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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Bhahhah southern pansies hahhaa -21 here with wind chill, the top of my drive way looks like a floating ice cube with a wind tunnel, plow the drive 3 times a day. Today we came around the corner and my SO say's READY? slip the seat belt on said OK, he floored the gas petal stuck it in 4x4 and let her rip while I watched for cars That wide a$$ truck crushed right through that ice berg. YAY!!! life is an adventure!!   |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| I'm so tired of winter. I'm glad the south is getting it. We northerners just want to share the wealth. At least you will be back to warmth in a day or two. We still have a couple of months if this crap to tend with. Quit whining, go play in your dusting of snow and invite your cold northern friends for a visit!! |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Nateracer - 2014-01-28 8:36 PM
I'm so tired of winter. I'm glad the south is getting it. We northerners just want to share the wealth. At least you will be back to warmth in a day or two. We still have a couple of months if this crap to tend with. Quit whining, go play in your dusting of snow and invite your cold northern friends for a visit!!
No kidding! -35 (no windchill) today, so nasty. I'd take 0 degrees anyday now. |
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 Living on the edge of common sense
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Location: Carpenter, WY | winning edge - 2014-01-28 3:20 PM I had an appointment at 10 am today to drop off paperwork and do whatever people do when hired on at Home Depot. There was the "lightest" dusting of snow on the ground. So light it all blew off of my truck in the 10 minutes it took for me to drive to the store. And it was for naught... the HR person didn't come to work today. Granted she lives a hour away down I20 in Louisiana, but yeah... didn't come to work. Also failed to let anyone know she had an appointment scheduled with me or answer her cell phone when they tried to reach her to find out what they were supposed to do with me.
The LA/MS 2014 Snowmageddon is one for the record books.
PS School was closed today here in Vicksburg. I have a feeling they'll find a reason to close it tomorrow too due to windchill. LOL
ok, I'll admit I got kind of a kick out of this much snow in this picture shutting everying down
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I'm a Cry Baby
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Location: n.c. | It's true. As my northern kin say: a dusting. It shuts everything down. Now when we get ice, plus 4 - 7" of snow? We are dead in the water til it thaws out. Which won't be until Friday at this point. Yes, I'm a wimp. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | I live in south louisiana and pretty much
It Is shut down, last time we seen significant
Amounts of anything such as ice or snow was
In early 1980's. We don't have equipment
Or supplies to keep the roads safe during freezing times.
I personally rather be off these roads and safe
In my house than have to drive in it and put myself and others
In danger who might be trying to assist those in need. And besides I don't want to be on the roads with some of those crazy fools!!
We have had a lot of power outages,
Store shelves are nearly empty due to supply trucks not able to
Get to us. Looks like the pandemonium we see before a hurricane! Lol
People freakin out down here for only two days of ice!! Lmao!!
I'm Planning on going sledding later today! At a Little hill close to my house. Something I haven't done since I was 4:) I don't like it but I'll enjoy it while it's here!:) |
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Location: Deep South | Pretty much the entire state of Alabama is shut down. We were out in shorts and t-shirts just Monday!! Now all schools are closed, lots of roads, nearly all the businesses. Some parts of the state have gotten snow flurries, but we haven't seen any yet, just ice.
All the milk and bread in grocery stores are sold out, people filling up all their extra gas tanks at the gas stations, it's like they're preparing for a hurricane!
On a serious note though, while this may all seem so silly to those who see tons of snow and ice everyday, there have been several wrecks reported that I know of, one resulting in two deaths. The deep south just doesn't know how to handle winter conditions. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | We're dry here (I WANT SNOW so we can go sled on the levee!), but it was 6 icy degrees this morning. Sooooo over winter. It has literally been decades since it has been this cold. One of my barn kittens fell through some ice, I think, and almost froze to death yesterday. Luckily, I found him when I fed because his hair was frozen stiff, and he got to spend the night in the garage on a heated bed. Little fart was fine this morning, thankfully. |
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 My Eating is Horrible
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Location: GA | Middle Ga here ... its not the cold or the snow - its the ice. We recieved a solid layer of ice and our roads are not safe. |
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 Over Informed
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Location: West Tennessee | Yall just keep poking fun of us -- we're storing it all up for when you're whining because it's 85 degress & 20% humidity......
