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Are_grits_groceries

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5. That's my point.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:17 PM

Jan 2014

When they are betting on the best forecast and not using safety first as their guide, this is what you get.
And as I said, if a station has hired a qualified meteorologist, some of them want to rely on their own models.

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The problem in Atlanta , Birmingham and other Southern cities. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 OP

Exactly, thank you. I live 40 miles NORTH of Atlanta Glitterati Jan 2014 #1

Even that far out, Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #3

Same here. I live in Woodstock, just northwest of Atlanta, RebelOne Jan 2014 #20

Weather readers mostly get the forecast nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #2

That's my point. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #5

The NWS at times goofs nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #14

I have lived in several places along the East coast Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #21

Here it matters when we have a winter storm nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #26

Actually, we have serveral local weather persons Glitterati Jan 2014 #6

But both are getting their forecast nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #10

What's your point? Glitterati Jan 2014 #12

My point is they are using NWS product nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #17

Of course it is. Glitterati Jan 2014 #19

I think we are all agreeing on the same point in different ways. nt Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #23

We are nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #27

I'd like to slap all of them. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #13

Oh me, too Glitterati Jan 2014 #18

individuals should take some responsibility. If you live around Atlanta you know what traffic's like NightWatcher Jan 2014 #4

Posted this on Facebook on January 26 Glitterati Jan 2014 #7

I tried to point that out too. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #8

I lived between Cornelia and Gainesville when we had an ice storm several years ago NightWatcher Jan 2014 #11

Some folks need their job to eat. Can't afford to get fired Glitterati Jan 2014 #15

your boss isn't going to come save you when you've frozen on the side of the road NightWatcher Jan 2014 #28

Right. And lose your job. Glitterati Jan 2014 #31

then take a sleeping bag to work. or spend 20 hours on the road freezing NightWatcher Jan 2014 #32

Oh, so maybe you shouldn't be demeaning them for not calling out? Glitterati Jan 2014 #34

And if telling a certain person to pound sand Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #16

tell them in the nicest possible way, of course NightWatcher Jan 2014 #30

People in Atlanta aren't used to heeding cold weather warnings - it's not like hurricane evacs Baclava Jan 2014 #9

Yeah. Late Tuesday night, my dad texted me about an ecstatic Jan 2014 #24

Live and learn Baclava Jan 2014 #33

Learning experience ecstatic Jan 2014 #22

Until the next one Glitterati Jan 2014 #25

This is somewhat unrelated, Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #29

the problem here isn't snow - it's ICE - ice storms like this require certain conditions Baclava Jan 2014 #35

30 miles north of Atlanta.... BronxBoy Jan 2014 #36