Mama Carol

The bad thing is I have seen the snow storm of back around 1964, the one in 1973, the 1982 Snow Jam, the blizzard of 1993, the snow storm of 2011 (yeah, remember that one?), the flood of 2009. It seems that few people learn from the problems. The government officials don't learn. The school leaders don't learn. Some adults either didn't learn or were too young to remember the earlier ones. Somebody needs to learn how to handle these things. Stop being complacent when there is a weather advisory OF ANY KIND. Prepare for problems and if they aren't any, you are OK but if there are any you

Now that I think about that ice storm a bit more I remember that was the time my married sister came to stay with us. Her husband worked for the railroad and was stuck at work. She and I sat up and listened to tree limbs break, transformers blow and watched as cars tried to go by, stopping in front of our house because they couldn't make the hill.

You're correct. It was not a warning. It was a forecast map showing "heavy snow possible" for an area that included Atlanta. It was issued at 4:15 a.m. MONDAY, apparently 24 hours before the winter storm warning was issued. See, this is what confuses me. I knew that we here in the panhandle were under a winter storm watch for 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. on Wednesday as early as Sunday night. I saw no such watch for the metro Atlanta area. I checked since I was in metro Atlanta Sunday night. Then when we got home Monday night, we were already under a warning. If the warning was is

I have that. It's a weather map showing a pocket of "heavy snow possible" which includes metro Atlanta. It was timed at 4:15 a.m. MONDAY. Unfortunately, with the problems Pcom is having right now, I can't get the picture to attach. <br /><br /> &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

Just so you know, snow is a four letter word. It's one four letter word that has caused thousands of people like myself to move farther south. We don't have snow here. We have a three letter word. Ice. And it ain't in a bag with a polar bear on the front.

Absolutely! Don't ask if you can leave. Leave. It's your life, your safety and your decision. If an employer wants to write you up for it, give 'em a pen.

I was still in high school. I remember it well, though. We were without power for several days (don't remember how many). My dad decided to go out and we ended up having to go back home because we couldn't make it up the hill from our house. I was to start classes on that Saturday and they were postponed a week. Fortunately, we had heat because we had a gas furnace that depended on absolutely NO electricity. We were able to cook limited things on the furnace, too. Mostly ate vegetable soup that week. Because of that storm, my mom refused to ever again be dependent upon electricity f

I'm older than some of you. I learned my lesson back in the winter of 1978. Going to work southbound on South Cobb Drive, next door to Smyrna Hospital, I pulled over in the left turn lane and kept sliding into the northbound lanes. Finally came to a stop because of the curb. Got straightened out after multiple tries and made it to the parking lot though I was at the wrong end of the lot from where I worked. Had to walk across the frozen, icy parking lot to get to the office. That evening going home it took 3-4 times longer than normal. Coming down the street to my house, I started slidi

The blizzard was actually a very unusual weather pattern. It was an winter "tropical" storm. I remember watching a PBS special on it several years ago. I had never heard that about it being a tropical storm before. Apparently it did a considerable amount of damage in south Florida before dumping all that snow on us. I can always remember when my youngest broke her thumb. She got a third cast on it on Monday after the blizzard hit on Saturday. And promptly fell coming out of the doctor's office and bruised herself up pretty bad.

The Blizzard of '93 began on Friday afternoon. Saturday was actually the day it snowed so much. Snow Jam the earlier edition was a weekday. I'm thinking Tuesday. And wasn't that also the day the plane went down in the Potamac River? I remember the blizzard quite well. I was in Smyrna when it started sleeting. Took us a couple of hours to make it home to Powder Springs. Normally a 20 minute drive.

Really? Have you lost your 10 year old at Atlanta Airport? Have you ever been on top of a mountain all the way across the country from your home and have two flat tires and not see a soul pass by for HOURS, all the while the snow is piling up and the gas gauge is getting low? Have you ever had your kids bus be two hours late, it getting dark and not the first sign of them and the school knows nothing, in the days before every 8 year old had a cell phone with them? BTW, not that it matters to anyone on here because after all, this doesn't impact YOUR lives but we have had three fatalit

Please keep in mind that the cooks and servers may have been there since yesterday. Be patient with them. Give them good tips. Many of them would like to get home to their families.

