of excuses why they didn’t get the job or promotion, but one of them will not be because they are dumber than a bag of dirt. If you drove this morning without your vehicle lights on, your gray matter is the underwear you wore yesterday and not part of your brain. Some of you won’t get that, but then again…some of you drove without your lights on this morning. Do the math.

By Ralph

February 1, 2007 09:42 AM | Link to this

My wife is in Cleveland OH on business this week. She is orginally from Mississipi, so she was in for a shock. I told her about the little snow we have here, and she laughed about how the northerners talk about the south shutting down on 1-2 inches of snow. My wife said it has snowed continuously since Monday, and tons of snow. Of course she wants to leave now and come home to the “real winter”LOL

She said there is 2-3 inches falling, and people are driving fast and that the schools are open.

I am a native Atlantan and I dont like cold weather or snow, but don’t we really overeact? How dangerous is 1-2 inches? Its time to stop shutting down everytime we get a dusting of snow or a little bit of ice.

By Batchamamakoodles

February 1, 2007 09:44 AM | Link to this

It’s a-rainin’ up hyar in Dalton. But they’s still snow a-coverin’ the ground. It’s puuurrrty.

By WC

February 1, 2007 09:46 AM | Link to this

It is fun to sit here in Mexico and read all the cute notes about ice, snow and sleet in GA. It’s all sunshine here. Everyone take care and enjoy winter…and the day off!!!

By judy wilson

February 1, 2007 09:54 AM | Link to this

Ralph,

Some people are not as experienced as you when it comes to driving in this kind of weather. I would rather have everything shut down than have to spend time at the hospital or even worse becuse of having to get out in this mess. Remember Safty First!

By Nan

February 1, 2007 09:57 AM | Link to this

Six miles northwest of Dawsonville, Have 4” of snow on ground, but changed to freezing rain at 8 AM. 29 degrees here and ice forming on trees. Just hope it stays long enough for the kids enjoy some snowball fights.

By Sated Phul

February 1, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Slightly off topic, but while in the supermarket (where shoppers were seeking to hoard bread and milk)I came across the greatest invention ever … a bag of peanut M&Ms the size of my head for $7.88. Heaven.

By Aimee

February 1, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Woke up to about two inches of snow in Dawson County. My yard is covered in a blanket of white. At 6 am I went outside to take pictures and snow was falling on me. Now it is three hours later, and it is merely raining and the snow is beginning to turn to slush outside. Schools closed- get to stay home all day :)

By The Ol' Storekeeper

February 1, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

In the mart of competitive commerce, theres’ no such thing as a snow day. Unfortunately there’s no such thing as a customer today, either. Oh well, I’ll get caught up on paperwork, inventory, etc.

By Drew

February 1, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

Folks like Ralph just don’t get it; their ignorance on the subject of weather amazes me. And no, we’re not overreacting. It’s not that us here in the south are scared of a little “dusting” of snow. What you have to realize is that we’re not talking about snow, we’re talking about freezing rain and sleet. Most of the winter weather we get here in the south is in the form of mixed precipitation. If and when the roadways are covered by ice (Ralph, ice isn’t the same as snow for those who didn’t take elementary school science class) you can’t drive. Period. No one can drive on solid ice. It’s simply not possible. FYI Ralph: I hear the local elementary school is teaching a class this week on weather. You might want to attend.

By udog52

February 1, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

It is always hilarious to see the response to a little winter weather in the peach state. This morning in Hawley MN it was 7 degrees above zero with 4 to six inches of snow on the ground and light snow falling. I drove 52 miles to work at an average speed of 62 mph. This weekend the high temps are forcasted to be in the neighborhood of -10 (that’s 10 BELOW ZERO), with lows of -25 to 30. Add in a 20 to 30 mph wind and you have wind chills of -40 to -50. There will be no run on bread and milk at the local grocery stores and life will go on as always. The only concessions will be that we plug our vehicles in (engine block heaters) and put on an extra layer of clothes. You can say what you will about the intellegence of someone who would live up here, but as my father-in-law told me when I moved here from Woodstock in 1995, “the cold weather keeps the riff-raff out. Stay warm, y’all!

