Snowmaggedon Part Deux

So, what happens when Atlanta, Georgia gets 6 inches of the festive white stuff? Well, let me tell you, it isn't pretty! I was working in an Atlanta suburb back in '88 or '89 when they got a measly 6" of Santa's festive frost. When I walked out of the motel we were staying at I thought nothing of 6" of snow, why would I, back in Northern Minnesota it would be a mere dusting barely worth shoveling. Time to head out and get to work. I was driving my old '65 Dodge Polara with bias ply tires at the time and the job site was about 2.5 miles down the snow dusted freeway. As I turned out of the motel lot I got my first clue that this wasn't going to be an ordinary drive to the job site. The first car I observed went whistling by me at 40 mph and skidded right on through the stop light barely missing a cross bound truck. Wow! What the Hell was that? These people are crazy, I thought to myself. I was totally unprepared for what I encountered next! As I merged on to the freeway at 45 mph I felt the ass end of my car wanting to have a little fun with me but I was in no mood for fishtails this fine frosty morning. I got up to 50 mph and then backed it down to 45 because my ride was getting quite squirrely at anything above that. That's when the entertainment began. I had to be in one of the middle lanes because of an exit that was also a driving lane and cars were speeding by me at 70+ mph on the snow covered freeway. Everywhere I looked there were cars and trucks in the median and ditches. The cars that were passing me like a wedge were wrecking out faster than I could count. I couldn't believe my eyes! These people had no clue that stuff was slippery, never mind dangerous at high speeds! I continued on my merry way at 45 mph while trying not to get caught up in the wreck-um rodeo that was going on around me and made it to the job site in one piece. There literally had to be a 100 cars or more in the ditch and median in just the short 2.5 miles it took to get there. When I arrived and told my boss who lived in Atlanta at the time but was originally from Michigan, he laughed at me and told me most of the people here had never seen snow, much less driven in it. I just shook my head and went to work! I guess 6" of snow is "Snowmaggedon to people that have never seen it. By lunch that day there wasn't any trace of the snow and it was a cool 60 degrees in the sun. Go figure!
The end.

ciao