We interrupt this Olympics to bring you this weather message...
A potential for ice & snow this weekend again in Georgia. First, why is it always on the weekend that we get wintry weather? It makes it very difficult to get off work for that!
In any event, there is currently a Winter Storm Watch for portions of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri & Texas. We in Atlanta are under a "Special Weather Statement", which basically means that there's a good chance we could flip over to a Winter Weather Watch or Advisory soon. The Watch currently comes as close as Cleburne County, Alabama. Our Statement expires at 3 PM, but I will update as necessary. Right now, we're expecting rain, snow, sleet & freezing rain mostly Saturday night from a line from Carrollton to Atlanta to Athens, which includes the northern 2/3 of the Metro Area & obviouslly the N. Georgia Mountains. Could be worse...as of 8 Central time it's -21 in Fargo w/a wind chill of -44.
MARDI GRAS: This is the first big weekend of Mardi Gras. New Orleans has no money whatsoever to pay for a police force & sanitation equipment though. If you've ever been you know that the trash can get to a foot or so deep. It's pretty nasty & you have to make sure you wear old pants and old shoes & plan to throw those clothes away at the end. No matter what though, I think this will be very good for the city, since it is their big yearly event...it'll show the world that NOLA is back. Also, Galatoire's , a famous restaurant where people usually pay homeless folks to sit outside to wait days before the Friday lunch before the main Mardi Gras weekend (did that make sense?) is auctioning off the seats this year to make money for other NOLA restaurants which are struggling after Katrina. Pretty cool.
OLYMPICS (sorry I can't do the colors anymore): Johnny "I'm here I'm" Weir finished in 5th last night behind fellow American Lysacek (sp?). As expected, Yvgeny Plushenko won, so not that exciting. Snowboard cross is pretty cool though...any sport where there are crashes is fun (although I do not really like short track speed skating for some reason, but I think it's because I'm a traditionalist for the long-track). Ice dancing starts tonight (yuck), but overall there'll be a lot of coverage this weekend. The best news (at least right now) is that USA will be on during lunch today so I can watch and work out at the same time. Assuming I can find a cardio machine after weights w/a TV not being watched!
QUOTE OF THE DAY (from WWL talking about housing assessments in Orleans Parish): "It's not like the old days when you could give the assessor a bottle of Jack Daniels to lower your taxes".
In any event, there is currently a Winter Storm Watch for portions of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri & Texas. We in Atlanta are under a "Special Weather Statement", which basically means that there's a good chance we could flip over to a Winter Weather Watch or Advisory soon. The Watch currently comes as close as Cleburne County, Alabama. Our Statement expires at 3 PM, but I will update as necessary. Right now, we're expecting rain, snow, sleet & freezing rain mostly Saturday night from a line from Carrollton to Atlanta to Athens, which includes the northern 2/3 of the Metro Area & obviouslly the N. Georgia Mountains. Could be worse...as of 8 Central time it's -21 in Fargo w/a wind chill of -44.
MARDI GRAS: This is the first big weekend of Mardi Gras. New Orleans has no money whatsoever to pay for a police force & sanitation equipment though. If you've ever been you know that the trash can get to a foot or so deep. It's pretty nasty & you have to make sure you wear old pants and old shoes & plan to throw those clothes away at the end. No matter what though, I think this will be very good for the city, since it is their big yearly event...it'll show the world that NOLA is back. Also, Galatoire's , a famous restaurant where people usually pay homeless folks to sit outside to wait days before the Friday lunch before the main Mardi Gras weekend (did that make sense?) is auctioning off the seats this year to make money for other NOLA restaurants which are struggling after Katrina. Pretty cool.
OLYMPICS (sorry I can't do the colors anymore): Johnny "I'm here I'm" Weir finished in 5th last night behind fellow American Lysacek (sp?). As expected, Yvgeny Plushenko won, so not that exciting. Snowboard cross is pretty cool though...any sport where there are crashes is fun (although I do not really like short track speed skating for some reason, but I think it's because I'm a traditionalist for the long-track). Ice dancing starts tonight (yuck), but overall there'll be a lot of coverage this weekend. The best news (at least right now) is that USA will be on during lunch today so I can watch and work out at the same time. Assuming I can find a cardio machine after weights w/a TV not being watched!
QUOTE OF THE DAY (from WWL talking about housing assessments in Orleans Parish): "It's not like the old days when you could give the assessor a bottle of Jack Daniels to lower your taxes".
UPDATE: Call off the dogs on that winter storm coming. We just were issued a new statement and the storm is weaker than previously though. There is an Advisory for a handful of counties in far NW Georgia near Chattanooga. We are supposed to get only light freezing rain but the front won't get close enough to us to drop temperatures enough before the precipitation comes. As usually, we'll just be in the high 30's w/cold rain, which is probably the worst weather I can imagine. Knowing that you're so close to ice & snow, but denied yet again. Argh.
posted by Hurricanes and Zip Codes | 5:45 AM
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