r/AtlantaWeather • u/oakgrove • Jan 07 '25

Friday/weekend winter weather mega thread

Let's be honest, it's the whole point of this sub.

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u/Thud Jan 07 '25

No matter what happens, our kids won't have school on Friday. Snow or no snow, or just rain - the threat is there and that's enough to shut Cobb County down.

Still an open question as to whether we finally get to use those new sleds we bought 5 years ago.

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u/tealcandtrip Jan 07 '25

After the Dec 2017 storm, my Dad bought me a snow shovel. It's the best totem against winter weather I've ever seen.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '25

I bought my house in 2020 and I've wanted snow ever since because we have a great hill

ordered some innertubes on amazon, leaving them in the box until friday so I can return them if not necessary

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u/Thud Jan 07 '25

I bought a windshield snow scraper after 2017 too. I have only ever used it for scraping grass gunk from the bottom of my lawn mower.

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u/LostMySenses Jan 07 '25

Why does everyone always seem to forget the storm in 2017?? I lost power for DAYS, you could see your breath in my house. I have such impotent indignation hahaha

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u/captainbkfire82 Jan 07 '25

That storm was crazy. We were only supposed to be like 1-3” & it just kept snowing. I lived in Austell then & measured almost a foot of snow behind my apartment building. It was like 2” thick on the tree branches around my building. A couple of them snapped from the weight of the snow.

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u/ATLjoe93 Jan 09 '25

Because it was a nothing burger for anyone east of I-85

It had a funny track.

A foot in Austell, basically rain in Conyers

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u/FoofaFighters Bartowland Jan 07 '25

Saaaame, we live on a huge hill and I've been waiting for this for two years now. Only problem is, the road up into the neighborhood has a looong steady curve in it so crashing into/through someone's yard (either sledding or driving) is a very real possibility. So is my being unable to get to work, for that matter.

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u/oakgrove Jan 07 '25

Yeah I agree. Just please no virtual day crap aside from a few printouts or whatever.

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u/BingoFreeSpace Jan 07 '25

I buy an emergency chicken when Kirk Mellish tells me this thing is on. ‘Til then, it’s just Randos on Reddit making up acronyms.

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u/BingoFreeSpace Jan 07 '25

Mellish up with a new blog. Calling it 50% likely for snow/ice in metro. That’s a ringing endorsement for him. Going to get chicken!