Snippy wrote:

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The Weather Channel.

What a bunck of joke scabs.

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 Don't be fu*kin with Leon!!

...and yet not one word about conditions in Snip... You know...

UPDATE 1-Rare winter storm brings ice and snow to U.S. South

By Colleen Jenkins

Jan 28 (Reuters) - A rare blast of snow, sleet and ice hit the U.S. South on Tuesday, prompting schools to close, airlines to cancel flights and emergency officials to warn of icy roads.

The southern cold snap is part of an arctic front that has put much of the Northeast and northern Plains under warnings and advisories for dangerous wind chills. Temperatures in parts of those regions could feel as cold as -30 Fahrenheit (-34 Celsius) on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

The winter storm could extend from southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast into northern Florida and through the Carolinas, the weather service said.

Parts of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina will likely see significant icing, while light to heavy snow is expected in some parts of the southern Mid-Atlantic states.

"It's a very little bit of an enchanting setting for us," said Crit Miller, fire chief in the historic city of Natchitoches, Louisiana, where about 2 inches of snow fell early Tuesday. "We don't get snow very often."

Forecasters were predicting 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) of snow in parts of middle and north Georgia including the Atlanta area, prompting dozens of school closings.

In South Carolina, lawmakers canceled this week's session of the state legislature ahead of the expected wintry mix. In Mississippi, Governor Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency for at least three dozen counties and delayed the opening of many state agencies to help alleviate traffic woes.

Mark Beason, who works for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks in Jackson, said he saw a half dozen vehicle wrecks during his early-morning drive into the office.

"It had already started sleeting by the time I left, with some ice build-up on my truck's hood and windshield," he said.

Air travel across the region was taking a hit early on Tuesday, with more than 2,800 U.S. flights canceled and hundreds of others delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.com.

Winter weather advisories were also issued for a wide swath of eastern and central Texas for Tuesday, with predictions of up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) of snow near the state's border with northern Louisiana.

Freezing temperatures and rain snarled the morning commute through large parts of central Texas and Louisiana, where roads and bridges were iced over. Police in Austin, Texas, reported about 100 crashes caused by icy roads but said there had been no fatalities.

In New Orleans, schools were closed and jury selection in the corruption trial of a former mayor was suspended due to the cold weather. (Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Additional reporting by David Beasley in Atlanta; Karen Brooks and Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Lisa Bose McDermott in Texarkana, Texas; and Emily Le Coz in Jackson, Mississippi; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Leslie Adler)

Sorry.. The problem is obvious to BurningJournaldotcom readers; Yep! There are NO reporters on the ground in that particular location! And we haven't a clue about IST. BJ apologizes for that.

Operative word; May. Then again, may not! Meanwhile...get off the street, and go home! Make a pot of soup! Have a couple bowls...

The Krink wrote:

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Think about a million motorist in the Atlanta GA area will circle this day on the
calendar as the worst commute in Atlanta GA history. Icy streets/roads/
freeways mean a monumental loss in bent up automobiles and about average
time of being anywhere between 2hrs to 6hr. Atlanta is getting some real winter.

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 I hope Phreddie is ok down in Atlanta.... has anyone heard from him.....?

The Krink wrote:

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Think about a million motorist in the Atlanta GA area will circle this day on the
calendar as the worst commute in Atlanta GA history. Icy streets/roads/
freeways mean a monumental loss in bent up automobiles and about average
time of being anywhere between 2hrs to 6hr. Atlanta is getting some real winter.

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 I need to admend the time getting home times to 20hrs or not at all.

Atlanta is like 16 degrees right now. Just as VIR ends, warm temps by

this weekend.