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fishlessman

GATraveller said:

Guess most folks up that way don't have A/C.  It's all about having the right equipment.

we have backup heating systems, even backup systems for the backup. it only gets real hot for about a week here in the summer but stopped in traffic on a highway in the summer is never good for me

THEBuckeye

YukonRon said:

Living in Lawrenceville, Georgia several yeas ago, I moved into my house in January. I had been moving stuff around and putting things up from the move, all day, and noticed the weather was colder than I had imagined it would be.
That evening I finally got the media center set up and started with my tuner to preset the radio stations for the remote control.
As soon as I dialed in the first station, I caught "This is a major winter storm warning". It was a Sunday evening, late in the night, and the weather announcer spoke for nearly an hour straight, of the closings already determined for the next day. Schools, Government offices, clinics, he spoke of emergency routes which hospitals will be fully staffed, grocery stores that will remain open, etc,.
Then at the very end of this diatribe, he repeated "A major winter storm warning is in effect until 3:00 P.M. tomorrow. Severe weather is expected with temperatures in the upper 20's and snow accumulation possibilities of up to one inch."
Talk about the need to GROW A PAIR....
C'mon man.

Having just moved from Metro Atlanta, I agree. However, Atlanta has lots of hills, steep, often shaded, driveways and a serious lack of funding for snow/ice equipment and supplies. They finally upped their game after the most recent ice storm where thousands were stranded in 285 for hours and days. An inch of snow is fine. I quarter inch of ice is not. The lesson learned was to use an abundance of caution especially with kids and school busses. 

Carolina Q

I never knew if this was true or just an urban legend, but years ago (the 60s), I heard a story about a minor snowstorm in Chapel Hill NC. They had limited snow removal equipment and someone had the bright idea to open the fire hydrants and hose down the streets. Perfect! Problem solved!

Until all that water froze!

Does anyone know if this really happened?

RRP

Only thing I experienced more funny than Southerner's driving on snow was the start of deer season. I was auditing a Magnavox cabinet plant in the foothills of the Smokey mountains and was told the plant would be closed on Friday. I asked why?  Well, Sir, Friday is the start of deer season and we always have so many employees call in sick that we can't run the plant properly...so Mr. X (the plant manager) decided to close for the day!

fishlessman

THEBuckeye said:

YukonRon said:

Living in Lawrenceville, Georgia several yeas ago, I moved into my house in January. I had been moving stuff around and putting things up from the move, all day, and noticed the weather was colder than I had imagined it would be.
That evening I finally got the media center set up and started with my tuner to preset the radio stations for the remote control.
As soon as I dialed in the first station, I caught "This is a major winter storm warning". It was a Sunday evening, late in the night, and the weather announcer spoke for nearly an hour straight, of the closings already determined for the next day. Schools, Government offices, clinics, he spoke of emergency routes which hospitals will be fully staffed, grocery stores that will remain open, etc,.
Then at the very end of this diatribe, he repeated "A major winter storm warning is in effect until 3:00 P.M. tomorrow. Severe weather is expected with temperatures in the upper 20's and snow accumulation possibilities of up to one inch."
Talk about the need to GROW A PAIR....
C'mon man.

Having just moved from Metro Atlanta, I agree. However, Atlanta has lots of hills, steep, often shaded, driveways and a serious lack of funding for snow/ice equipment and supplies. They finally upped their game after the most recent ice storm where thousands were stranded in 285 for hours and days. An inch of snow is fine. I quarter inch of ice is not. The lesson learned was to use an abundance of caution especially with kids and school busses. 

tire chains for the school buses are cheap    i drive on ice all the time thru the winter and stuff happens, but i would not drive in ga with any snow and ice

kweitz

And here I thought this forum was apolitical, guess I was wrong. There are some very hurt feelings out there! 

saluki2007

RRP said:

Only thing I experienced more funny than Southerner's driving on snow was the start of deer season. I was auditing a Magnavox cabinet plant in the foothills of the Smokey mountains and was told the plant would be closed on Friday. I asked why?  Well, Sir, Friday is the start of deer season and we always have so many employees call in sick that we can't run the plant properly...so Mr. X (the plant manager) decided to close for the day!

We can't afford to shut down, but opening weekend around here it's a ghost town.

fishlessman

kweitz said:

And here I thought this forum was apolitical, guess I was wrong. There are some very hurt feelings out there! 

now thats funny

THEBuckeye

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GATraveller

Acn

GATraveller said:

Guess most folks up that way don't have A/C.  It's all about having the right equipment.

Why would you pay the expense to install A/C if your average summer temp never went over 80?  

I don't think any house I went into during 22 years living in Maine had central air.

Focker

RRP said:

Only thing I experienced more funny than Southerner's driving on snow was the start of deer season. I was auditing a Magnavox cabinet plant in the foothills of the Smokey mountains and was told the plant would be closed on Friday. I asked why?  Well, Sir, Friday is the start of deer season and we always have so many employees call in sick that we can't run the plant properly...so Mr. X (the plant manager) decided to close for the day!

Lmfao
Priorities

Foghorn

Focker said:

RRP said:

Only thing I experienced more funny than Southerner's driving on snow was the start of deer season. I was auditing a Magnavox cabinet plant in the foothills of the Smokey mountains and was told the plant would be closed on Friday. I asked why?  Well, Sir, Friday is the start of deer season and we always have so many employees call in sick that we can't run the plant properly...so Mr. X (the plant manager) decided to close for the day!

