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[Suziepeach]

I will say this again ""Freaking unbelievable""!!!!! Hoping more of my Georgia neighbors speak out too.

[Hoovermom]

Yes, the national guard was helping out in my area the Birmingham and Hoover area. As far as people being and not paying attention to the weather, wowzee!!! My DH was driving home from a business trip in Montgomery (1.5 hours from home) and was caught up in the snow which turned into ice within a hour or so. I-65N was jammed with 18 wheelers bringing products/goods into our area and could not maneuver the roads. These truckers are probably more in tune with road conditions than anyone else. No, my DH did not expect anyone to come "rescue" him, he didn't call 911 or Hoover Police, but stayed in his car inching along, literally, for hours on hours. For you to suggest that motorists were just out for a day of fun and frolicking and to h**l with the weather is ludicrous. Have a great day!!!!

[MyBoyRusty]

I agree nobody expected to be stranded for hours on end and to imply other wise and saying that people deserved it is just plain heartless.

[Qwackertoo]

On 1/30/2014 occasional rain said:

Those people who didn't watch weather stations and heed the warnings deserved to be stuck in traffic. When will people start looking out for themselves instead of going about willy nilly, getting themselves into trouble, and then expect someone to come along and play mother to save them?

How pray tell did you expect them to get home? Sprout wings and fly? The storm arrived earlier and further north than predicted. They were already at work. Kids were already at school. This was NOT an overnight event where they woke up and the precipitation had already fallen and they decided "oh lets go to work or school anyway to heck with the warnings". No. It did NOT happen that way.

There are many times we think we "might" get some weather and "think" that phone will ring at 6 a.m. . . . but nope the roads are clear and life goes on . . . sometimes it misses, sometimes it hits . . . and sometimes it hits later than and more widespread than predicted.

Grow a heart.

[sweetpea53]

I am not from Atlanta, I'm in N Va. We even had reports here that the Carolinas, Georgia, etc were going to get the storm. And some were going to be in trouble.

I heard the Weather channel say that the area had Storm Warnings out before it hit. With that being said, you can watch 4 stations, all local and they may very well have different forecasts. I presume , after they add their own thoughts into the mix. The warnings may be the same but the inches of snow can vary by many inches.

Whether this is what happened in Atlanta, I do not know.

I also heard that Atlanta has only about 70 trucks and they had pretreated before the storm. When the storm hit and the roads were full of stopped traffic, the trucks were incapable of doing any more. That's a given.

I imagine this will change how similar situations are handled in the future.

It was a total nightmare and that was just from seeing it on tv. The mayor said that the news were only showing the roads that were impassable and that "Atlanta" proper was fine. But in fact, the stranded people were the crux of the story. No?