Although we are 60 miles east of Atlanta, we get our weather forecasts from the Atlanta television stations. The past few days the forecasts have indicated fronts approaching from multiple directions, temperatures have been dropping, there have been tornadoes in the Atlanta area earlier in the week, and the rain which is now falling and the temperature at 38 and falling is a pretty good indicator that the forecasts are right and within a few hours we will see some snow.
Atlanta has been putting a brine solution, sand and salt on the roads to prevent a reoccurrence of the 2.5 inch snow of January, 2014 which paralyzed the city and caused a lot of embarrassment for the GDOT officials. Everyone is on high alert for the rest of today, overnight and into tomorrow to get the upper hand on the snow, freezing temperatures, black ice and freezing bridges and overpasses and keep everyone safe and moving around without too much inconvenience.
While Karen and I grew up in pretty severe winter conditions and have lived most of our lives in areas where 2 to 3 feet of snow, sub-zero temperatures, frozen roads, blizzards and white-outs are common, we are by no means fans of such conditions, but are ready for whatever comes our way in the next few days. We do have to be conscious of low temperatures which have the potential to cause our water to freeze up in the motor home, so we take precautions beyond what we had to do in our house in Colorado. Karen's sister sent us a picture of the walkway to our Fort Collins house and we feel for your aching muscles from the snow which had to be shoveled earlier this week, but we are glad we are here and not there. By mid-week, here, we should be basking in the 70's again.
But for now, we will hunker down, watch the weather forecasts and stay close to home for the next few days. We may wake to snow on the ground tomorrow, but I don't think it will even have to be messed with before it goes away. Happy winter in Georgia everyone.
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