This cold weather and threat of ice on Monday got me thinking about how interesting DM was during 2011 Atlanta Snowpocalypse.  So I put together a recap of that whole week for you all to enjoy at your leisure.  I was actually surprised by how enjoyable it was to go back and look at pics and comments from that week.

Put on your ice skates, here we go!

Sunday January 9th

• Posted an “Snow Day Open Thread”  – mood is generally light.  We didn’t know this was about to turn into a weeklong thing.  TOK wrote…

Nice sledding on 3rd Avenue (the road itself), between Oakview and East Lake. Lots of neighborhood families out sliding down the hill, trying not to ram into one of the cars parked along the street.

• People sent in a ton of great “playing in the snow” pics, including the one below from Kate…

Monday, January 10th

The snow and ice started having an impact on the regular goings on of the city on Monday.  The ZBA meeting was cancelled.  A train stopped randomly for an hour on the tracks between College and Howard, blocking traffic at intersections.  Photo courtesy of Andisheh.

Judy had a good idea and we started what became a reoccurring thread throughout the week “What’s Open in Decatur Today/Tonight?”  What was open?  Square Pub, Farm Burger, Dancing Goats, Starbucks.  That was basically it.

Things are just getting started!  Continue the week after the jump!

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Photos of empty grocery shelves have gotten some of us thinking that this could be the end of post-industrial society as we know it.  Honestly, a life without Cheetos and fudgesicles hardly seems a life worth living.

But what are some other major indicators of a post-snowpocalyptic world? I only ask because I need to know when it’s time to grab the baby and the bourbon and head for the hills (aka, the North Georgia “mountains”).

Is it hungry children chasing cats through our streets?  Grown, sober men turned away from a shuttered Brick Store in tears?  Kids banging on the doors of the Decatur High pleading to be taught?

When will we know that Decatur has gone from bad to totally nutso?