By Borat

February 1, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

Looking out the window and watching the MILF across the street getting ready for work…..is nice.

By Shelly

February 1, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

Moved to GA from Maryland. For those of you bad mouthing the south for the precautions on the weather go back North. GA is thinking safety first and I for one am thankful. In the North you can commute back and forth on SNOW in GA guys you can’t drive on ICE big difference. I am glad that the children don’t have to ride the school bus in this weather. Thanks GA for being a great state and protecting our little ones from those from the North who think they can drive on ice.

By Exaggeration

February 1, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

Why does the AJC feel they have to create a blog for every little topic? This is absolutely about nothing. And lets not forget WSBTV every 5 minute update on the “rain”.

By Gasper

February 1, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this

Borat, Hysterical! Thanks for the laugh this a.m. I am in the same boat with my view out the window.

By BT

February 1, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

DEATHWATCH 2007, GEROGIA IN ICE!!! Stay tuned for details…

By Shannon

February 1, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Udog52 - It is with amusement I read your comments since Yankees only began their Southern invasion with the invention of air-conditioning. Until then, our heat blessedly “kept the riff-raff out” and I’ve always held should air-conditioners disappear tomorrow you Yanks would skedaddle leaving dust in your wake. Meanwhile we’d drop another ice cube in our mint iced tea, smile at each other and shake our heads at the weak response to a little warm weather.

By Rob

February 1, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

It was horribly in Dunwoody. There was water everywhere. Rain, rain, rain. Oh my god, it was like Armageddon. Water on the grass, water on the concrete, water on my car, water everywhere. I’ve holed myself up in my house for fear of this water. Thank God for Glenn Burns and all the Atlanta meteorologist who kept me updated on the progress of this incredible display of water.

Man, those people in Denver thought they had it bad. Obviously, they haven’t lived through this kind of rain. I’m just glad I bought 3 gallons of milk and 5 loaves of bread last night.

By Becky

February 1, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

udog52, that sounds like the place that I want to live..Drew, I agree with you , I have a coworker that was born in Alaska & yesterday, she was saying that we don’t know how to drive in the ice..I told her not many people do know how to drive on ice. I’ve heard quite a few people from the north say that.. My nephew lived in MO. for 30 years & he says that he doesn’t drive on snow..But I do love the fact that traffic was next to nothing this morning, made my ride in good..

By Joke

February 1, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

My car is wet. What do I do?

By Theresa Andrews

February 1, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Spent over $150 on a genarator, bread, milk and bottled water. Our family was huddled up in one room without a window to sleep last night just in case the snow/ice broke through a window and we would freeze. Our family stayed home and I’m just floored that people want to endanger their lives in this mess. This has got to rank up there as one of the worst weather storms we have gotten.

By RobinS

February 1, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

Rain and less traffic…..you southerners down here make a big to do about a rain storm….they get sleet and freezing rain in the north and don’t go all out like down here.. and I am sure they don’t have a stupid blog either.

By wsb ice blizzard storm watch corporal liquid icy death batallion commander

February 1, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

Atlanta meteorologist’s cause more panic with their fear inducing weather reports than Orson Wells did by reading War of the Worlds in 1938.

By NOsnow

February 1, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

Last night watching the news and it was 38 degrees at 10:00 p.m. so I knew that it would be just a cold rain, especially in the city. So I took a deep breath as I stood there looking out my window that everything will be fine and not to panic. I still left a few minutes early cause I knew I would get stuck behind a Shaneequa on my route to work going 10mph in her 1992 Cavalier riding on bald tires with fogged up windows and no headlights on…

By Shannon

February 1, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

Charleston, Sc — Unbelievably, there’s a good bit of snow mixed with the rain but it’s not sticking because the temperature is 39.

