Eye on the Street
Decatur Metro | September 1, 2011 | 2:07 pm
(pic submitted by TeeRuss)
(pic submitted by TeeRuss)
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did it really happen? seems like a distant memory or dream after this long summer.
Crap ! I knew I should have worked at home today. With my luck, it will have melted by the time I get home from work.
The cultural impact of the frat house from October Road was sufficiently insufficient that no one knows what I’m talking about. Discuss.
I do! But I didn’t know that was the frat house. I only watched the first episode and probably didn’t even finish that. I remember thinking how funny it was that a guy was wiring autumn leaves to a tree on the Agnes Scott campus because they filmed over spring break in March but the setting was in October.
The Commander’s house is just across the street.
Where are the bike lanes?
I combined the sharrow pic and TR’s pic to have a little fun with you, but now I can’t figure out how to upload it. I thought we were able to do that at one point a while back, but looks like no longer.
Do cross-country skiers follow pedestrian or vehicular rules of the road?
Don’t miss that at all. I would love an endless summer (with surfing!)
WINTER IS COMING
hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa ~~~breathe~~~~ hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
clearly people in the South (here and in another realm) have a hard time believing that now!
But the dragons will keep us warm.
Nice. Reminds me of “The Christmas Story”.
Hello! I’m a brand new resident of the City of Decatur (well, as of closing at the end of October I will be). We moved here from PA and one reason was to escape the awful winters. May I ask how often you get snowfalls like in this picture? I sure hope it’s not often! Thanks.
Oh all the time. It’s a myth that Atlanta is the deep South. Actually our elevetion of 1,000 feet makes our snowfall competitive with that of Concord, New Hampshire.
One piece of advice: DO NOT DRIVE WHEN IT SNOWS HERE. Not even if you have snow tires and chains. Problem is that everyone else is a maniac in the snow. Plus the main method of snow removal here is letting it melt, refreeze, melt, refreeze, repeat until roads are a solid glare of ice.
Thanks. I know the way my question was worded made it sound like I knew absolutely nothing. I can live with one or two snowfalls, although fewer would be better. I’ll take hot summers over tons of snow in the winter anytime!
Oh, and thanks for the advice. I sold my snowblower before I left PA and gave away my snow shovel specifically because I want to turn into someone who doesn’t know how to deal with snow (because it doesn’t happen that often).
don’t underestimate the tiny amount of snow it takes to shut things down around here. One inch, and no school or work for many.
One inch of snow in Atlanta is equal to several feet of snow in PA. While PA has snow-clearing equipment, the Atlanta metro area has virtually none. So, one inch of snow, especially thaw/freeze, can literally shutdown the city. Last winter, between two snowfalls, the metro area was effectively shutdown for at least a week in total. Many, including myself, had to walk to get essential groceries from the local market.
Good idea giving away snow-clearing equipment. It doesn’t do any good to clear off the 1 inch of snow in the driveway when cars are sliding down the hill in front of the house.
“Good idea giving away snow-clearing equipment. It doesn’t do any good to clear off the 1 inch of snow in the driveway when cars are sliding down the hill in front of the house.”
Not to get all grumpy on such a lovely Friday, but… It does a powerful lot of good to clear the 1 inch of snow off the sidewalk in front of your house before it melts and refreezes into sheet of ice. When the streets aren’t safe, it’s all the more important that sidewalks be reasonably passable.
Switching out of scold mode now. Happy Friday!
Also just the *prediction* of snow accumulation in any amount will result in preemptive school and business closures (not CSD in my experience, but others) and citizens will go beserk and buy up all the bread, water and beer at the supermarket.
Don’t be so sure about CSD…in 2003 our schools closed because it was “too cold.”
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/030124schoolclosedGA.html
I came home early from an overnight shift and it was 11 degrees at 3 a.m.
LOL@ “snowfalls like this”– my eldest sister lives in Pennsylvania, so I know this is merely something for transplanted snowbunnies like yourself to merely sneeze at! But for us hothouse flowers, it’s pretty much a blizzard.
Welcome!
Thank you all very much! I’ve been lurking on this site for a while now and have learned a lot about the area. It helped us decide to buy in the city so our 4-year-old can attend CSD schools. I think we’re going to be very happy here. Looking forward to being part of the hothouse.
Awesome. Decatur is a great place to raise children.