Anybody Else Snowed in?

carnation · #1 01-29-2014, 10:26 AM

Are any other GreekChatters snowed in? I think that maybe the entire states of Georgia and Alabama are. Hundreds of cars were abandoned on roads, even the interstates, yesterday. I think I would have died if I'd been stranded on top of Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta.

Yes, some Northerners will laugh at us but we don't get enough snow here to make it worth buying snowplows, etc. I think our last snow was in 2010?

Anyway, there are kids and teachers still stranded at schools. My husband said that several buses couldn't get to his school and finally, the out of town teachers volunteered to stay with the students overnight since they couldn't get out of town anyway.

Me? I'm hunkered down at home with my husband and 5 teenagers and some snow-loving animals. I have on my giant "Sig Ep mom" sweatshirt and plan to drink coffee and read all day.

And you?

ComradesTrue · #2 01-29-2014, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by carnation

Are any other GreekChatters snowed in? I think that maybe the entire states of Georgia and Alabama are. Hundreds of cars were abandoned on roads, even the interstates, yesterday. I think I would have died if I'd been stranded on top of Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta.

Yes, some Northerners will laugh at us but we don't get enough snow here to make it worth buying snowplows, etc. I think our last snow was in 2010?

Anyway, there are kids and teachers still stranded at schools. My husband said that several buses couldn't get to his school and finally, the out of town teachers volunteered to stay with the students overnight since they couldn't get out of town anyway.

Me? I'm hunkered down at home with my husband and 5 teenagers and some snow-loving animals. I have on my giant "Sig Ep mom" sweatshirt and plan to drink coffee and read all day.

And you?

Also, snow fell from the sky, but it became ice on the roads. A key fact.

A total mess in my town too. I think all the kids got home from school yesterday (no busses for us either) but everyone was reporting 3-5 hour commutes for what is normally 10-15 minutes of travel time.

Kevin · #3 01-29-2014, 10:35 AM

We had some flurries and some ice for yesterday's morning commute, but that all cleared away by the evening.

amanda6035 · #4 01-29-2014, 10:36 AM

yep. I'm in the columbus area, and my employer sent me home at lunch time yesterday so that we could make it home before the roads froze over.

My aunt is a school bus driver for cobb county. She got home at 3:30 this morning after leaving her car at the bus shop and hopping a ride with a friend who had a 4WD.

2 sorority sisters ended up in a hotel room on barrett pkwy. Both have babies under a year old at home, and they both live in Dallas.

Another sister is a kindergarten teacher. Tried to go home, but left her car abandoned 4 miles from school and went back. Some of the kids were still at school, so they had a sleepover in the gym and she was posting pics on FB this morning about making pancakes for the staff members after the kiddos had been fed.

Some friends were stranded at their office. It's a complete and utter mess. Very grateful my employer sent me home. I'm snug in my house, with a sheet of ice on my driveway. Our office is closed today.

AOII Angel · #5 01-29-2014, 10:37 AM

Nope, but I live in CA.

Stay warm.

Xidelt · #6 01-29-2014, 10:47 AM

My husband and I are snowed in over in Gwinnett. Glad everyone in our family made it home safely.

Munchkin03 · #7 01-29-2014, 11:06 AM

My family on the Florida panhandle isn't snowed in, but rather iced in due to the low bridges.

After living in the northeast for 15 years, I can't laugh at southerners for this. I've always lived in cities with snowplows and salt on hand; also, how are you going to learn to drive in this in Florida or Georgia? Ugh.

Be safe y'all!

clemsongirl · #8 01-29-2014, 12:05 PM

Clemson finally cancelled school today after pushing the opening time back twice, so while I do have a car I'm not especially inclined to go anywhere since the roads are icy.

AOIILisa · #9 01-29-2014, 12:25 PM

I feel everyone's pain since our winter has sucked too - we've had more snow this year than we did in the last two. My car hasn't been out of the driveway in almost two weeks (it's a RWD sports car and the tires make it impossible to drive in even a flake of snow) so I've been relying on buses to get to the train station to commute in. I hate winter but this one especially!

HQWest · #10 01-29-2014, 12:33 PM

Iced in here - highways and interstate closed. Not hardly enough snow to make a snow man but pretty icy

amIblue? · #11 01-29-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Clemson finally cancelled school today after pushing the opening time back twice, so while I do have a car I'm not especially inclined to go anywhere since the roads are icy.

Wise move! Even though you may know what to do on snow/ice because you grew up in the northeast, about 99 out of 100 people around you most assuredly do not!

The snow missed us in middle TN, but it is bone chillingly cold. Feeling for all of my people in GA, AL, and the Carolinas.

AZ-AlphaXi · #12 01-29-2014, 01:09 PM

Nope .. but then I live in So. Arizona .. but I feel your pain. In So. Arizona they close schools if there's even a forecast of snow. Be worm .. be safe.

Xidelt · #13 01-29-2014, 01:12 PM

Anybody else starting to get a little cabin fever?

carnation · #14 01-29-2014, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Xidelt

Anybody else starting to get a little cabin fever?

I'm snowed in with 5 teenagers! So you bet!

DoctorD · #15 01-29-2014, 01:17 PM

Yep - holed in north of Atlanta. Was holed in before it started, but then had to go get a child from school and that was a nightmare. Left my car in a parking lot about 1.5 miles from my house and walked home. I figure it will be tomorrow before I can go get it. This whole thing has been unreal.