As part of your "welcome to Florida" information from the local Chamber of Commerce, you're given a disaster prep guide. ANY of the items listed for hurricane preparedness can be used for winter weather. 3 days worth of water per person 3 days worth of food per person, with a mixture of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, etc. Blankets, candles, flashlights, battery powered radio, hand operated can opener and the items mentioned in the initial post. Always a good idea to keep a kit in the car and that, too, could contain some of the same items as the home kit but with a thermal blank

If I had kids in school, my #1 desire would be that they be safe whether they were with me at home or in the care of people who are entrusted with their care. It is DANGEROUS to be on the roads right now. I don't know about up there but we have had a fatality on the icy roads here in Florida. Likely an experienced drive as well (tractor tractor driver). Roads that have NEVER been closed, not even during hurricanes, are closed due to ice. Drivers are stranded here as they are there (though not as many here apparently). Part of the problem is people getting out thinking they HAD to be

Big freakin' deal to have parents bitch about making up a day. Let them. Perhaps the school board needs to grow a pair and start doing right for the kids and ignore the complaints of the parents who don't get their way (or their winter break). You can't please everyone and you're better off erring on the side of safety. They definitely dropped the ball on this one. But from what I've heard from parents and bus drivers, it shouldn't surprise me that the BOE failed big time. and bless all those who are taking care of the kids at school and at daycare. You folks rock.

When we left there about 4:00 yesterday afternoon, I'm not sure it was still a watch. Nobody really had any updated info (granted, none of us were near a TV). Ours had been upgraded to a warning by the time we hit south of Montgomery, probably 6:30 or so. They have said on the news here that it took everyone by surprise because it started sooner than they expected and there has been more snow and ice than expected. I really dread waking up in the morning to see what it looks like. At least we're home and as long as the power stays on or the propane holds out if the generator has to work,

Oh definitely err on the side of safety. And if nothing materializes, so what? You've been prepared. How many weeks ago was it that it got so cold and people weren't prepared for that? Come on, people. Wake up! It's winter. Cold weather happens, snow happens. It doesn't snow every year but the years it doesn't are few and far between. Prepare for winter weather! And if there is a winter storm watch and within 24 hours of when it is supposed to happen and they haven't *canceled* the watch, prepare for a winter storm. It doesn't take being TOLD by the "head" TV meteorologist to mak

The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City issued the watch and then the warning. It's up to the citizens and the government officials to do with that watch and warning as they desire. IMO, this debacle was solely the fault of the local officials--in this case the BOE. But on the flip side of that is all the times watches and warnings have been issued when NOTHING happened. It's a lot like crying wolf. People start not believing it and then something like this happens and they blame officials for not taking it seriously when they themselves didn't take it seriously.

They said on the news here that because the governor declared a state of emergency the day would not have to be made up. Anyone know if the same would have held true there?

Even though I don't have kids in school in Paulding, I do know a couple of bus drivers. Big hugs to them. They had an awful job today. May they take long, hot soaking bathes to thaw out and unwind. Love and hugs to them.

We were up there yesterday. The last time I checked the weather, there wasn't anything more than a winter storm watch. We knew we had a storm watch and made the decision to head back home a day early, so we could beat the storm. By the time we got home, our watch had turned into a warning. Did that not happen up there?

When my daughter and her family moved down here, I decided to get my flu shot because I knew Starr would be bringing home all kinds of stuff and I would be around here. Now, they have moved out so they don't live with me. But all four of them have the flu. Even though they don't live here with us, I'm still glad I had the flu shot. It's pretty bad around here.

I was thinking for afterward for the non-smokers among us.

It's going to be interesting to see how Floridians handle a winter storm WARNING with a possible accumulation of 3-5 inches of snow as far south as the coast in the panhandle.

I just caught the last half hour or so of "Get Low". I have wanted to see the whole movie. Now more than ever.