re: Atlanta, GA: Potential Death Trap?................

But in thinking about it, Atlanta is generally lucky when it comes to weather. No earthquakes, no real severe weather (you get a tornado every now and then), no hurricanes and the winters are generally mild. it definitely could be worse.

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they were definitely not pre-treated. There was absolutely no salt on any of the highways I was driving on this morning. And there was no salt on any of the interstates as I was leaving work. And as the governor and mayor just indicated, they had no idea that the storm would reach the city and the northern suburbs. They were caught off guard.

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It was brine, not rock salt. You wouldn't have seen it.

GDOT was on the news this afternoon before the clusterfrick even happened, talking about the brine they sprayed down just like they do in Washington DC.

What you hear from Deal and Reed is just PR bullshite. They don't want to admit what JD was alluding to.

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But clearly the issue is the roads. nothing was salted beforehand and nothing can be salted now since the roads are still jammed pack.

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I would argue that if the mass-exodus was sparked by some other kind of event........where people simultaneously tried to leave the city at the same time............that fear, panic, and self-preservation instincts..............would probably make for an even much much uglier situation......than what the icy roads have produced.


#AtlantaGA: PotentialDeathTrap.

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I would argue that if the mass-exodus was sparked by some other kind of event........where people simultaneously tried to leave the city at the same time............that fear, panic, and self-preservation instincts..............would probably make for an even much much uglier situation......than what the icy roads have produced.

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And this would be the same for most any major city.

Yes, this city is a shithole and a deathtrap...and that has absolutely nothing to do with the snow. Everything being frozen just makes it cold shithole deathtrap that is much harder to get out of.

I'm curious though, for those in or close enough to Atlanta to know much about the elected leadership and how poorly that city is ran, did anyone really expect this to be handled well? Put a bunch of people in charge of a city and situation like this who are only skilled at scamming the populace and this is what you get.

We got 4" here in Kennesaw. I made it home from work in 6 hours. It was insanity.

This is not unexpected....its a tragic intersection between inept local govt and the yankeeization of Atlanta.

Yankees have some misguided pride in being able to drive in snow...we've all heard it..."youse guys don't know how to drive..". Therefore they don't heed simple warnings and insist on waiting until conditions truly suck.

What they fail to grasp is that southerners don't have fleets of equipment to deal with bad weather...it doesn't happen enough to spend the money. Plus, most of us are smart enough to avoid the highways when its below freezing and there's precipitation. We'd rather stay home and spend time with our families.

Put these together and wham...interstate death trap.

Its when the Yankees got other Yankees into office that we reach the precipice..... Yankees deciding not to close the office or school because "...dis ain't too bad..."

Simple logic....

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What county makes that claim?