Deadly Winter Storm Leon Paralyzes the South: State-by-State Impacts

[Geaux4it]

Global warming is the

What an intelligent response…



And how much compassion you show for the victims….


Typical.

Victims? LMAO... What is it with you radical leftist that complain about being a victim all the time yet you don't mind being victims of crime?

Anyway, GW, Can't see it from my house.

Global warming is absent as Obama's positive job performance reports.

-Geaux

 

[Geaux4it]

It's disturbing that people still think cold weather means no global "warming".

Jesus our schools are failing.

You just now came to that conclusion?

How do you think Obama got elected?

-Geaux

 

[Stephanie]

It's disturbing that people still think cold weather means no global "warming".

Jesus our schools are failing.

You just now came to that conclusion?

How do you think Obama got elected?

-Geaux

and you can bet your ass the little sheep voted for him

 

[WinterBorn]

The scene could only be described as apocalyptic – underdressed residents walking miles to get to a warm spot after having to abandon cars at the bottom of icy hills, school buses spinning out with children on board and sirens blaring all over. For the city of Atlanta, it was the latest lesson in how crippling a snowstorm can be for a Southern town.

Winter Storm Leon may not have dumped more than a few inches of snow on the Atlanta area, but 24 hours after the mass exodus began, many major roads are still experiencing gridlock.

In all, there have been more than 1,200 car accidents, 130 injuries and at least one weather-related fatality on Georgia roads, according to the Georgia State Patrol during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. NBC News reported the Georgia National Guard is out on state roads distributing more than 200 cases of*MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) to stranded motorists. One of the National Guard humvees was able to rescue five special-needs children from a bus stuck in ice and got them home safely.


The traffic delays were a shock to many – one*WSB-TV*anchor called the situation "bizarre" – because the city's schools and government offices chose not to close early in advance of the storm.

Winter Storm Leon Brings Atlanta to Standstill, Thousands Left Stranded - weather.com Leon Leaves Travel Nightmare

Gee, this always happens in the deep south. One wonders why they are so unprepared.

The fact that the schools and gov't offices were not closed is the major contributing factor to the debacle in Atlanta. The first few hours of traffic gridlock was because of volume, not weather. When you wait until the snow is falling to close schools and businesses, you end up with a good portion of the 5.5 million residents on the roads.

Southern cities are no more wealthy than our northern counterparts. So spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on salt/sand trucks for storms that happen every few years is not going to happen.

The biggest problem we have had is that the weather was relatively warm the day before this storm, so the ground was not frozen. The snow fell, melted, and then refroze as a nice sheet of ice. Driving on snow is no biggy. Driving on ice is a different matter.

As for Atlanta being reduced to a third world country, perhaps a little reality and perspective would help. Yes, there were thousands stranded. But the power stayed on, the news and social media directed people to "warming stations" and ordinary citizens got out and helped by taking coffee, food, blankets ect to the stranded people. The schools kept the kids safe and warm and in contact with their families. I hardly call that 3rd world.

 

[WinterBorn]

Oh, one more thing. I have several friends who are teachers in GA and AL. The biggest problem with the kids stranded at the schools? Not enough chargers for their cell phones and electronics.