Poor Atlanta!

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AURAPTOR

Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:23 PM

As a winter 'event', this doesn't really rank near the top, in terms of snow fall, power outages, etc.., but it still was a royal pain in the ass. Took me 3 hours to drive 10 or so miles, and I was lucky! Some poor souls endured 24 hours being stuck in their cars! And there was 1 baby delivered , in the bumper to bumper traffic ! But thankfully, no fatalities. ( at least none reported as of yet ). I nearly pulled over into a parking lot and hoofed it home, but stuck w/ it. Glad I did, too.

ETA -

What FIVVER said below.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

FIVVER

Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:42 PM

The major problem was all the kids were in school and they decided to close around noon. That meant parents had to scramble to leave work to pick up their kids. Businesses then decided to close. Instead of having the school traffic clear before the main rush hour, it all hit at once. Once the roads became gridlocked, as Rap said, the slow moving traffic ground the snow into ice and with all lanes clogged, the salt and sand trucks were helpless. Game over. I heard the head of Georgia's DOT saying that at 12:15 all the interstates in the Atlanta area were coded green and by 12:36 that had changed to red.

http://www.businessinsider.com/atlanta-traffic-jam-pictures-2014-1

ELVISCHRIST

Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:22 PM

How many of the kids that were stuck at school had their meals thrown in the trash because they didn't have money?

Teachers keeping kids in schools overnight - frivolous! This is why we need to slash teachers' pay! Also, we need to make sure to slash city budgets so this kind of thing can't happen again.

:D

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:

How many of the kids that were stuck at school had their meals thrown in the trash because they didn't have money?

Teachers keeping kids in schools overnight - frivolous! This is why we need to slash teachers' pay! Also, we need to make sure to slash city budgets so this kind of thing can't happen again.

:D

EC, you left out the part where THIS WAS ALL OBAMA'S FAULT...

ELVISCHRIST

Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:05 PM

Oh, I assumed at this point that was a given.

Clearly he should have used his "lawless" "imperial" powers to issue an Executive Order shutting down all of Atlanta.

STORYMARK

Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by fivver:
The major problem was all the kids were in school and they decided to close around noon. That meant parents had to scramble to leave work to pick up their kids. Businesses then decided to close. Instead of having the school traffic clear before the main rush hour, it all hit at once.

Our district has a policy to never release students unexpectedly early, and that's a big part of the reason (also included - those who's parent's can't get away being left to their own devices). The only exception they've stipulated to is any chemical/refinery disaster, which might make it unsafe to remain in the area.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

AURAPTOR

Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:21 PM

Home schooled kids... had no such travel problems . They got to sleep in their own beds that night.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Friday, January 31, 2014 1:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Oh, I assumed at this point that was a given.

Clearly he should have used his "lawless" "imperial" powers to issue an Executive Order shutting down all of Atlanta.

They used to call such events "acts of God", but clearly, Jesus' daddy would never do such a thing to the fundamentalist Christian, loyalist Republican and good conservative citizens of the state of Georgia. So it must have been an act of imperialist Presidential tyranny. And you will note that Obama didn't get Congress' approval before he did it, even tho' he alibi'd out by appearing on TV in the company of The Good Congressmen, the Republican ones, at the same time. Sneaky liberal commie organizer, how can we ever prove that it was his fault?

ELVISCHRIST

Friday, January 31, 2014 1:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Home schooled kids... had no such travel problems . They got to sleep in their own beds that night.

So did the unemployed.

ELVISCHRIST

Friday, January 31, 2014 1:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Quote:
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Oh, I assumed at this point that was a given.

Clearly he should have used his "lawless" "imperial" powers to issue an Executive Order shutting down all of Atlanta.

They used to call such events "acts of God", but clearly, Jesus' daddy would never do such a thing to the fundamentalist Christian, loyalist Republican and good conservative citizens of the state of Georgia. So it must have been an act of imperialist Presidential tyranny. And you will note that Obama didn't get Congress' approval before he did it, even tho' he alibi'd out by appearing on TV in the company of The Good Congressmen, the Republican ones, at the same time. Sneaky liberal commie organizer, how can we ever prove that it was his fault?

Careful, or AuRaptor will claim you said Obama is a god.

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