South cannot handle the winter

[alial30]

Be careful Southerners. Ice is no joke.

[mstatefan91]

Every state should be equipped with enough salt to spread over the major roads to prevent icing. We get plenty of ice in the northeast but have garbage trucks that drop tons of salt to prevent crap like this.

Before the last snow storm, certain highways were closed in anticipation of the roads getting dangerously bad. This weather pattern was announced days in advance. No excuse for not being prepared in a situation like this. This is Atlanta, not Aruba. IT can get cold in the south from time to time.

You guys just really don't seem to get how very rarely this actually happens in the south.

[OnTheLake65]

lmao ****ing pussies. Get on our level up here in the north.

my company got called to go salvage a sunk (38') boat about 6 days ago when it was 12 degrees outside. on the water with wind chill it was suppose to be something like negative 35, and we had wind blowing spray on us, and we were raising a sunk boat. would love to see your scrawny little ass out there dealing with it.






brb there are some people who are stupid in the south, and dont know how to deal with different weather conditions. Ergo they are all idiots lolololololol


the main reason you see pictures like the one in OP is because our cities aren't prepared for weather like that. we don't have a fleet of snow plows, and salt trucks. when we get bad weather they try to attend to the major roads (and they do a poor job at that) but everything else doesn't get touched. dont get me wrong a lot of people down here cant drive worth a fuk, but i find that to be true about most places.

and by the way, i have a rock crawler, so i like it when we get a good snow. its fun to go play in it, and i also make a decent amount of cash from pulling idiots out of ditches.

[MajesticLion]

Every state should be equipped with enough salt to spread over the major roads to prevent icing.

notsureifhyperbole

[goodcupcakes]

Native NY'er living in the ATL. It's like 2 inches of snow which WOULD be nothing up north but this city doesn't have any salt trucks or plows. They stupidly never invested in it because it only snows and sticks like once every few years. Now all the roads are ice. People have abandoned their cars all over the place. I was on a conference call this morning working from home and it took my boss 11 HOURS to drive home last night.

Glad I left at noon and got home and started drinking.

[DotheDew563]

lmfaooooooo hahaha dat car on fire

the south on dat retard time

[compan]

Lived in Mass my whole life, moved to Texas in April. Can confirm, South and winter don't mix.

brb, no salt
brb, no plows
brb, people still drive like the weather hasn't changed
brb, accidents ****ing everywhere

[SaliorUSN]

just proves california is the goat

[moto46]

CNN all mad at Atlanta mayor lol. God had a hand in this lol. So much drama!

[Driftslut]

I get that they aren't used to it and they don't have the equipment to take care of the situation

For 2 measly inches of snow (and a little bit of ice)...you do not need any equipment at all for crying out loud....LMAO.

[chlaxman]

When you say salt, do they actually use salt? They throw down some magnesium chloride when it gets warm enough. Same?

Magnesium chloride is the most commonly used salt now. They generally don't salt here, they use a salt brine to pretreat the roads. It's better than nothing but not particularly effective.

[GrinDaddy]

Only in the South would they offer free coffee on the porch, nice folks. Also, the reason there were more reported problems than typical is because they don't have to proper equipment and labor to handle the snow (i.e. plows, salt, drivers...)

[LethalGunz34]

Not on the Upper East Side

lol UES brah checking in. Almost busted my ass 5+ times last week. Thanks Di Blasio

[Footballa_19]

lack of equipment is only so much of an excuse.

Up here in the mtns, ya we have plows and salt, but costs to run and spread are pretty high, only a couple main streets will get done. It's not like we have a fuking plow army.

We're simply smart enough to know ice reduces surface friction, so slow the hell down when driving, unless you're in a 4wd truck, then its time for some drift busting.

[primetime32]

You guys just really don't seem to get how very rarely this actually happens in the south.

So if you live in the south and you or your kids are stuck overnight on the roads in freezing conditions once every 10-15 years, that is acceptable because the cost of being prepared may cost too much?

Fine, but then when the "polar vortex" is announced to come three days ago why were people out driving? why were roads left open? why were schools open? If you OPT not to be prepared, you can't gamble that things will go well. Its one or the other. This situation is completely unacceptable.

[gixxer0.6g]

lack of equipment is only so much of an excuse.

Up here in the mtns, ya we have plows and salt, but costs to run and spread are pretty high, only a couple main streets will get done. It's not like we have a fuking plow army.

We're simply smart enough to know ice reduces surface friction, so slow the hell down when driving, unless you're in a 4wd truck, then its time for some drift busting.

I think the only solution to this is Civil War 2.
The North will give you the entire east coast.
We want Texas.

[mstatefan91]

So if you live in the south and you or your kids are stuck overnight on the roads in freezing conditions once every 10-15 years, that is acceptable because the cost of being prepared may cost too much?

