Comments on: Georgia Ice http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/2005/12/16/georgia-ice/ Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rosie http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/2005/12/16/georgia-ice/#comment-155 Rosie Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:37:44 +0000 http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/?p=100#comment-155 I read your blog outloud to Matt and he had a good chuckle. But I do believe we're a little snotty up here north that we can conquer anything. But after walking home from the train in a foot of snow, climbing over the mounds the snowplows pushed onto our sidewalks, I did feel pretty super-human. I read your blog outloud to Matt and he had a good chuckle. But I do believe we’re a little snotty up here north that we can conquer anything. But after walking home from the train in a foot of snow, climbing over the mounds the snowplows pushed onto our sidewalks, I did feel pretty super-human.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/2005/12/16/georgia-ice/#comment-154 Jeff Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:18:34 +0000 http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/?p=100#comment-154 I agree - REAL ice storms can be pretty nasty. They had one down in the shenandoah valley right before christmas a few years back and it destroyed half the trees on my girlfriend's grandparents' driveway. I remember one year back when I was in high school we needed to move my dad's Jetta over to the garage so he could hook it up to the battery charger. There was probably a half-inch of ice covering everything. We tried pushing the car but we forgot to check the parking break and it didn't work. So my dad got into my old station wagon and he pushed the Jetta with the other car while I steered the Jetta where it needed to go. Fun time! My dad works in a grocery store so you see the same panic back in VA that you see in Atlanta. If there's a hint of snow in the forecast, their supplies of bread, milk, and toilet paper always get cleaned out. Snow days used to drive him crazy when he worked at the leesburg store, because he would drive half and hour to work and the people in town would call in saying they couldn't make it because of the snow. I agree - REAL ice storms can be pretty nasty. They had one down in the shenandoah valley right before christmas a few years back and it destroyed half the trees on my girlfriend’s grandparents’ driveway.

I remember one year back when I was in high school we needed to move my dad’s Jetta over to the garage so he could hook it up to the battery charger. There was probably a half-inch of ice covering everything. We tried pushing the car but we forgot to check the parking break and it didn’t work. So my dad got into my old station wagon and he pushed the Jetta with the other car while I steered the Jetta where it needed to go. Fun time!

My dad works in a grocery store so you see the same panic back in VA that you see in Atlanta. If there’s a hint of snow in the forecast, their supplies of bread, milk, and toilet paper always get cleaned out. Snow days used to drive him crazy when he worked at the leesburg store, because he would drive half and hour to work and the people in town would call in saying they couldn’t make it because of the snow.

]]> By: lnet http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/2005/12/16/georgia-ice/#comment-152 lnet Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.avocadoswithsalt.com/?p=100#comment-152 funny, huh? i get this in southern illinois as well, a good 400 miles north of you (would you guess 400? I don't know). However, I do want to warn that the ice storms can actually be bad, even for a fellow Wisconsonite. 2 winters ago there was an ice storm that covered everything with an inch of ice. it was impossible to open the doors of my car. it was impossible to walk. i know it got pretty far south that one time. it might not have required snow removal, but it much worse than plenty of the snowstorms i've encountered up in WI. just a warning...it might get worse. maybe. but only just a little. :) funny, huh? i get this in southern illinois as well, a good 400 miles north of you (would you guess 400? I don’t know).

However, I do want to warn that the ice storms can actually be bad, even for a fellow Wisconsonite. 2 winters ago there was an ice storm that covered everything with an inch of ice. it was impossible to open the doors of my car. it was impossible to walk. i know it got pretty far south that one time. it might not have required snow removal, but it much worse than plenty of the snowstorms i’ve encountered up in WI.

just a warning…it might get worse. maybe. but only just a little. :)

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