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Possible snow for southeast this weekend

gidgetgh — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:25:25 GMT

I follow a meteorology student on Facebook (Firsthand Weather) and he's been talking about the possibility of snow in the southeast for a few weeks now and today he said he's pretty confident it's going to happen. Today, our local weather people have started mentioning it.

He said northern GA, Northern AL, Northern MS, most of NC, SC and southern TN and KY.

I'm in Atlanta. We didn't handle snow very well here, LOL.

My husband and and I are going to head out in the morning to get some more firewood. We have some, but not enough to get us through winter.

Re: Possible snow for southeast this weekend

Bri21 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:35:59 GMT

@gidgetgh, do you they know about how much you might get?

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cherry — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:37:39 GMT

There is bitter cold air headed down form Canada. It's going to affect a lot of the states

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:40:21 GMT

I live in Northern Va. I was just telling my daughter I need to clear out the other side of my garage for my car. I don't drive in the mess (although my car supposedly does), I sure wouldn't want to test it.

I don't mind Winter, I just don't want much snow. Thankfully, we don't get a lot of snow in Northern Va. My late husband loved driving in it. We would pack up the girls in our mini-van and take off down the road. No one on the road but us. It would be fun. Going slow and enjoying the snow. Never even came close to getting stuck.

My daughter just got back from Germany and Switzerland for two weeks. She said she had to come back to Denver to go skiing there was such little snow there. She kept posting pictures and I kept saying, "You're in Switzerland....where's the snow?"

Re: Possible snow for southeast this weekend

gidgetgh — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:56:18 GMT

@Bri21- he hasn't said yet, too early. But said it could be a significant event. Just depends on how far north the precipitation comes. And it's a really broad area.

Another friend of mine just posted something from another site. It's showing possible 8 inches for Atlanta. I don't know if what she posted is legit or not but 8 inches here would close our city down. We're not known for having an abundance of snow plows.

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GSPgirl — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:08:12 GMT

The weather channel says one day of snow showers this Saturday and then next Saturday. One in maybe in NC. Doesn't sound that big at all.

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Pearlee — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:13:36 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
I follow a meteorology student on Facebook (Firsthand Weather) and he's been talking about the possibility of snow in the southeast for a few weeks now and today he said he's pretty confident it's going to happen. Today, our local weather people have started mentioning it.

He said northern GA, Northern AL, Northern MS, most of NC, SC and southern TN and KY.

I'm in Atlanta. We didn't handle snow very well here, LOL.

My husband and and I are going to head out in the morning to get some more firewood. We have some, but not enough to get us through winter.

@gidgetgh You said it! I drove through Atlanta maybe six or seven years ago (?) in a horrible snowstorm in early or mid February. . I-75 was like a sheet of ice - I couldn't drive on it and had to pull off. I ended up spending the night in my car, with my dog, in a 7-11 parking lot. That was the only thing at the exit. Fortunately for me the clerk didn't mind me coming in every so often to use the bathroom and get warmed up and a cup of coffee. I remember the state trooper came in and told me even he couldn't drive on I-75 and also had pulled off. I froze in my car that night. Worst night of my life. I kept thinking, "I'm supposed to be in the south - this is worse weather than home!" And of course they city didn't handle it very well in terms of plowing....

Re: Possible snow for southeast this weekend

Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:15:35 GMT

As I've stated before here in Northern Va on the local DC TV station our favorite weatherman gives a scale called

"A BREAD-O-METER". The higher the bread o meter (the more loaves of bread) the more snow predicted.

Our weatherman has said for more than a year now he gets it right within 3 degrees one way or another.

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Shorty2U — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:21:56 GMT

I heard this too via our weather man in PA. But for us he said it is too early to call, that it may hit us OR go out to sea which is what I am hoping! lol.

PS) I was just thinking of my cousin who moved south to get out away from the snow and closer to her children.

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RedTop — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:55:18 GMT

This storm was mentioned on our local weather tonight, and my end of southern WV is in the affected area. Trust me, as far as food and supplies, we are ready for whatever the weather might dump on us.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:55:49 GMT

I am in North Georgia- Cherokee County.. would be sweet to see a few flakes but according to the weather peeps it might be a few flakes mixed in with rain and sleet. We aren't terribly concerned... when we get bad weather, it's like more towards February.. I sure love cold weather..

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gidgetgh — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:10:09 GMT

@Smoky wrote:
I am in North Georgia- Cherokee County.. would be sweet to see a few flakes but according to the weather peeps it might be a few flakes mixed in with rain and sleet. We aren't terribly concerned... when we get bad weather, it's like more towards February.. I sure love cold weather..

@Suziepeach- as you know, I'm right by you in East Cobb. WSB isn't saying much about this at all, but the Facebook page I follow, Firsthand Weather, and a few others are starting to think there may be more to it.

I'm not worried either. We can live on grilled cheese sandwiches for days if we have to. But we are going to get some more firewood tomorrow. We needed to do that pretty soon anyway so we're just moving the "pretty soon" up to "now".

