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01-28-2014, 05:40 PM
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Went to pick my daughter up from pre-k. It's 9 miles away, at 1:30 I left the school and was home in 25 minutes, about normal. Her teacher left at 2pm, at 8pm she had only gone 3 miles, she pulled into a hotel and is sleeping in a lobby packed with people sleeping on the ground. I'd say we're getting close to about a dozen of my wife's coworkers abandoning their cars on the roads on their way home. Most around the 5 hour and 3-5 miles into the road.
We are stuck in the house, both of the entries and exits out of my neighborhood are impassable. Well one you can do with a 4x4, the other you can't even do with a 4x4 unless you've got chains and even then it's packed with abandoned cars.
I know GA 400 is now closed.
I'd talk trash all night here, troll a tad, but i've got to study.
We are stuck in the house, both of the entries and exits out of my neighborhood are impassable. Well one you can do with a 4x4, the other you can't even do with a 4x4 unless you've got chains and even then it's packed with abandoned cars.
I know GA 400 is now closed.
I'd talk trash all night here, troll a tad, but i've got to study.
01-28-2014, 05:42 PM
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It is hilarious, Mattress plus has like 40 people there ... beds.
01-28-2014, 05:45 PM
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This was snow for a couple of hours. Then it got compacted and became ice. As folks were driving on it they polished it. Chains work, but not much else does.
The German sedans with their open differentials and ABS based traction control systems are just absolutely terrible. Not only do they get stuck, the brakes and rotors are smoking. Those things are probably 20% to 30% of the cars around here and about 90% of the types found in the ditch.
Subarus, F250's and for some reason Honda Oddessy Vans are unstoppable.
The German sedans with their open differentials and ABS based traction control systems are just absolutely terrible. Not only do they get stuck, the brakes and rotors are smoking. Those things are probably 20% to 30% of the cars around here and about 90% of the types found in the ditch.
Subarus, F250's and for some reason Honda Oddessy Vans are unstoppable.
The best car I have ever driven in the snow is a 1980 Yugo....that thing was unstoppable. My airport car is a Civic and that thing is close to the Yugo. My Ram 2500 will go anywhere in 4WD with TOYO Open Country M/T's on it.
01-28-2014, 05:46 PM
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01-28-2014, 05:46 PM
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BB,
I can picture it. I was stuck at a hotel down the street from Lenox Square some years ago. Morning came and Peachtree Street was completely clogged with cars, no way for anything but bulldozer to get through. Took 2 days to begin to open things up.
Good luck!
GF
And the Yugo had a rear window defroster to keep your hands warm pushing it.
I can picture it. I was stuck at a hotel down the street from Lenox Square some years ago. Morning came and Peachtree Street was completely clogged with cars, no way for anything but bulldozer to get through. Took 2 days to begin to open things up.
Good luck!
GF
And the Yugo had a rear window defroster to keep your hands warm pushing it.
01-28-2014, 05:50 PM
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What the hell they got down there???
I live in Idaho and took drivers-ed when I was 14 in a Caprice that we had to chain up in to get through some of the driving days. Lived in Montana for a few years as well,. I've seen rain change to freezing rain coating everything in 1/4 inch of clear ice then dump snow on top of that. It's actually worse when it only covers the ice with about 1-2 inches. If it dumps 8-12 inches on top then you have plenty of traction to get around. I can throw snow cables ($29 at Autozone) on my Civic and drive through about anything.
lived in IAH for 6 years and would always venture out during the massive winter weather systems. Never saw anything that was even close to crap that we actually drove in during drivers-ed when I was 14 years old.
I live in Idaho and took drivers-ed when I was 14 in a Caprice that we had to chain up in to get through some of the driving days. Lived in Montana for a few years as well,. I've seen rain change to freezing rain coating everything in 1/4 inch of clear ice then dump snow on top of that. It's actually worse when it only covers the ice with about 1-2 inches. If it dumps 8-12 inches on top then you have plenty of traction to get around. I can throw snow cables ($29 at Autozone) on my Civic and drive through about anything.
lived in IAH for 6 years and would always venture out during the massive winter weather systems. Never saw anything that was even close to crap that we actually drove in during drivers-ed when I was 14 years old.
So at about 1pm with every kid in school and every adult at work the abandon ship call went out and 4 million people seemed to hit the highway at the same time. Temps were below freezing and the snow was heavy and there are a lot of hills in Atlanta. Especially on the north side of the city headed to the mountains. I consider myself an excellent driver with plenty of snow experience and plenty of playing in the snow for fun experience, but if my 4x2 supercrew F-150 says screw you on a hill packed with other cars, I'm done.
I don't know how many cars in Atlanta are 4x4 but it ain't many. So throw that in the pot. Kids are sleeping in schools and right now there are buses stuck all over, it's a disaster.
Also, fwiw, we know of a proud New Jersey guy who runs a business of about 400 people and his attitude was don't worry, it's nothing, seen worse. At 2, okay fine go home people, quit complaining. I bet a sizable percentage of those people aren't home and if they are, many probably don't have their cars.
