Snow Day!

Yesterday was a nice snow day in Atlanta. Apparently we got around 2-4", which effectively sends everyone into a doomsday panic. People rush the supermarkets to stock up on bread and milk, which I have never understood as it would be much more fun with alcohol and snack foods. We never get substantial amounts of snow to require stockpiling of essential foodstuffs. The worst it has ever been in Atlanta, to my recollection, was in 1993 when a semi-blizzard blew in and shut the city down for 4 days. I usually have enough odds and ends in my place to survive for a couple of days, so I tend to just sit back and laugh at everyone.

Even worse than the food panic is the driving situation. Atlantans, on a good day, are horrible drivers, however, mix in rain and they lose all common sense. With snow or ice, they go completely batshit crazy. I have driven in snow and ice enough to know how to do it, I just choose to stay out of the way of all the other crazies. Yesterday, however, the snow was not so bad that the streets were impassable. On Saturday the temperature was around 60 degrees, so I knew the ground wasn't going to be cold enough for the snow to stick. I even ventured out around 4 pm to head over to my friend Jeff's house to play cards and video games and drink wine. Fun was had by all.

Here are a couple of other pics taken from my car on my camera phone. All in all, it was a pretty snow. Of course, it is supposed to be back up into the 60s by the end of the week.