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Suziepeach — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:47:40 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
@Smoky wrote:
I am in North Georgia- Cherokee County.. would be sweet to see a few flakes but according to the weather peeps it might be a few flakes mixed in with rain and sleet. We aren't terribly concerned... when we get bad weather, it's like more towards February.. I sure love cold weather..

@Suziepeach- as you know, I'm right by you in East Cobb. WSB isn't saying much about this at all, but the Facebook page I follow, Firsthand Weather, and a few others are starting to think there may be more to it.

I'm not worried either. We can live on grilled cheese sandwiches for days if we have to. But we are going to get some more firewood tomorrow. We needed to do that pretty soon anyway so we're just moving the "pretty soon" up to "now".

@gidgetgh, if we get anything, let it come, be pretty and be gone! Just watched Fox5 and David C. said we'd have to wait to see what happens. Tomorrow I'll have the house fan or AC going, LOL..

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gidgetgh — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:34:35 GMT

@Suziepeach- I know! Supposed to be 65 degrees today.

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Bri21 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:45:44 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
@Bri21- he hasn't said yet, too early. But said it could be a significant event. Just depends on how far north the precipitation comes. And it's a really broad area.

Another friend of mine just posted something from another site. It's showing possible 8 inches for Atlanta. I don't know if what she posted is legit or not but 8 inches here would close our city down. We're not known for having an abundance of snow plows.

I hope it isn't too bad.

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Pearlee — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:30:31 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
@Smoky wrote:
I am in North Georgia- Cherokee County.. would be sweet to see a few flakes but according to the weather peeps it might be a few flakes mixed in with rain and sleet. We aren't terribly concerned... when we get bad weather, it's like more towards February.. I sure love cold weather..

@Suziepeach- as you know, I'm right by you in East Cobb. WSB isn't saying much about this at all, but the Facebook page I follow, Firsthand Weather, and a few others are starting to think there may be more to it.

I'm not worried either. We can live on grilled cheese sandwiches for days if we have to. But we are going to get some more firewood tomorrow. We needed to do that pretty soon anyway so we're just moving the "pretty soon" up to "now".

@gidgetgh You can if you have electricity. Otherwise you can have cold cheese sandwiches! Raining here in the midwest. I don't like it but it could be much worse.....

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Laura14 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:47:10 GMT

@gidgetgh @Suziepeach Hey neighbors! Gwinnett checking in. I love it when I can make some extra cash by bringing out my genuine NJ brush and ice scraper for the cars. It's like I have the power of God in my hands.

I'm not going to believe it until I see it but I always get tickled when I see the absolute joy around these parts for the white stuff. It makes my day to see everyone so excited and trying to sled in a dusting.

@Annabellethecat66 The breadometer!! LOL I was posting about my last two slices of bread on hand during the last inch or so we had a few years ago. It was touch and go but somehow I didn't starve and made it to Kroger the next day. They were making annoucements in store as to when the milk truck would be in.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:53:38 GMT

@Laura14, hey Gwinnett. Seems it's still too early to really predict what might or might not be headed our way.. How funny about bringing out your brush and scraper to make extra cash.. Heck we have a snowplow for just in case, I mean we've had our nasty share of stuff up this way.. plus we have a generator so guess what happened after we got all of that? LOL NOTHING... I do love all they hype, bet the store shelves will soon be bare- like I've always said, keep stuff stored up anyhow.. right?

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Laura14 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:59:31 GMT

@Smoky wrote:
@Laura14, hey Gwinnett. Seems it's still too early to really predict what might or might not be headed our way.. How funny about bringing out your brush and scraper to make extra cash.. Heck we have a snowplow for just in case, I mean we've had our nasty share of stuff up this way.. plus we have a generator so guess what happened after we got all of that? LOL NOTHING... I do love all they hype, bet the store shelves will soon be bare- like I've always said, keep stuff stored up anyhow.. right?

@Suziepeach That's what I do. I get down to my last one and I am already buying more so I never run out of anything.

You guys always seem to bear the brunt of all the storms in Cherokee. If we do get anything, stay safe. Only a zamboni can drive on ice and no one has that down here especially since the Thrashers left.

You can make some money with that plow though! Governor Deal might put you on payroll for the roads if we have Snowmagedden the Sequel.

Re: Possible snow for southeast this weekend

gidgetgh — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:37:46 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@gidgetgh wrote:
@Smoky wrote:
I am in North Georgia- Cherokee County.. would be sweet to see a few flakes but according to the weather peeps it might be a few flakes mixed in with rain and sleet. We aren't terribly concerned... when we get bad weather, it's like more towards February.. I sure love cold weather..

@Suziepeach- as you know, I'm right by you in East Cobb. WSB isn't saying much about this at all, but the Facebook page I follow, Firsthand Weather, and a few others are starting to think there may be more to it.

I'm not worried either. We can live on grilled cheese sandwiches for days if we have to. But we are going to get some more firewood tomorrow. We needed to do that pretty soon anyway so we're just moving the "pretty soon" up to "now".
@gidgetgh You can if you have electricity. Otherwise you can have cold cheese sandwiches! Raining here in the midwest. I don't like it but it could be much worse.....

@Pearlee- fortunately, we have a gas stove so we could still cook.