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Bucknut24
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so I had fun today and yesterday..
The tennis resort I work on is basically a giant island (I think it's technically a peninsula, but whatever), so yesterday I was to work 2pm-9pm, I called my boss up and was like yo, can I not come in, in case they shut down bridges, etc, he told me no. So came in, and they put comped me a room in one of our villa's on property for the night if I wanted it. Fucking nice place, so I decided to stay there the night and work from 6am-2pm instead of 2pm-9 so the guy that was supposed to work in the morning wouldn't have to try to navigate any roads.
So I find out at about 9am this morning that every bridge in closed cause of the weather (along with almost every freaking store in the area). People kept calling me saying it's the only place open. I was thinking, fuck, gonna have to stay here on more night trapped here with no extra clothes, no way to charge my phone, no food, no beer. Then read at about noon that one of the bridges about 20 miles in the opposite direction was re open, so i told my boss there, I said I'm leaving now, this is my one shot at getting home. Was able to make it, no ice anywhere...bunch of pussies shutting down roads for nothing
The tennis resort I work on is basically a giant island (I think it's technically a peninsula, but whatever), so yesterday I was to work 2pm-9pm, I called my boss up and was like yo, can I not come in, in case they shut down bridges, etc, he told me no. So came in, and they put comped me a room in one of our villa's on property for the night if I wanted it. Fucking nice place, so I decided to stay there the night and work from 6am-2pm instead of 2pm-9 so the guy that was supposed to work in the morning wouldn't have to try to navigate any roads.
So I find out at about 9am this morning that every bridge in closed cause of the weather (along with almost every freaking store in the area). People kept calling me saying it's the only place open. I was thinking, fuck, gonna have to stay here on more night trapped here with no extra clothes, no way to charge my phone, no food, no beer. Then read at about noon that one of the bridges about 20 miles in the opposite direction was re open, so i told my boss there, I said I'm leaving now, this is my one shot at getting home. Was able to make it, no ice anywhere...bunch of pussies shutting down roads for nothing
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I understand that places like Atlanta, Birmingham, etc, are not used to winter weather like we see here in the midwest, and are totally unprepared for it,I get that.
Watching the news yesterday, see helicopter footage of the chaos all I could do was chuckle and think " Fucking Amateurs"!!
Watching the news yesterday, see helicopter footage of the chaos all I could do was chuckle and think " Fucking Amateurs"!!
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OK, this is a curious little internet/youtube phenomena going on. Ran across a note on our local weatherman Chris Bradley's facebook page--not from Chris, from a facebook follower. She was asking him about the videos of people trying to burn snow and being surprised by the results. There's a ton of versions of this now. It's spreading like wildfire...snowy, snowy wildfire. (Why anyone decided to try to burn snow in the first place--don't ask me.) So, yes, never having before felt any motivation to set fire to snow, I had to see for myself. I used wooden kitchen matches. I had melting. The surface blackened, as it does in the videos. My assumption is the blackening is due to carbon from the burning wood being deposited on the surface. I'd suspect they don't get liquid melt using lighters and blowtorches because the direct heat is causing the snow to immediately evaporate. Interestingly, though, there was a rather unpleasant odor from the burned area. The one thing I will say is that I used the same wooden matches I've used for years, mainly to light candles or fireworks, and I never noticed a foul smell before--it's usually kind of a nice smell and quickly dissipates. This time, after "burning" the snow, 15 minutes later there was a lingering unpleasant smell which was still kind of "stuck" in my head. Don't have a ready explanation for that.
Anyway, this week's event in Atlanta may ultimately end up being remembered, not for the monster traffic snarl, but for the time that numerous people became convinced that their snow was actually some sort of plastic concoction. Their answer to the question How's The Weather: artificial.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...nowball+turns+to+plastic&fr=moz35&fr2=piv-web
Anyway, this week's event in Atlanta may ultimately end up being remembered, not for the monster traffic snarl, but for the time that numerous people became convinced that their snow was actually some sort of plastic concoction. Their answer to the question How's The Weather: artificial.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...nowball+turns+to+plastic&fr=moz35&fr2=piv-web
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
yeah, it's amazing to watch areas having to deal with something unfamiliar on a large scale like this.
an example I'm more familiar with is hurricanes.
in August 2012, Hurricane Isaac made a direct hit on my hometown with 80mph winds and then just stalled for 9 hours. like all hurricanes, it caused some damages, and is nothing to laugh about.
two months later, Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey with 80mph winds, and continued moving. but the damage and chaos that ensued was more reminiscent of more powerful storms.
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fortunately or unfortunately, with the weather guys in Columbus putting the models up showing 12+ inches of snow possible on Tuesday, I expect the panic buying at the supermarkets to be in full effect tomorrow.
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