Snow in the land of ProgPower - Page 2

DAVETHEMETALGUY · January 18th, 2008, 03:36 PM

so more snow is slowly moving in for this weekend. i SWEAR i cant understand why people need bread and milk. well, in alabama we get buttermilk instead actually. but serious. the store was packed with folks getting bread and milk. what about orange juice and porno?
that's what i normally go for...and buttermilk.
ok, perhaps im giving TMI...
lol
hope all you southerners like me can hunker down tonite and tomorrow.
DAMN, im supposed to go see DOWN tomorrow...anyone here care to drive me in snow?
lol

OrbWeaver · January 18th, 2008, 03:38 PM

So does this mean GA is out of the drought?

DAVETHEMETALGUY · January 18th, 2008, 03:46 PM

nah, it's only like 2 inches of snow, it helps narry Alabama or Georgia

Rick Pierpont · January 18th, 2008, 05:37 PM

Wow! I know that snow down there isn't normal. We got about 4 inches at my house in PA and the roads were somewhat covered (even after plowing), but I'm used to it. I just don't like the other idiots on the road. I actually can have fun driving in it. Growing up in Baltimore, I used to take my car to an abandoned parking lot and let it rip! I got very used to knowing how a car would respond in that kind of weather.

On that note, I've been up here all my life and HATE this kind of weather. I'm either retiring down south or out west! An Atlanta winter would seem like a dream to me!

Wandrail · January 18th, 2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DAVETHEMETALGUY

so more snow is slowly moving in for this weekend. i SWEAR i cant understand why people need bread and milk. well, in alabama we get buttermilk instead actually. but serious. the store was packed with folks getting bread and milk. what about orange juice and porno?
that's what i normally go for...and buttermilk.
ok, perhaps im giving TMI...
lol
hope all you southerners like me can hunker down tonite and tomorrow.
DAMN, im supposed to go see DOWN tomorrow...anyone here care to drive me in snow?
lol

Ha...I live in Cherokee County GA, just north of Atlanta (the very outskirts of the "metro" area) and these people here went absolutely batshit over about an inch of snow that melted a few hours laters. I had to go to the store for a few things and it was packed...this is within about 45 minutes of snow actually starting to fall. I overheard an old man actually say he "needed to get all his food now before we get snowed in." Absolutely nuts. I don't think anyone in Georgia has been "snowed in" since the last ice age.

Tomorrow afternoon we're supposed to get a few inches up here, so I expect people will go insane and have seizures or something.

Angrafan · January 18th, 2008, 10:25 PM

It was 85 all day today... gotta love Miami

People freak out when the temperature reaches the 40's over here... snow would be total chaos... =P

J-Dubya 777 · January 18th, 2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Angrafan

It was 85 all day today... gotta love Miami

People freak out when the temperature reaches the 40's over here... snow would be total chaos... =P

WI & FL should do some kind of housing rotation.
The snow & cold is good for you, it builds character!

rockyracoon · January 19th, 2008, 01:46 AM

Sorta funny story... Myself and a friend just drove up from Chicago to UP Michigan/Northern WI for some skiing. I have to laugh thinking about snow related issues in the south, because it's a way of life for so many.(not me thankfully) But... after a nice day session at Whitecap in WI, we headed toward Indianhead(UP MI) and foolishly/stubbornly took some back roads. We ended up crashed into a snow bank(in an all-wheel drive Suburu) somewhere way off any map on some old logging road. After about 2 hrs trying to dig ourselves out and another 3 waiting for a tow truck to find us and he finally gave up, we had to call 911. They had to direct my call to a regional 911 distpatch to satellite trace my phone call and still only had a remote idea of where we were stranded. Finally, after about 7 hrs they found us and towed us out.

Thanks for listening.

J-Dubya 777 · January 19th, 2008, 02:26 AM

No Amoco Motor Club or AAA?

Hope there was no Bears paraphanilia being worn or displayed on the vehicle!

LadyK · January 19th, 2008, 02:38 AM

Gotta love the timing of this thing..... the one day I planned to stand outside the Tabernacle after the Killswitch Engage show and promote for my 2/1 show and the C2C show, it snows, then rains, then sleets, and all the flyers and CD stick together, and I lost all feeling in my fingers.... well, I don't know if looking like a freezing, drowning kitten helped or hurt the cause, but hell, I actually loved every minute of it because people coming out of the show were sympathetic, it was for a good cause -- and having HW's Kris doing this with me also made it much more fun. Lots of GA peeps still braved the weather to come out for a show, which was nice to see.

Plus, I'd gotten bread and milk a couple days before, so I could drive by and nyah-nyah at the long lines at the Publix checkout :P

I think I'll sit tomorrow's storm out, though. Cocoa, anyone?

JenniferLynn · January 19th, 2008, 08:22 AM

VA/MD/DC's event on Thursday wasn't too bad; I live further west in VA, out near Dulles Airport... It was all rain driving from work.. then the further west I got, it became sleet... But I tell ya when i hit Rt 7 - half dollar sized flakes were falling and sticking and piling up quickly...

thankfully I was on the road around fellow drivers who weren't stupid and drove accordingly.. We saw the SUVs down in the medians because they drove to fast or the cars that were smashed from hitting the guard rails...

And I think we're getting another inch or two today.. no biggie...

Just be thankful ya don't live further North - I have a pal in Montreal and they don't get inches, they get feet...

