UPDATE I: Thundersnow is all the rage on Twitter!  Regator is even selling a t-shirt that reads “When it snows in Atlanta…it Thundersnows!”

The Atlanta snow squall of 2009 seems to have started a bit earlier than originally predicted.

Big, fat snow started dumping at about 11am this morning, putting local news stations on red alert, while Subaru owners quickly hit the roads without a destination in mind, hoping to finally justify their purchase of an AWD vehicle in a southern climate. Elsewhere sled-less children cut up cardboard boxes to slide down their driveways, while northern transplants immediately started bragging to anyone within earshot about their impressive snow driving skills . (All my stories involve the uncontrollable fish-tailing I used to do in my rear-wheel drive truck in high school)

Enjoy the snow everyone!

Wow…”thundersnow”…that’s different.