A snow day... but no snow.

They're acting like it's Red Fucking Dawn on the news. They just referred to it as a "wintery blast" that might rival the freeze of "98". I'm laughing my ass off.

Still, the assholes that ARE on the road are driving with less acumen then the cops in Blues Brothers.

If they did get the blast it'd save a bunch on the border fence. A really long snowfort would do.

so... was there supposed to be a lot of snow?

no, there was never actually supposed to be "snow". Rain, sleet, and evil freezing rain. And apparently it's raining assholes on the highway.

It's only 31 degrees in downtown Austin. Airport is 34.

oooh, chilly.

whoa, now they're reporting traffic fatalities! Up in double digits!!

RED DAWN!

WOLVERINE!

exactly. the drama is laughable.

just another day up nort, hey.

Huh, the buses are still running.

They just cut to a lady showing how there was frost on a windshield. And then she warned people NOT to get the mail, NOT to get the paper, NOT to go to work, cause the ice is gonna getcha!

oh man... a person could cash in real big on this



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I'm having a cigarette outside, and it isn't that bad.

Snow days are so rare in Atlanta that when even a hint of snow comes around people go into End of the World mode.

Grocery store shelves are emptied of everything and people stock up on kerosene and gas.

I'm pretty sure the Atlanta DOT doesn't even own a snow plow.

dey was fros onna WIN-doe

And they are usually met with an awesome mix of holing up in your house with the massive booze. Love them fake snow days.

Especially in college. Pretty sure that 20 minutes after the announcement was made I was in a bar downtown.

yeah, we're gonna hit the grocery store in a bit for smokes, beer, and the makings of some chili

Never had snow days but I've been to some mean Hurricane Parties.

i grew up in an area of pennsylvania that typically gets a few serious snowstorms every year. there are often snow days. we still make fun of people south of virginia when we hear about how they drive and overreact to snow. one of my best friends in college grew up in alaska and had no idea what a snow day was when we got 3 feet of snow and school was closed. he didn't understand the concept at all. now i think of him whenever this divide is brought up between people who are used to snow and not.

Most of it is complete overreaction but I can also see school officials point of view.

The bottom line is that people down here simply don't encounter it enough and administrators would rather have a snow day, go back to school the next day, than have some bus driver not used to driving in snow plow into another car with a busload of kids.

Everything else outside of that factor is simply people overreacting.

i love it.
btw totally off topic, were you guys in austin for NYE? we were there, our friends 'danced' downtown, both on congress, one in a piece with 6 or 7 other women, the other on the side of the hotel in that aerial piece. was pretty fucking awesome.

nope. Chicago, we really ought to coordinate that shit better. Colin was here though.

one of my coworkers lives in indiana. her brother totalled his truck on saturday when he hit some ice and went into a ditch. he borrowed her car today and fucked her car up this morning due to more ice.

it's not only people in the south who have problems with ice/snow/etc apparently.

yeh, i shouldve done a better job. we were in ATX from the 27th until the 1st, i was actually a little sick for some of that time, then drove back to nyc. shit-ass drive, that's for sure.
did manage to hit the salt lick, tho. highly recommended for you bbq appreciatin types. rock it family style, you wont be disappointed...