Atlanta has been hit by a blizzard again. Nearly an inch of snow. In places you cannot see the pavement it is so deep. This paralyzes the whole city because there are no snow plows and people do not know how to drive in the snow. Plus, apparently, many people have forgotten how to walk.
It is worse than last year. Many people were stuck in their cars for hours, or overnight. See: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/winter-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Here is what I do not understand. A woman is quoted: "Ten hours after leaving her office, Cole's nine-mile trip home was barely halfway over early Wednesday. She left work Tuesday afternoon and was still sitting in traffic at 1 a.m. Wednesday. As she prepared to spend the night in her car, she hoped it wouldn't run out of fuel. 'If I get gasoline, I will turn the heater on, keep the windows cracked a little bit,' she said." Why on earth would anyone sit in a car for 10 hours when you are only 4 miles from home?!? She is halfway home on a 9-mile commute. Okay, park the car, get out, and walk. It wasn't that cold yesterday, and walking keeps you warm. Have people forgotten how to use their legs? I have been stranded by snowstorms in Atlanta three or four times since I moved here. Once in Norcross, which was probably about 9 miles away. I parked the car and walked home. If you are not carrying a backpack you can walk 9 miles in 3 hours with no difficulty, even in light snow. I get that a lot of people are 20 miles from home. They have my sympathy. - Jed
