Road condition update

Meinschatz11 · January 2011

So, GSU has already called off school for tomorrow. I'm wondering what it's like in other areas of town. Our apartment complex streets are slushy with big patches of ice. The main road is actually icier, and there are no plows or salt trucks to be found. I know they are focusing on getting the interstates passable, but this is all going to freeze over again tonight. What's it like for everyone else?

tgirl613 · January 2011

Midtown is a lot better - Spring st. at 8th/10th was totally clear this afternoon, and Peachtree and W. Peachtree were looking a lot better. But who knows what the overnight freeze will bring.....

twinkldystar327 · January 2011

In the Old 4th Ward, the roads are still slushy and/or icy. None of the roads in our areas have been plowed.

pandasquishy · January 2011

Can anyone tell me what the roads are like near North Decatur Road? We're in the process of moving from Upstate NY. We got down to around Marietta today but got a call from the lady at our apartment complex saying the complex, which is on N. Decatur Rd., is on a hill which was iced over and no one could get up it. And that maybe tomorrow it would be passable.

It kind of surprises me that they wouldn't plow that road with the hospital being on it. That was around 2pm she told us about that, can anyone tell me what the roads are like now over there?

ReadytobeMrs.B · January 2011

pandasquishy:
Can anyone tell me what the roads are like near North Decatur Road? We're in the process of moving from Upstate NY. We got down to around Marietta today but got a call from the lady at our apartment complex saying the complex, which is on N. Decatur Rd., is on a hill which was iced over and no one could get up it. And that maybe tomorrow it would be passable.
It kind of surprises me that they wouldn't plow that road with the hospital being on it. That was around 2pm she told us about that, can anyone tell me what the roads are like now over there?

i was near n. decatur road today and it wasn't that bad. as long as you drive slowly, it should be fine.

MeredithE · January 2011

Boulevard is pretty good. While the snow was melting DH and I got in our alley shoveling and raking the ice so we would be able to get out tomorrow. I haven't been to the since Sunday so it was a pretty good workout. I am going to wait until about 9 or so to go to work. I don't care if the office is open or not. If I spend one more day in this house, I am going to lose my mind.

busybodyk · January 2011

DH's cabin fever was pretty bad so when we saw that our neighborhood was mostly slushy, we decided to go out. DH has an SUV with some sort of snow setting which he thinks is as good as 4WD. We drove slowly and went to a late lunch at Longhorn at the Camp Creek Marketplace. There were a few stores open. Publix was closing at 5. All the roads we drove on were mostly slush with ice in some spots. Nothing was clear at all near me. As soon as we got home it started snowing again.

Sadlebred · January 2011

We walked over to friends' house about half a mile away from our house here in Smyrna. They drive us to a local tavern about a mile down the road. The neighborhood roads were slushy when we walked over about 6:30 pm. Now, about 8:55, they are starting to freeze. Our friends dropped us off at our house. We went nice and slow and were fine. It will be a different story in the morning, though.

DH shoveled our driveway, and it's starting to dry. I doubt we will be able to get out of the neighborhood much before noon if at all tomorrow. I will probably work from home tomorrow.

JulesDiane · January 2011

We flew in this evening from Tampa. Our flight yesterday was obviously canceled.. So, we got to spend another day in sunny FL. No complaints here! Any how, the drive back from the airport, I have to say I was surprised at how bad some area on the highways were (75/85 specifically). I expected them to be clearer. Some stretches were just fine, others, specifically bridge and over pass areas were icy. Needless to say, I am just happy to be home. I would go out again if I needed to, but I wouldn't want to go far and I would definitely want to avoid any less traveled roads.

Meinschatz11 · January 2011

JulesDiane:
We flew in this evening from Tampa. Our flight yesterday was obviously canceled.. So, we got to spend another day in sunny FL. No complaints here! Any how, the drive back from the airport, I have to say I was surprised at how bad some area on the highways were (75/85 specifically). I expected them to be clearer. Some stretches were just fine, others, specifically bridge and over pass areas were icy. Needless to say, I am just happy to be home. I would go out again if I needed to, but I wouldn't want to go far and I would definitely want to avoid any less traveled roads.

My friends flew in tonight from out west, and they came up 85 to our place and ended up staying. It took them an hour and a half to get here, and they got stuck in multiple places on the interstate. The ice was terrible, and they had difficulty navigating with so many cars getting stuck. They ended up sideways several times and kept sliding into other lanes. U.g.h.

askmetostay · January 2011

i am SO worried about DH driving to work today

eeeeva · January 2011

Midtown seems fine, Peachtree Street is plowed and it seems as long as you drive slow and flutter your gas on hills you'd be fine. DH went to work today and said 75 south was fine.

emmienjuicy · January 2011

DH drove to work today from Woodstock (I-575 S to I-75 S) to Midtown (Peachtree ST.). He said he did have to cut through a neighborhood near his office to get there and it was pretty slippery, but not nearly as bad as when he tried to go in yesterday.

askmetostay · January 2011

emmienjuicy:
DH drove to work today from Woodstock (I-575 S to I-75 S) to Midtown (Peachtree ST.). He said he did have to cut through a neighborhood near his office to get there and it was pretty slippery, but not nearly as bad as when he tried to go in yesterday.

has he lost his mind yet?? heck of a first few weeks at work, right?

emmienjuicy · January 2011

askmetostay:

emmienjuicy:
DH drove to work today from Woodstock (I-575 S to I-75 S) to Midtown (Peachtree ST.). He said he did have to cut through a neighborhood near his office to get there and it was pretty slippery, but not nearly as bad as when he tried to go in yesterday.

has he lost his mind yet?? heck of a first few weeks at work, right?

Haha, lost his mind because he has been snowed in with his in-laws or because he drove from Woodstock to Midtown?! LOL. DEF a heck of a first 2 weeks. You know how news is when storms come- EVERYONE pitches in!

askmetostay · January 2011

emmienjuicy:
askmetostay:

emmienjuicy:
DH drove to work today from Woodstock (I-575 S to I-75 S) to Midtown (Peachtree ST.). He said he did have to cut through a neighborhood near his office to get there and it was pretty slippery, but not nearly as bad as when he tried to go in yesterday.

has he lost his mind yet?? heck of a first few weeks at work, right?

Haha, lost his mind because he has been snowed in with his in-laws or because he drove from Woodstock to Midtown?! LOL. DEF a heck of a first 2 weeks. You know how news is when storms come- EVERYONE pitches in!

um, YEAH. i have told DH about 27 times in the past 2 days how super glad i am to NOT be in the newsroom.

and snowed in with the in-laws might be the only thing that would make me want to go to a tv station! lol

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