Southeast gets a pretty good snow storm

[burkbuilds]

Went to bed last night at midnight and nothing was falling yet, looked out this morning and here is what we have in Northwest Georgia on January 10, 2011. I'm right at the state line with Chattanooga, Tennessee where I-75 crosses the border.
Here are a few shots from my house today.
http://s1.postimage.org/35x99969w/Big_snow_in_Rossville_January_10_2011_017.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/35x99969w/)

http://s1.postimage.org/35xhixwqs/Big_snow_in_Rossville_January_10_2011_007.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/35xhixwqs/)

http://s1.postimage.org/35xt3pc78/Big_snow_in_Rossville_January_10_2011_019.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/35xt3pc78/)

http://s1.postimage.org/35xy2bdok/Big_snow_in_Rossville_January_10_2011_013.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/35xy2bdok/)

http://s1.postimage.org/35yrtzmkk/Big_snow_in_Rossville_January_10_2011_015.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/35yrtzmkk/)

[music man]

We got about the same amount yesterday ourselves.

[Update] Its snowin' again!

[Sarris]

I'm wearing shorts...........sorry.

:lol:

[Viirin]

man, mailboxes wouldn't last a second over here - we're just getting out of 5 weeks of it - it was a miracle that my bike started first time

Vii

[Water Warrior 2]

BB, what kind of temps are you living with ?

[music man]

I'm wearing shorts...........sorry.

:lol:


I am too........... in my house :lol: :crackup

[burkbuilds]

WW, temps aren't that bad, it has been down in the mid twenties at night and around freezing for highs in the daytime. Later this week we are supposed to get down to around 12-14 at night and that is unusually cold for this region. I saw a local weather man report that we have had over 20" of snow in the last 12 months and that is really a lot for around here. Other than the blizzard of 1993 where we were hammered with about 2' of snow overnight, we rarely get more than 3-4 inches a couple of times each Winter. In the last ten years we really haven't had any snows over 2-4", so this is very unusual for our region. Atlanta is still basically shut down with over 2000 flights canceled today at Hartsfield international airport. This wouldn't be much of a storm for Northern regions, but we just do not have the snow plows and road equipment to treat anything other than the interstates and major roads, so once you get off the highways you are on your own until it melts away. Last night it was coming down at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour in many places, so even the interstates shut down in places for several hours. I am in the Tennessee Valley, but many of the mountain regions got over a foot of snow out of this system. It may take us all week to get traffic back to normal in rural areas.

[Water Warrior 2]

Sounds like a great time to stay home and keep warm.

[burkbuilds]

I am staying home, but i spent most of my day outside shoveling snow off my driveway and along with a neighbor we cleared about 8 driveways and about 100 yards of roadway. It is supposed to drop to 21 degrees F tonight and not get above freezing for several days. Tomorrow night and the next they are calling for lows around 12-14 and highs in the twenties so all the slush on the streets will become solid ice pretty soon. My first week back at college this semester has so far all been canceled and so has my work in Atlanta, so I'm staying put, probably until next week.

[Water Warrior 2]

Careful with that snow shovelling. It is a great way to have a heart attack.

[alantf]

i spent most of my day outside shoveling snow off my driveway and along with a neighbor we cleared about 8 driveways and about 100 yards of roadway.

In England, nobody shovels snow anymore. If someone slips in the snow it's an "act of god", But if someone slips in an area that you've shovelled, it's your fault, & you get sued. :cry:

[Water Warrior 2]

Fewer heart attacks and more slip/fall injuries in deep snow. Interesting concept.

[burkbuilds]

Wow, sued for trying to help, why does that not surprise me? Thankfully, I live in a pretty old school type of neighborhood, the people around here actually help each other out and take care of one another. We mow yards and rake leaves for older neighbors that need help, my neighbors have come and helped me re-roof my house and I've done the same for some of them. We help each other with car repairs, home maintenance, taking kids to school and ballgames, visit each other in the hospital and get together for grilling out and home made ice cream in the Summer months. I've lived in more expensive neighborhoods but I wouldn't trade the neighbors I have here for any upscale house. The schools are good, the taxes are relatively low and the cops will actually stop and talk to you when you are out working in the yard. I may not have a lot of money, but I think there are some things money just can't buy.

[mrlmd1]

Florida right now is the only state out of the 50 with no snow on the ground. Every other state, including Hawaii, has snow right now.
It's still cold, 40's at the moment, low 20's at night here in the Panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico.

[JWR]

I've lived in more expensive neighborhoods but I wouldn't trade the neighbors I have here for any upscale house.


I know where you are coming from there.

I have some super neighbors also.

[burkbuilds]

mrlmd1, wow, it just isn't supposed to get that cold in Florida. Hope you warm up soon, us too for that matter.

JWR, glad you got them too, good neighbors that is.

[bonehead]

You guys are lucky. All I have for neighbors is in-laws.

[alantf]

All I have for neighbors is in-laws.

At least you can see what your wife is going to look like in twenty years. :cry: :crackup

[bonehead]

Don't scare me like that!!

[Water Warrior 2]

You guys are lucky. All I have for neighbors is in-laws.
Build a moat around your property and fill it with alligators.

[bonehead]

You guys are lucky. All I have for neighbors is in-laws.
Build a moat around your property and fill it with alligators.
We are in a drought, can't afford the water. :lol:

[frempath]

Dry moat and palisade stakes then.