I hate to say it, but i'm actually gonna miss the weather here.

[daboywonder2002]

Originally Posted by kbutler1

Just moved to Charlotte.
I'll miss snow biking with the fat tire bikes on the awesome trails.

charlotte? the wife wants to move there. she says 8 hours from philly is better than 20. id rather go to philly/delaware/baltimore. whats your opinion on charlotte compared to minnesota?

[WoodburyWoody]

Originally Posted by Tarzanman

Atlantan here. Everyone likes to diss on us for closing down the city for the mere threat of ice.... well, there is method to the madness:

1. We don't salt our roads. Ever. Since accumulated snowfall is abnormal here, and most winters pass without any ice accumulation at all, there is zero reason for Atlanta to keep tons upon of rock salt in storage somewhere. Sucks when it does get icy (once every 4-5 years or so), but you also don't have to worry about corrosion on your automobile chassis.

2. It rarely snows, and almost never gets icy. Snow accumulation once every 3 years or so. Icy on the roads once every 4-5 years or so. Sub-freezing temperatures maybe 20 days out of the year. Typical wintry weather here is a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 40's... but some winters are very very warm. One year I only stopped riding my motorcycle for about 2 weeks through the entire winter.

3. We have more traffic than you. Only a few areas beat Atlanta for traffic, like NYC, LA, or DC and those areas all have decent mass transit systems. Atlanta does not. Ice on the roads puts basically the entire working/student population at risk and overtaxes the capacity of our emergency services. There are lots of skiers, snowboarders, and ice skaters that live in Atlanta, but almost no one has chains, studs, nor snowmobiles. If you get stuck in snow or ice somewhere then you are largely S.O.L.

Sure. Makes perfect sense. It would be expensive and, IMO, irresponsible of city/county officials there to spend money to buy and maintain the equipment and train the staff to deal with a massive snow storm that rarely hits down there. You have other priorities.

For us, it is the weird year to NOT have to deal with several snowfalls.

Anyone with a clue or who has traveled outside their own county would understand that. Unless they have an agenda, which brings me to the media and the 24/7 news cycle that must be fed.