PS: I know it's all in fun.... |
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Miracle in the Making
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| 1 hr south of atl,ga 18 degrees 3 " snow atlanta is a mess someone said they were ready had the snow truck sand truck ready i guess they forgot to tell them to go to work
kids spent night in school home depot stayed open let people spend the night this was a joke but not for the people stuck |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-29 8:21 AM Pretty much the entire state of Alabama is shut down. We were out in shorts and t-shirts just Monday!! Now all schools are closed, lots of roads, nearly all the businesses. Some parts of the state have gotten snow flurries, but we haven't seen any yet, just ice. All the milk and bread in grocery stores are sold out, people filling up all their extra gas tanks at the gas stations, it's like they're preparing for a hurricane! On a serious note though, while this may all seem so silly to those who see tons of snow and ice everyday, there have been several wrecks reported that I know of, one resulting in two deaths. The deep south just doesn't know how to handle winter conditions.
A lot of those accidents would be prevented if you guys would slow down. You don't know how to drive it in and think its ok to drive like you do any other day. |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-29 9:05 AM BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-29 8:21 AM Pretty much the entire state of Alabama is shut down. We were out in shorts and t-shirts just Monday!! Now all schools are closed, lots of roads, nearly all the businesses. Some parts of the state have gotten snow flurries, but we haven't seen any yet, just ice. All the milk and bread in grocery stores are sold out, people filling up all their extra gas tanks at the gas stations, it's like they're preparing for a hurricane! On a serious note though, while this may all seem so silly to those who see tons of snow and ice everyday, there have been several wrecks reported that I know of, one resulting in two deaths. The deep south just doesn't know how to handle winter conditions. A lot of those accidents would be prevented if you guys would slow down. You don't know how to drive it in and think its ok to drive like you do any other day.
That's definitely a problem. Lots of people have 4x4 and think that's a license to drive normal. |
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I'm a Cry Baby
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Location: n.c. | The humidity we have down here helps contribute to the overall problems. We don't just get a snow. We get plenty of ice along with it. And no, we don't know how to drive in the mess. Which is why I stay home. I'll take on a lot of things, but not ice. I'll lose everytime. |
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 Dog Resuce Agent
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Location: southeast Texas | Since we are SHARING weather, summer time come, get ya some. Don't forget about the butt dripping humidity.  |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: SE KS | mreklaw - 2014-01-28 6:13 PM
For all you northerners laughing at us pitiful cold southerners please remember the normal temp here is in the 60's. It was 70 on Sunday ! Supposed to be back in the 70's by Friday ! It's a hard adjustment to make!
And as one of us northerner's, that has been in 20-30's this week  LOL!!! Stay warm!!!
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Location: Quinlan, TX | Brrlracengirl - 2014-01-28 5:57 PM I've said it before and ill say it again, you folks that live up North are so tough when it comes to the cold!! BRRR! I'd much rather be sweating my booty off in 110 degree weather than freezing in the teens!!
DITTO!! ^^^^ |
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Location: Arkansas | I have lived in Baton Rouge and people there have enough trouble driving when it rains. They DO NOT need to be on the roads in ice. Part of those roads are elevated so they will ice easily. I don't drive on ice here in Arkansas if I don't have to. We don't have the equipment to keep the roads clear around here. |
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Accident Prone
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 Famous for Not Complaining
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Location: Broxton, Ga | Atlanta has too be by far the worse.........not only cannot they not drive in snow......but surly dropped the ball in planning for this winter storm................why in the world did not cancel school Monday and then declare a emergency........driving for essential reasons..........
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/01/29/rare-winter-storm-causes-wrecks-travel-gridlock-in-deep-south/?intcmp=latestnews |
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