First, relax. I mean, snow storm for most of you is a serious thing. I’m talking about a snow storm in Atlanta, which pretty much means a couple of inches of snow that had the audacity to stick for more than an hour. Even as I write, it’s starting to melt and turn into something more dangerous: ice.
Ice is something we are familiar with around here, and it ain’t pretty.
But I digress. I just wanted to share with you today’s adventures. It started snowing at around 11 in the morning. It was the typical ATL snow–a little rain, a little sleet, some random flurries. And then, BAM! It started snowing in earnest. We had some pretty big and fluffy flakes.
John and Christy got back from Miami in the nick of time. By 3 o’clock, there was some very real snow falling. You can see the beginning of it here:
We had to be on the road by 3:30 to deliver Vicky to the hotel by the airport where she had to check in for some Army processing, and we were going to hang around with her for dinner and stuff until her curfew, but she said she wanted us to go back home because the road conditions were so poor. I left reluctantly, but after a few minutes on the road was thankful that we had made the decision to leave. I slid around on some curves, and then it got ugly with very poor visibility. Remember that later.
Jonathan called to say that his youth group was cancelled, so we headed to the church to pick him up. We stayed for the Mass, which was poorly attended, and got caught in a blizzard! No kidding! It was snowing like what we had experienced in Germany. Visibility was very poor, and conditions were pretty dangerous. Yes. Dangerous. A tree fell in front of us on Bluebird Hill and even though I hit the brakes as gently as possible, we slid right into it. The tree sailed over the top of the car (by the way, in the same spot where I hit that big deer a few years ago). All I can say is that I may drive a loser cruiser, but it has it’s advantages with the cowcatcher design in the front. 😉
Anyway, all is well. School is cancelled for tomorrow. I’m not sure if my college will decide to close, but I am predicting that I will cancel my class. We live at the top of a hill. The ice is forming even as I write.
fire storms here in victoria has already claimed 200 lives burnt 400,000 ha and still burnning many communities gone of the face of the earth, like the end of the world my family ok but tomorrow is a worry with temps 38c and winds of 100klm pr hr. so please pray for us here in victoria australia . we have help from USA NZ UKand all states here in this country ,state of emergency schools closed tmorrowin heavy wooded areas.
wow! unbelievable. I was following that but didn’t realize it was so close!
Double WOW- first reading about Vic & the army and then about snow! You go away to Turkey for a weekend and look what happens! Major congrats to you and Vic- so excited she’s blogging as she goes! As for snow, I feel a hot cocoa moment coming on.
You southern people are so funny about snow.
– from Zina the Bostonian
Bego, I forgot to add on a serious note I am glad you are all safe and sound. ::: hugs :::
And leonie, an Australian friend of mine (who now lives just across town from me) had blogged about the seriousness of the situation in your neck of the woods. How terrible!
So much to pray for.
Glad Some of the USA gettting the news of the other side of the world, like down under.
Now tasmania in snow and we are getting some relief rain so fire contained and now my brothers X 2 are relived pluss 4000 fire fighters. maybe gods answer thanks