<p>How exciting for y’all! I will have to ask the in laws if they are getting snow in Augusta. Hope the azaleas won’t be affected … my Master’s Week won’t be the same if they aren’t in bloom when I get there!</p>
<p>Wow - what a strange winter. H’s co-worker in Alabama put it in perspective - he told us that it was reported that snow is on the ground in 49 of the 50 states (guess which one has dodged the bullet?)</p>
<p>We got 4 inches in the northern Atlanta burbs. I won’t be able to get out of my street until the sun melts the substantial ice. There were several highway shutdowns in the metro area last night, including one that a friend was stuck in for FIVE hours!</p>
<p>We probably didn’t get more than 1/2 inch of snow or so, maybe an inch. It was not much but the kids enjoyed it because they have never seen snow and I haven’t seen snow here since 93.</p>
<p>Up here in the Midwest it’s funny to read about everything being closed in Ga. because of 1 inch of snow (well, a little more in some places, plus ice.) It reportedly snowed for 10 minutes in Florida. Kids were thrilled to make a few snowballs.</p>
<p>Not so funny to read about people in Maryland stuck in 8 foot snowdrifts on the expressway. My H managed to fly to D.C. between the blizzards, then up the coast to NYC on the train, then fly back home! Lucky guy.</p>
<p>This always amuses people. I grew up in Erie, PA, where most of the winter, our lives revolved around the snow. Flat roads, tons of snow removal equipment, salt, chains on tires, kitty litter in the trunk…</p>
<p>In Atlanta, the city does not spend a great deal of their budget on having snow plows on hand for the once or twice annual snow fall. Few folks around here keep snowmobiles in their garages. Because the temps tend to hover around freezing, there is frequently a melt/freeze/repeat situation, creating lots of black ice.</p>
<p>A friend from Germany moved here a couple years ago, and recently copied me on an email she sent home laughing about the Atlanta reaction to snow. I reminded her that we, from Georgia, thought it was quite funny when we lived in Germany, that our D was sent home from school 3 times one summer due to heat. When the temps go above a certain point, school is cancelled. Most German homes and schools do not have A/C. They simply aren’t prepared to deal with it. It is a similar situation here - but for a different extreme.</p>
<p>The other myth is that it is “all these southerners who don’t know how to drive in snow” that cause the accidents. Actually, it is often the folks who <em>think</em> they know how, who have never driven on streets that aren’t salted or cindered, who do the damage.</p>
<p>But it is beautiful here today. Sunshine, bright blue skies, and a covering of clean, gleaming white on everything. </p>
<p>I sent my H to Home Depot for a gallon of paint last night. Figured if we were going to be stuck at home all weekend, we may as well get the bathroom painted!</p>
<p>We didn’t get more than maybe at most 3 (guessing) inches, but yes, its still icy. No paper delivered here yet today. Dh is already going stir crazy! We were supposed to have company over tonight before going out to dinner, si I have cheeze, crackers, foccaccio bread, fresh fruit, chocolate covered strawberries and otmeal raisin pecan cookies (they kumped into my buggy. Really. With the strawberries.) So I will not starve. Life is good!</p>
<p>We got a few inches in our part of NC. The coastal area of NC got 7 or 8 inches on the beach…weird. DH and I just came back in from helping our neighbors. They are from CA and for some reason thought their lightweight rear wheel drive Ford Ranger would go right through the ice/snow on our hilly road. We couldn’t get them back up the hill to their driveway, had to sort of push them over toward the side of the road and park it.</p>