By Theresa Andrews

February 1, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

Hey RobinS, “Delta’s ready when you are.” We don’t need your worthless opinion on this subject, you know nothing. This is a very serious situation today and the news is handling it appropriately. You are probably one of those people driving like a bat out of hell today on the highway.

By steve

February 1, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

We have 22 inches of snow here in erie pennsylvania, so dont feel bad about sleet, you people should feel blessed we can get a foot an hour

By RobinS

February 1, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

Theresa, I have lived here since 1982…..the coverage is overzealous at best….get a grip and put on your rain coat and get to work.

By Jeff

February 1, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

Y’all just wait…. Come March, I’ll have moved from South GA to Phoenix AZ (after having moved from NWGA last summer) and y’all will get another Blizzard. (Remember ‘93????)

This is NOTHING other than ruining the perfectly sunny day we had down here yesterday!

By Jenna

February 1, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

Icy weather can wreak havoc on one’s social life.

This morning, I had a breakfast date with a nice, young man named Mike Vick, and we had a great time. Apparently, however, the icy weather and possible traffic problems were an issue for him.

When I mentioned after breakfast that we could head up I-85 back to my house in Duluth for some coffee and cuddling, he strongly insisted on being allowed to take me up the OLD DIRT ROAD instead.

Interstate traffic wasn’t even all that bad this morning because of ice.

Go figure.

By Friend of RobinS

February 1, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this

Please kill yourself, RobinS.

You are worthless.

By MarkM

February 1, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

The problem isn’t whether or not southerners can drive on snow/ice vs. northerners. The problem is that southern state highway depts. have absolutely no plan or clue about how to treat the roads. Very little plowing or salting. I laugh when I see a truck ‘sanding’ a road. That doesn’t work and is unheard of here in the midwest. So no wonder everyone panics, if they don’t do anything to the roads, I wouldn’t drive there either. You have to demand better from your local officials. In Chicago in the late 70’s, they didn’t get the roads plowed quickly enough after some big blizzards, and Mayor Bilandic was quickly voted out office. Ever since then, we have had a very sophisticated snow removal plan, and no one ever misses work, school, or panic buys. There are longer commutes if a storm hits during rush hour, but people get where they’re going.

By Darren in the Springs

February 1, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this

You guys, and gals, are funny.

Update for you from Colorado Springs. Got 4 inches overnight, but no worries here. All schools are open with no delays and everyone is out and about. Expecting another 6-12 inches by Friday evening. Total for the season (since October) at our house is now closing in on 5 feet.

Ya’ll take care and have fun.

By MeToo

February 1, 2007 01:14 PM | Link to this

I believe it when I see it. Otherwise I do not listen to the weather. They are always wrong.

By Casey

February 1, 2007 01:14 PM | Link to this

Hey Darren, we’re just trying to the make the best of what little we’ve got. I’m south of the line of snow, so all we got was rain :( For a child that’s never seen snow (been 4 yrs here) it’s like seeing the ocean for the first time.

By Yonah Dawg

February 1, 2007 01:15 PM | Link to this

Greetings from beautiful Yonah Mountain, near Cleveland (White County). Three to seven inches of snow fell in my yard this morning, depending on where I stuck the ruler. Took my two-year old daughter outside for her first experience with the white stuff … she did not last five minutes before shivering with cold! Enjoyed a wonderful day inside with the family, by the wood-burning fire, while eating French toast and bacon and sipping coffee. I am a teacher, and my wife works in Gainesville. I “forbid” her to leave the house today, lol. She was happy to oblige!
Praise be to the God of gods and the Lord of lords for blessing us with His blanket of wintery precipitation. May it be a reminder of the Blood … the Blood of CHRIST, that washes sinners even whiter than snow … AMEN!

By Opps

February 1, 2007 01:21 PM | Link to this

To Darren in the Springs

I am from Ohio and I used to think that way. Ok first off, what Atlanta gets is usually not snow like what we see. It is pure ice. On the power lines, on the roads, pine trees snap knocking out power for days and at times weeks. Its not pretty and yes the city does close down. People die from this.