Lmfao
Priorities

I've seen a summer day with good surf on Kauai do the same thing to a number of businesses.  There is usually not much to surf in the summer.  

nolaegghead

"Mommy, can I go out and play wif the other kids?!  PLEAAAASSSEE!!!"

HeavyG

Acn said:

GATraveller said:

Guess most folks up that way don't have A/C.  It's all about having the right equipment.

Why would you pay the expense to install A/C if your average summer temp never went over 80?  

I don't think any house I went into during 22 years living in Maine had central air.

I wonder how many houses in Miami have woodstoves for those occasional nights where it might dip into the 40's?

Lit

HeavyG said:

DoubleEgger said:

There's a big difference in uncomfortable and an excessive heat warning. It's uncomfortable here in Georgia for months on end. 

And you folks are used to that because that is normal weather for you all.

On the other hand, Northerners laugh at you Southerners when 1" of snow shuts things down and is described as a "snowmageddon".

Woohoo pool day! I mean heatwave stay inside.

HeavyG

It's 20°F outside - pool day!



It's all what we're used to.

GATraveller

Acn said:

GATraveller said:

Guess most folks up that way don't have A/C.  It's all about having the right equipment.

Why would you pay the expense to install A/C if your average summer temp never went over 80?  

I don't think any house I went into during 22 years living in Maine had central air.

Wouldn't expect anyone to have it up there......that was my point.  Kinda like Yankees expecting us to have snow removal equipment when we only get snow every couple of years.  

fishlessman

testing out my new ac design before carving up the yeti

https://youtu.be/D3YvF4eVQO0

lousubcap

@RRP -  The timber mills that supply the wood for Louisville Slugger baseball bats (located along the NY/PA border) all shutdown for the start of deer season as well.   Different priorities depending on where you are.  

GATraveller

Yea....some Wisconsin schools close for opening days of deer season.  

YukonRon

GATraveller said:

That's because any precipitation that falls in below freezing weather around here turns to ICE and there's no equipment to scrape the roadways genius.  Don't care how seasoned a driver you are - you just can't drive on it.  



Yo, genius, lived there for ten years, the genius people like y'all in Georgia are the ones that need the roads to be open. Every other major city has it. A town that size without street prepping and clearance equipment, is the picture of brilliance. Since most of the commerce is due to the road systems you have there, you would think they would be prepared. But then again, you guys burn highway bridges too.

Yep, real genius.

YukonRon

GATraveller said:

saluki2007 said:

GATraveller said:

That's because any precipitation that falls in below freezing weather around here turns to ICE and there's no equipment to scrape the roadways genius.  Don't care how seasoned a driver you are - you just can't drive on it.  

Weird, we get ice up here and the world doesn't end.  And before you say we have salt trucks and all that crap, once it get below a certain temp the salt doesn't work.

Have you ever seen how people drive down here on a good day?  If so then you'd understand why it's a state of emergency on a bad one.

This is true. When they hear the weather is bad and it will take longer to get anywhere, to see folks think they need to drive faster, so they won't be too late to where ever that are heading.

JohnInCarolina

Carolina Q said:

I never knew if this was true or just an urban legend, but years ago (the 60s), I heard a story about a minor snowstorm in Chapel Hill NC. They had limited snow removal equipment and someone had the bright idea to open the fire hydrants and hose down the streets. Perfect! Problem solved!

Until all that water froze!

Does anyone know if this really happened?

Google is your friend here.

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

Carolina Q said:

I never knew if this was true or just an urban legend, but years ago (the 60s), I heard a story about a minor snowstorm in Chapel Hill NC. They had limited snow removal equipment and someone had the bright idea to open the fire hydrants and hose down the streets. Perfect! Problem solved!

Until all that water froze!

Does anyone know if this really happened?

Google is your friend here.

Nothing on google.  I would like to think people couldn't be that fvcking stupid, but I don't believe that anymore. 

Probably didn't happen.  I lieu of evidence, I would be skeptical.

GATraveller

YukonRon said:

GATraveller said:

That's because any precipitation that falls in below freezing weather around here turns to ICE and there's no equipment to scrape the roadways genius.  Don't care how seasoned a driver you are - you just can't drive on it.  



Yo, genius, lived there for ten years, the genius people like y'all in Georgia are the ones that need the roads to be open. Every other major city has it. A town that size without street prepping and clearance equipment, is the picture of brilliance. Since most of the commerce is due to the road systems you have there, you would think they would be prepared. But then again, you guys burn highway bridges too.

Yep, real genius.

I'll pass your concerns along to Kasim and John Lewis next time I have them over for Que.

DoubleEgger

Before that storm GA officials would have gotten chastised for wasting taxpayer money on snow removal equipment in Atlanta. #cantwineitherway

Botch

nolaegghead said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Carolina Q said:

I never knew if this was true or just an urban legend, but years ago (the 60s), I heard a story about a minor snowstorm in Chapel Hill NC. They had limited snow removal equipment and someone had the bright idea to open the fire hydrants and hose down the streets. Perfect! Problem solved!

Until all that water froze!

Does anyone know if this really happened?

Google is your friend here.

Nothing on google.  I would like to think people couldn't be that fvcking stupid, but I don't believe that anymore. 

Probably didn't happen.  I lieu of evidence, I would be skeptical.

I DO know, personally, a southerner attending South Dakota State University to used a pail of hot water to clear the ice off his rear windshield.
Once.  
 
Grand Forks AFB would go to "reduced operations" (not in the missile field) for both deer season and the sugar beet harvest.