Jed, I know you are a smart guy. I left my office in Atlanta @ 3:00 PM yesterday and arrived homed in Roswell @ 12:45 AM and I walked the last 1/4 mile in my subdivision. I picked up my neighbors wife, who is an atty @ 11:00 PM at Mansell Road and another neighbor. She was WEARING HIGH HEELS and had no chance of walking 4 miles. It was 24 degrees at the time. My new Ford F150 did great except for a little fish tailing going down hill.
Stewart On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