Fine, but then when the "polar vortex" is announced to come three days ago why were people out driving? why were roads left open? why were schools open? If you OPT not to be prepared, you can't gamble that things will go well. Its one or the other. This situation is completely unacceptable.

No I agree that schools should have been closed and people should have been at home.

Just pointing out to most of you why there is no salt/plows on the road.

[MajesticLion]

Only in the South would they offer free coffee on the porch, nice folks.

Sadly, this is balanced out by the good folks at places like Publix and Home Depot who got school children dropped off to them for shelter and said it's not their responsibility to feed them.

[12yearoldTim]

no one can drive here as it is! no you expect them to drive with ice and snow? Fuaarrrk

[gixxer0.6g]

Will rep for pics of this Snowmageden you're getting. Original pics from your own cameras.

[illesBKLYN]

wot

i can get around 5+ inches of snow and these *******s can't even drive without an accident in 2-3"

[CarlWayne88]

When I lived in Maine the plows were out as soon as the snow started. Roads were salted well before then. It's just different in the south. The ice, the lack of equipment to prepare/deal with the snow and ice, etc.

sup raleigh brah we got like 6 inches of snow, and we are in a pvt subdivision so no salt or plows come. Pretty much stuck unless you drive 5 mph

[Footballa_19]

I think the only solution to this is Civil War 2.
The North will give you the entire east coast.
We want Texas.

would srs consider this irl

Hurricane sandy was a sign God wanted to wash away the filth....

not srs


semi srs

not sure now

[gixxer0.6g]

sup raleigh brah we got like 6 inches of snow, and we are in a pvt subdivision so no salt or plows come. Pretty much stuck unless you drive 5 mph

I've got this and this for my subdivision.




Come at me snow.

Guys need some help down there?

[Considine]

No hate on northeners, but remember..

here in Calgary, our city actually relies on Chinooks (yeah, the warm winds from the west) as a part of our snow budget. When we don't get one for a while, and lots of snow (ala this year) we get faurked and horrible road cleaning (again, just like this year).

By all rights, we should have snow days to sometimes in the north. Phuck, those days when it pours wih snow and you hear all the accidents on the radio...terrifying

[CarlWayne88]

I've got this and this for my subdivision.




Come at me snow.

Guys need some help down there?

lol naw ive got off work today took a payed day off so no worries were had. But litterly like everyone said it snow like 6+ inches once every few years so there isnt enough stuff to go around. On the other hand the gym opens up at 12 and im going to drive slow up there, tho its only like 4 miles away, my work is like 35 miles away

[Human Rocket]

Native NY'er living in the ATL. It's like 2 inches of snow which WOULD be nothing up north but this city doesn't have any salt trucks or plows. They stupidly never invested in it because it only snows and sticks like once every few years. Now all the roads are ice. People have abandoned their cars all over the place. I was on a conference call this morning working from home and it took my boss 11 HOURS to drive home last night.

Glad I left at noon and got home and started drinking.

The weather forecast was way off. It was the same thing in Birmingham, AL. The freezing rain/snow hit earlier and harder than anyone had predicted. Businesses and schools should have never opened on Tuesday at all. I have friends who tried to leave work too late and couldn't even get on the interstate. They were stuck there overnight. They slept on the floor and raided the executive break room for food.

So this disaster was a combination of several things:

1) Nobody in the south knows how to drive in snow and ice. Nobody has chains for their tires. Not as many people have four wheel drive vehicles as you might think.
2) There aren't enough salt trucks/sand spreaders to cover even a fraction of the city. At best all they can do is salt/sand the bridges and with the gridlock they couldn't even do that.
3) The weather forecast was just wrong. It started earlier than expected and was worse than expected.
4) Businesses and schools tried to remain open for at least half a day. By that time it was just too late. Birmingham has a lot of hills and mountains. It was a lost cause by 11AM. If you left work around 9AM you probably made it out OK.

[Poolee32]

Had work at 10 am today (target) went outside to walk on the road, seemed fine regular pavement. Get out to another road completely iced over. I ride my Trek road bike so the tires are super slick, fall over hit my leg, fuk that call in go home now in bed. **** this ice and **** would rather it be 105 and so humid I sweat as soon as I step outside. at least I can do stuff and get a tan.

[Dorle]

No one was prepared for this, hell, it was in the sixties a few days ago.
I'm only 20 years old, ad I've never seen snow on the ground last for 24 hours.

[Poolee32]

No one was prepared for this, hell, it was in the sixties a few days ago.
I'm only 20 years old, ad I've never seen snow on the ground last for 24 hours.

It snowed on Friday I think, melted saturday and sunday it was in the 60s and I was riding my bike in shorts. Next day, fukkin snow again. wtf