CaptainXeroid
Following Christ
Well, the funny thing about snow in Hot'Lanta, Georgia is that they might forecast frozen precipitation 5 days a year. In most years, we see nothing more than a light dusting or freezing rain totaling less than 0.182".
The one time every 4-5 years that a measurable amount of snow, sleet, and/or ice actually does accumulate on the ground, people do take the day off knowing that it's going to be 50 F the next day, and all traces of frozen stuff will be relegated to the newspaper.
When something happens so infrequently, there's no point in spending public money on snow removal equipment.
Way back when in 1982, when I was in 6th grade, it was -5 F a Monday morning in mid January, and school was closed because none of the buses would start. Tuesday morning, about 2 hours after school started, the principal and assistants literally ran through the halls telling everyone to pack up and go home because it was about to start snowing and might not stop.
We were out of school until the next Monday because there was no way to clear the 7 inches of snow off the roads.
Three years later, about the same time of year, we had 8 inches of sleet. I think that one only cost us a couple of 'snow' days because there was a weekend involved.
March 1993, it started sleeting then snowing Saturday morning before I graduated from GA Tech. At the ceremony, the big topic of conversation is that there was still snow on the ground and on some buildings since that RARELY happened.
Those 3 events are what stick in many peoples' minds when they freak out and buy out the stores when the weather guys say the word. BTW...I think the fact that I remember the dates gives away my answer in the poll....only a handful of snowfalls.
The one time every 4-5 years that a measurable amount of snow, sleet, and/or ice actually does accumulate on the ground, people do take the day off knowing that it's going to be 50 F the next day, and all traces of frozen stuff will be relegated to the newspaper.
When something happens so infrequently, there's no point in spending public money on snow removal equipment.
Way back when in 1982, when I was in 6th grade, it was -5 F a Monday morning in mid January, and school was closed because none of the buses would start. Tuesday morning, about 2 hours after school started, the principal and assistants literally ran through the halls telling everyone to pack up and go home because it was about to start snowing and might not stop.
We were out of school until the next Monday because there was no way to clear the 7 inches of snow off the roads.Three years later, about the same time of year, we had 8 inches of sleet. I think that one only cost us a couple of 'snow' days because there was a weekend involved.
March 1993, it started sleeting then snowing Saturday morning before I graduated from GA Tech. At the ceremony, the big topic of conversation is that there was still snow on the ground and on some buildings since that RARELY happened.
Those 3 events are what stick in many peoples' minds when they freak out and buy out the stores when the weather guys say the
word. BTW...I think the fact that I remember the dates gives away my answer in the poll....only a handful of snowfalls.