January 18th, 2008, 03:36 PM	#26 (permalink)
DAVETHEMETALGUY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Posts: 1,100	so more snow is slowly moving in for this weekend. i SWEAR i cant understand why people need bread and milk. well, in alabama we get buttermilk instead actually. but serious. the store was packed with folks getting bread and milk. what about orange juice and porno? that's what i normally go for...and buttermilk. ok, perhaps im giving TMI... lol hope all you southerners like me can hunker down tonite and tomorrow. DAMN, im supposed to go see DOWN tomorrow...anyone here care to drive me in snow? lol __________________ Proud sponsor of FIREWIND PP8 Proud Co-Sponsor of ELVENKING PP9 'THE METAL ZONE' ON WVUA-TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHTS 10PM-2AM CST 90.7 FM www.thecapstone.ua.edu http://www.myspace.com/davethemetalguy

January 18th, 2008, 03:38 PM	#27 (permalink)
OrbWeaver 23-skidoo! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 1,392	So does this mean GA is out of the drought? __________________ "Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of a bite. Naturalists have pondered this for years: there are spiders whose bite can cause the place bitten to rot and die, sometimes more than a year after it was bitten. As to why spiders do this, the answer is simple. It's because spiders think this is funny, and they don't want you ever to forget them." -Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman www.myspace.com/bavmordarocks

January 18th, 2008, 03:46 PM	#28 (permalink)
DAVETHEMETALGUY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Posts: 1,100	nah, it's only like 2 inches of snow, it helps narry Alabama or Georgia __________________ Proud sponsor of FIREWIND PP8 Proud Co-Sponsor of ELVENKING PP9 'THE METAL ZONE' ON WVUA-TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHTS 10PM-2AM CST 90.7 FM www.thecapstone.ua.edu http://www.myspace.com/davethemetalguy

January 18th, 2008, 05:37 PM	#29 (permalink)
Rick Pierpont Odin's Court Guitar Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Stewartstown, PA Posts: 1,337	Wow! I know that snow down there isn't normal. We got about 4 inches at my house in PA and the roads were somewhat covered (even after plowing), but I'm used to it. I just don't like the other idiots on the road. I actually can have fun driving in it. Growing up in Baltimore, I used to take my car to an abandoned parking lot and let it rip! I got very used to knowing how a car would respond in that kind of weather. On that note, I've been up here all my life and HATE this kind of weather. I'm either retiring down south or out west! An Atlanta winter would seem like a dream to me! __________________ Rick Odin's Court Lead Guitar / Backing Vocals Rick's MySpace page!

January 19th, 2008, 02:38 AM	#35 (permalink)
LadyK MetalBellydancer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 31	Gotta love the timing of this thing..... the one day I planned to stand outside the Tabernacle after the Killswitch Engage show and promote for my 2/1 show and the C2C show, it snows, then rains, then sleets, and all the flyers and CD stick together, and I lost all feeling in my fingers.... well, I don't know if looking like a freezing, drowning kitten helped or hurt the cause, but hell, I actually loved every minute of it because people coming out of the show were sympathetic, it was for a good cause -- and having HW's Kris doing this with me also made it much more fun. Lots of GA peeps still braved the weather to come out for a show, which was nice to see. Plus, I'd gotten bread and milk a couple days before, so I could drive by and nyah-nyah at the long lines at the Publix checkout :P I think I'll sit tomorrow's storm out, though. Cocoa, anyone? __________________ Kadria Inviolate -- Vocals, Sample Engineer, & Shaker of Coin Sash http://myspace.com/inviolateband Last edited by LadyK : January 19th, 2008 at 02:41 AM.

January 18th, 2008, 10:25 PM	#31 (permalink)
Angrafan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,168	It was 85 all day today... gotta love Miami People freak out when the temperature reaches the 40's over here... snow would be total chaos... =P

January 19th, 2008, 01:46 AM	#33 (permalink)
rockyracoon ... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Batavia, IL Posts: 1,991	Sorta funny story... Myself and a friend just drove up from Chicago to UP Michigan/Northern WI for some skiing. I have to laugh thinking about snow related issues in the south, because it's a way of life for so many.(not me thankfully) But... after a nice day session at Whitecap in WI, we headed toward Indianhead(UP MI) and foolishly/stubbornly took some back roads. We ended up crashed into a snow bank(in an all-wheel drive Suburu) somewhere way off any map on some old logging road. After about 2 hrs trying to dig ourselves out and another 3 waiting for a tow truck to find us and he finally gave up, we had to call 911. They had to direct my call to a regional 911 distpatch to satellite trace my phone call and still only had a remote idea of where we were stranded. Finally, after about 7 hrs they found us and towed us out. Thanks for listening.

January 19th, 2008, 02:26 AM	#34 (permalink)
J-Dubya 777 Mean ol' J-Dubya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cheeseland USA Posts: 5,453	No Amoco Motor Club or AAA? Hope there was no Bears paraphanilia being worn or displayed on the vehicle!

January 19th, 2008, 08:22 AM	#36 (permalink)
JenniferLynn AKA Irish Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sterling VA Posts: 403	VA/MD/DC's event on Thursday wasn't too bad; I live further west in VA, out near Dulles Airport... It was all rain driving from work.. then the further west I got, it became sleet... But I tell ya when i hit Rt 7 - half dollar sized flakes were falling and sticking and piling up quickly... thankfully I was on the road around fellow drivers who weren't stupid and drove accordingly.. We saw the SUVs down in the medians because they drove to fast or the cars that were smashed from hitting the guard rails... And I think we're getting another inch or two today.. no biggie... Just be thankful ya don't live further North - I have a pal in Montreal and they don't get inches, they get feet... __________________ Irish ~ Slave girl for Crimson Glory and Pathosray www.crimson-glory.com www.myspace.com/crimsonglory www.myspace.com/pathosray www.myspace.com/truirishredhead Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons - for you are crunchy and good with ketchup