Snow? No! And Atlanta Twitter users aren’t happy about it

Mark Castillo plays as a wintry mix of sleet, rain and snow is falling in Suwanee Town Center Park Friday night, January 6, 2017. But a lot of Atlantans woke up Saturday to... no snow. None. They weren't thrilled.

By Mandi Albright

Jan 7, 2017

Call it NO-pocalypse 2017. As in no snow here in town. Zero. Zip. Nada.

But nobody should be short of ice today, especially if you enjoy yours freshly scraped off tree branches.

When Atlantans used to feel cheated out of a rare snow day, we just grumbled into our coffee and, if we weren’t too distraught, headed outdoors to build a flake-man. But social media gives us the option of sharing our disappointment with friends, family and a multitude of people we don’t know, so now we take to Twitter and fuss about how the winter weather forecast turned out to be just another snow job.

That’s the case as folks around metro Atlanta woke up on Saturday to... ice, in most cases. They wanted snow and they are upset with (and pretty darned cynical about) the lack thereof. And when Twitter isn’t happy, nobody’s happy. Here are some examples from the Twitter of our discontent:

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Bring ATL to a dead stop #SnowPocalypse pic.twitter.com/gKAFHOi5sv
— Triston Tackett (@attristOn) January 6, 2017

Winter storm update: almost fell walking the dog, then didn't. #WinterStormHelena #atlsnow #survived #blessed
— Josh Erwin (@writerwin) January 7, 2017

True dedication is seeing kids try to make a snowman out of less than an inch of snow on the ground. #ATLsnowday
— Rachel (@RachelGlasberg) January 7, 2017

Meteorologists should really just stick to meteors #atlantaweather #Atlantasnow #snowpocalypse
— Robert Gillentine (@rwgillentine) January 7, 2017

The Russians hacked my snowstorm!

😏 #atlantaweather #Atlanta #StormMode #StormWatchOn2 #weather pic.twitter.com/WLrQ0SlpHI— Gary Alan (@gbro76) January 7, 2017

Well, the #atlantaweather has taken a positive turn: sunny with a 90% chance of bread pudding. #breadandmilk #nopocalypse #Grocerypanic pic.twitter.com/2DETbAelyu
— Bill McClain (@BillMcClain4) January 7, 2017

I'd like to thank the mayor of Atlanta for helping us prepare. We made it! #WinterStormHelena #StormMode #atlantaweather pic.twitter.com/v4XI5ozmDj
— KayDee MacDouglas (@Kt_8080) January 7, 2017

I haven't been this disappointed about what the media assured me was a sure thing since the election. #snowpocalypse #atlantaweather
— Matt Pavlak (@MattiePav) January 7, 2017

So about that snow day #ATL #ImNotMadImDisappointed
— Christopher Adamson (@Adamson_CW) January 7, 2017

It only hiccuped snow here but the ice isn't messing around. #atl #Atlanta #WinterStormHelena pic.twitter.com/higQsfY9WG
— Nora F (@norafrankovich) January 7, 2017

And nobody’s getting a break today -- period.

Don't try to be slick today, Amazon Prime. You're still on the 2-day delivery clock. #atlantaweather
— Ismael AbduSalaam (@Ismael_BBM_NYK) January 7, 2017

All that extraness & Not even enough snow to make a snowball

😒 #ATL #SnowDaysBeLike— DJ Eboogie (@iamdjeboogie) January 7, 2017

#ATL all day RT @1Kel305: RT @DeLanes24: Atlanta is the only place you can get snowed in with no snow
— ATLHAPS (@atlhaps) January 7, 2017

When you wake up hoping for a winter wonderland and all you can see is... grass!

😭Where's the snow? 🤔#AtlSnow #AtlWeather #Weather11— Bluebird Patch ATL (@BluebirdPatch) January 7, 2017

Snzzz...snow?...meh. What a ripoff.

😴😑😒❄️🙄😑😴 #snowpocalypse #atlsnow #ATLweather— Matt Genné (@matt_genne) January 7, 2017

The Great DiSNOWpointment of 2017 #AtlSnow https://t.co/omsMu0bmBT
— The Force Is With Me (@MyNameIs_LEO) January 7, 2017

What "3-4 inches" looks like in the ATL

😂. It's something! #atlsnow #SnowStorm pic.twitter.com/c6TjA4Qxzk— bry (@brittwastaken) January 7, 2017

I'm glad the news tricked y'all in ATL with the weather so the kids could finally get some food in the house.

😁🌨☃️🍞🍌🍜 #atlwinter #atlsnow— ✨Glorious Shanti ✨ (@Glorious_Shanti) January 7, 2017

I wanted to sit on my porch with a glass of bourbon and watch the snow. So...where's the snow? #atlsnow
— Jacob Valleroy (@jrvalleroy) January 7, 2017

This = truth. Let’s be honest.

Meanwhile in Atlanta @NefertitiWSB @JustinFarmerWSB @RikkiKlausWSB @GlennBurnsWSB. #snowpocalypse #atlsnow #gawx pic.twitter.com/Ezhg1P2t2A
— Thomas D Bradley (@ThomasDBradley) January 7, 2017

Looks like the snow storm skipped #ATL
— thomas washington (@goodlook72) January 7, 2017

Southern snow day. Y'all are so cute! #snowpocalypse #snowmageddon2017 #atlantaweather #Atlanta #atl pic.twitter.com/JBN567410T
— Diana Keough (@dikeough) January 7, 2017

#atlanta #atl #snow #snowman #snowpocalypse #snowpocalypse2017 pic.twitter.com/TxNxAZLJoz
— Mr Peter File (@MrPeterFile) January 7, 2017

The sun is out and the snow and ice on the roads has already melted. Snowpocalypse, my hide. #ATL #Lawrenceville #snowpocalypse
— Elbot Carman (@Arctides) January 7, 2017

Saying "snow" to southerners is like yelling "fire" in the proverbial crowded room ❄️❄️ #atl #snowpocalypse
— Jessie Langley (@jessceelangley) January 7, 2017

Beans? Really? Huh...

People in Atlanta prepared for snow like it was the end of the world. Raiding stores, getting thousands of cans of beans. #Atlanta #ATL
— DJTrunksOfficial (@DjTrunks100) January 7, 2017

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