However, Atlanta is also always forcasting and it never happens. If it does come then most are un-prepared because they are always saying icy and it never happens. People tend to blow it off. I do it too.

So when you see Atlanta and ice, just remember, you are sitting in snow, we are not talking snow. We would all love to see some of your snow. Its beautiful. Ice is deadly.

By Jody Bradley

February 1, 2007 01:34 PM | Link to this

Athens, GA is completely sold out of milk and bread. If any fellow bloggers have additional stores of milk and bread, I’d be willing to buy some from you.

By Susan

February 1, 2007 01:39 PM | Link to this

It makes me crazy how upset peole get when a little snow is predicted. My family for one would love to see a big snow storm hit Atlanta. My kids were devastated this morning that there was rain and no snow. I wish the weather people wouldn’t make such a big deal out of a little wintry weather. If it had happened it was supposed to be less than a 12 hour event. Get over being scared of a snow storm and go out and make a snowman with your kids (if we ever get snow here).

By CBL

February 1, 2007 02:09 PM | Link to this

Anyone who wants to go out and play or run about in a slushy wet mess with our red clay is insane. If you want real snow, go to the mountains of North Carolina for a ski weekend in February.

By udog52

February 1, 2007 02:51 PM | Link to this

Shannon, FYI I was born in Jacksonville and lived in Metro Atlanta for 35 years. My understanding of history tells me that the northern invasion of the South came long before the advent of a/c, like sometime in the early 1860s. Remember a guy named Sherman? Enjoy your mint tea!

By Darren in the Springs

February 1, 2007 02:53 PM | Link to this

Casey and Opps,

I grew up in Rome so I know what an ice storm is like. That is what we mostly got while I was growing up. All I was doing was providing input from another part of the country. I know fully well that Georgia is not prepared to handle any signigicant storm and that is why things there have to shut down. All you can do is wait for the stuff to melt. I remember when we would have a week off of school for some storms, only because the city had no plows.

You might think it is different out here but believe me there are not enough plows or personnel running them to get to everything. Over the last month I have seen 1 plow come by our house here. Keep in mind they do not use salt out here either. They spread sand/gravel instead. The snow here will eventually turn into ice.

I know exactly what everyone there is going through, and believe me I know ice is very dangerous.

Take care.

By Doctor Bob

February 1, 2007 02:59 PM | Link to this

If a guy named Mike Vick takes anyone up the “Old Dirt Road,” I would seriously recommend looking into some Valtrex.

By stupid broad

February 1, 2007 03:05 PM | Link to this

Hey Theresa Andrews, Delta is not ‘ready when you are’ because they cancel flights if it’s cold and rainy. No wonder they’re scrambling to recover from bankruptcy.

By count_schemula

February 1, 2007 03:34 PM | Link to this

Lame to the core.

The weather map looked like a “slam dunk” so, I opened up the second bottle of wine around 1am… work has been a lil’ groggy today.

Never again will I believe threats of snow and sleet. It’s just propaganda from the bread and dairy councils. :shifty

By Nan

February 1, 2007 03:35 PM | Link to this

Arguing with a northerner about weather is a waste of type. The south does not keep as much winter equipment or supplies to handle snow or ice. It would be foolish to let it sit unused for years until the next event. It’s easier to take a day off, stay off the roads and stay safe. With Georgia weather it will be gone in a day or two anyway. Let it go.

By dave

February 1, 2007 03:52 PM | Link to this

hey DREW, You are the you can drive on ICE you dope..you never put nubs on the rubber yahooooo, its fun. You NERD!

By J

February 1, 2007 05:38 PM | Link to this

“So what time is the Winter storm supposed to hit?”

By Drew

February 1, 2007 05:56 PM | Link to this

Dave, what I think you were trying to say is there are special tires to drive on ice and snow. You’re correct, but the problem is there’s no reason for us in the SE to purchase snow tires for an ice storm once every 2 or 3 years. Oh I forgot one thing, kiss my ass.**