Snow, ice blasts through South with powerful winter storm

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

ATLANTA (AP) — A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice was sweeping through parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous frigid glaze.

Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. More than an inch of snow fell per hour in some parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.

The storm was making air travel extremely difficult in some parts of the South. The nation’s hardest-hit airport -- Charlotte Douglas International -- remained open around dawn Sunday, the airport said in a weather briefing. But more than 1,000 Sunday flights in Charlotte have been cancelled – more than 80% of the airport’s Sunday schedule, according to the flight tracking service f lightaware.com. Charlotte is a major hub in the South for American Airlines.

In Atlanta, where Delta Air Lines operates it main hub, more than 300 Sunday flights have been canceled.

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[Tommymac]

1. Hey Marge, get out the candles and blankets, Snowpocalypse is bACK.

Seriously, be safe people. It's heading up to the NorthEast as we speak. Predicting up to a foot in Western PA area.

[pandr32]

4. LOL!

[gab13by13]

5. Fixed my snowblower,

and have my electric company on a cell phone app.

[paleotn]

7. Nice, balmy day. Temps above zero....

Fahrenheit that is.

[cstanleytech]

9. Atleast the more northern areas are usually better prepared for such weather.

Down here in the armpit of the south (Augusta, Georgia) if you even whisper the words ice or snow there is a sudden mad dash of people at the grocery store wiping out things like bread on the bread aisle.

[spike jones]

10. Back east in South Carolina people rush the grocery stores too and

stand in line making jokes about the global warming hoax.
In the Seattle area people rush the libraries to have books to read while snowed-in.

[LNM]

13. Here in Minnesota we're prepared

but the grocery stores are still mobbed when a storm is coming and we all know the roads will be cleared in 24 hours.

[NewHendoLib]

2. 9 inches of snow overnight here. So picturesque!

[gab13by13]

6. I've been through Here, very nice area.

[DFW]

3. Disruptions and cancellations on American Airlines caused by a storm

How is this different from what usually happens with American Airlines when the weather is perfect?

[cstanleytech]

8. Rain here in the armpit of the south (Augusta, Georgia) but not cold enough for an ice storm.

[highnooner]

11. This was Raleigh in 2014

There are a freak ice storm that hit Raleigh. I have friends who took five hours to drive their kids home from school.

This was Glenwood Ave. I'm sure you have seen this somewhere before.


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[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Heh, that is Raleigh during any winter storm.

So, story time. Back in the day, I was a delivery driver for a data storage company on New Bern Ave. We did microfiche for several companies and also data tape storage. (Yep, a long time ago.) I was driving along that very stretch to turn around and get to one of the businesses along the eastbound lane. I guess I was going a bit fast. I made the U-turn and started down the hill to the entrance. Sitting in the entrance before the one I needed was a Raleigh police officer. I slowed and turned into the drive for my delivery. I pulled around back and just as I turned off the truck, the world went blue. He pulled in behind me and strolled over. "Do you know why I am here?" I replied that I did not. (Well, that was a lie, but hey...) He said, "Well, I saw you come up the hill going 42 (the limit there at the time was 40) and was going to let you go, seeing as you are a delivery driver and driving is how you make your living. But then you came flying down right in front of me going 44." I have no idea why I said this, but I looked the officer right in the eye, and said "Well, to be honest, if I had seen you sitting there when I arrived, you would not have caught me doing that." He looked stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Fair enough! Look, just slow down. You don't want to lose your license when it is your bread and butter." He then returned to his car and left. I made my delivery and drove back to the office a bit slower, since I had no idea if he was pacing me to see if I had listened. (They do that from time to time,) Of course, I used to love driving around in the snow at night making deliveries. It did not happen that often, but on the occasion that it did, it was nice.

[birdographer]

12. Over in western NC

right above the GA border, we apparently have (KNOCK WOOD LOUDLY) gotten off lucky. Several power outages this morning, lasting perhaps 30 seconds each. Maybe 3" of snow when we woke up, then it mostly rained all day and the snow turned to mud and dirty slush. Started snowing around 5 and may still be at it, though. I am far more worried about next weekend when our lows are to be 6, 11, and 15. Can we say black ice?

[DemocraticPatriot]

14. Glad that the reds are suffering, but

sorry for the blues that are suffering.



Just glad it missed me. More normalized weather patterns would have taken it straight over Michigan, but for that huge southern dive the storm made.