01-28-2014, 05:52 PM
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BB,
I can picture it. I was stuck at a hotel down the street from Lenox Square some years ago. Morning came and Peachtree Street was completely clogged with cars, no way for anything but bulldozer to get through. Took 2 days to begin to open things up.
Good luck!
GF
And the Yugo had a rear window defroster to keep your hands warm pushing it.
I can picture it. I was stuck at a hotel down the street from Lenox Square some years ago. Morning came and Peachtree Street was completely clogged with cars, no way for anything but bulldozer to get through. Took 2 days to begin to open things up.
Good luck!
GF
And the Yugo had a rear window defroster to keep your hands warm pushing it.
01-28-2014, 05:57 PM
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Well, the snow wasn't supposed to hit like it did. It was supposed to as odd as this sounds stay more south and only a dusting if that in the city and north. Well, the storm said let me go all Chris Davis and run where I want.
So at about 1pm with every kid in school and every adult at work the abandon ship call went out and 4 million people seemed to hit the highway at the same time. Temps were below freezing and the snow was heavy and there are a lot of hills in Atlanta. Especially on the north side of the city headed to the mountains. I consider myself an excellent driver with plenty of snow experience and plenty of playing in the snow for fun experience, but if my 4x2 supercrew F-150 says screw you on a hill packed with other cars, I'm done.
I don't know how many cars in Atlanta are 4x4 but it ain't many. So throw that in the pot. Kids are sleeping in schools and right now there are buses stuck all over, it's a disaster.
Also, fwiw, we know of a proud New Jersey guy who runs a business of about 400 people and his attitude was don't worry, it's nothing, seen worse. At 2, okay fine go home people, quit complaining. I bet a sizable percentage of those people aren't home and if they are, many probably don't have their cars.
So at about 1pm with every kid in school and every adult at work the abandon ship call went out and 4 million people seemed to hit the highway at the same time. Temps were below freezing and the snow was heavy and there are a lot of hills in Atlanta. Especially on the north side of the city headed to the mountains. I consider myself an excellent driver with plenty of snow experience and plenty of playing in the snow for fun experience, but if my 4x2 supercrew F-150 says screw you on a hill packed with other cars, I'm done.
I don't know how many cars in Atlanta are 4x4 but it ain't many. So throw that in the pot. Kids are sleeping in schools and right now there are buses stuck all over, it's a disaster.
Also, fwiw, we know of a proud New Jersey guy who runs a business of about 400 people and his attitude was don't worry, it's nothing, seen worse. At 2, okay fine go home people, quit complaining. I bet a sizable percentage of those people aren't home and if they are, many probably don't have their cars.
01-28-2014, 05:58 PM
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Well, the snow wasn't supposed to hit like it did. It was supposed to as odd as this sounds stay more south and only a dusting if that in the city and north. Well, the storm said let me go all Chris Davis and run where I want.
So at about 1pm with every kid in school and every adult at work the abandon ship call went out and 4 million people seemed to hit the highway at the same time. Temps were below freezing and the snow was heavy and there are a lot of hills in Atlanta. Especially on the north side of the city headed to the mountains. I consider myself an excellent driver with plenty of snow experience and plenty of playing in the snow for fun experience, but if my 4x2 supercrew F-150 says screw you on a hill packed with other cars, I'm done.
I don't know how many cars in Atlanta are 4x4 but it ain't many. So throw that in the pot. Kids are sleeping in schools and right now there are buses stuck all over, it's a disaster.
Also, fwiw, we know of a proud New Jersey guy who runs a business of about 400 people and his attitude was don't worry, it's nothing, seen worse. At 2, okay fine go home people, quit complaining. I bet a sizable percentage of those people aren't home and if they are, many probably don't have their cars.
So at about 1pm with every kid in school and every adult at work the abandon ship call went out and 4 million people seemed to hit the highway at the same time. Temps were below freezing and the snow was heavy and there are a lot of hills in Atlanta. Especially on the north side of the city headed to the mountains. I consider myself an excellent driver with plenty of snow experience and plenty of playing in the snow for fun experience, but if my 4x2 supercrew F-150 says screw you on a hill packed with other cars, I'm done.
I don't know how many cars in Atlanta are 4x4 but it ain't many. So throw that in the pot. Kids are sleeping in schools and right now there are buses stuck all over, it's a disaster.
Also, fwiw, we know of a proud New Jersey guy who runs a business of about 400 people and his attitude was don't worry, it's nothing, seen worse. At 2, okay fine go home people, quit complaining. I bet a sizable percentage of those people aren't home and if they are, many probably don't have their cars.
I don't think I've ever seen it turn out like this, though... and we've gotten way worse snow! Like was said earlier.. it appeared everyone tried to bail out all at the same time, it got icier and the chain reaction accidents started.
Down here in Grayson, it didn't seem like the roads shut down, but we're a lower traffic area.
Oh, and Accords rule in the snow!
01-28-2014, 06:03 PM
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So with all the cars stranded on the highway in Atlanta I wonder if it looks just like the scenes from walking dead?
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