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re: The Birmingham weather people dropped the ball big time
Posted on 1/29/14 at 5:32 pm to undecided
Posted on 1/29/14 at 5:32 pm to undecided
^^Knoxville has dealt with all this much better than Atlanta, B'ham, or even Chatt but the reason why is we got hit with the Blizzard of 93 (Storm of the Century). Y'all got some of the '93 Storm too (broke records for your area too) but Knoxville and NE. TN got 3-4 foot and some drifts that were higher. Knoxville area also had no power for several weeks -- some up to 3 weeks or more with no power. For more than a week my hometown was shut down completely. THAT single storm effected Appalachia big time and completely changed everything -- we established EMA plans we never had before that storm.
On top of that we get a lot more snow than y'all do. So snow isn't out of the question just only a few times a year. Our particular area is known for unpredictable weather so we err on the side of caution.
That said, there's no way in hell I'm going to try go down my driveway till this stuff clears - I'm atop a mountain/ridge not a hill.
On top of that we get a lot more snow than y'all do. So snow isn't out of the question just only a few times a year. Our particular area is known for unpredictable weather so we err on the side of caution.
That said, there's no way in hell I'm going to try go down my driveway till this stuff clears - I'm atop a mountain/ridge not a hill.
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 5:33 pm
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 6:14 pm to Prof
Bham got 19 inche from the 93 storm and shut down with no power in alot ofplaces for a week. Like you, most here are in hilly areas. Its the ice that is killing today, notsnow. Number one issue though, imo, is everyone relied on tv personalities instead of realizing the ground has been freeing at nights before this. And people are to busy to stop and be safe. Closing or getting off at 10 am would have prevented a ton of this mess.
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