tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post1126347349533043969..comments2024-03-17T15:09:03.222-04:00Comments on Femme au foyer: The South - Snowed inLienehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-42981616965058612202014-02-01T07:00:49.838-05:002014-02-01T07:00:49.838-05:00As long as I have everything that I need, I'm ...As long as I have everything that I need, I'm perfectly happy to be snowed in :)Sara Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058056977783867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-33092085443729297742014-01-31T13:08:30.621-05:002014-01-31T13:08:30.621-05:00Thanks! I feel for the kids - school will stretch ...Thanks! I feel for the kids - school will stretch way into summer for my cousins up in Chicago, trying to make up the lost days. What's worse, sitting in school on a nice hot summer day, or stuck at home in polar temps?Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-52384443120510531122014-01-31T12:24:19.506-05:002014-01-31T12:24:19.506-05:00Great last paragraph! I'm in the frozen north,...Great last paragraph! I'm in the frozen north, and, with the polar vortex, this winter is much colder than average for Philly. Our school district hadn't had a snow day in a couple of years, while we've had four so far this season. I'm ready for warmer temps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-19323416698092080602014-01-30T12:47:18.716-05:002014-01-30T12:47:18.716-05:00My colleges in WI never cancelled classes, althoug...My colleges in WI never cancelled classes, although we had -20 and lower temps freshmen year. And sophomore year - gobs of snow. But apparently when classes had been cancelled in past, a couple of students had asked to be reimbursed for the cost of the cancelled lectures! When you're attending a private school and do the math how much each lecture costs, make sense....but that meant we had to trudge to class no matter what!<br />In this litigious and safety-concerned era, however, I'm wondering if policies<br />have changed!<br /><br />Sis in MI wrote in an email the other day, "When spring comes, it is going to be the most wonderful thing ever." <br /><br />It makes sense that cities which rarely get snow aren't going to necessarily be prepared for it. However, any major city which already has bad traffic can expect things to be bad whenever a storm comes. Hopefully ATL learned its lesson.<br /><br />Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-86714596622354676102014-01-29T17:03:02.008-05:002014-01-29T17:03:02.008-05:00As hopefully will be yours - it isn't exactly ...As hopefully will be yours - it isn't exactly spring up in your neck of the woods, is it? My understanding is that the mess in Atlanta was doubled by all the abandoned vehicles, as the road cleaning crews couldn't get through anywhere with all the cars without drivers left everywhere - what a total mess! Thankfully Greenville was a bit more prepared, and most everybody was home before the storm hit.Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-70490267700091600142014-01-29T16:33:21.428-05:002014-01-29T16:33:21.428-05:00I am so thankful I no longer live in Atlanta. I c...I am so thankful I no longer live in Atlanta. I couldn't imagine what I would've done if I had been stuck on the side of the road somewhere or my kids had not been able to come home from school or my husband was stuck at work. I know friends who abandoned their vehicles and walked a few miles home. Friends who were stuck at work and had to spend the night there. It sounded horrific and then more. Your warm up will be on the way soon. Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572578381386253334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-4363543356984251502014-01-29T12:47:49.915-05:002014-01-29T12:47:49.915-05:00Isn't it crazy?! Schools in Chicago were cance...Isn't it crazy?! Schools in Chicago were cancelled the second day in a row yesterday, and for good reason - it was the coldest day on record with -20 F temps - before windchill! Meanwhile, we've got the 1/2 inch (almost melted now) and most libraries/museums and public offices are closed. Atlanta had a pretty bad time with this storm though, I think we might have gotten the best of it.Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-49501168692962955612014-01-29T11:19:04.491-05:002014-01-29T11:19:04.491-05:00Looks like fun was had by all! Cool to see photos ...Looks like fun was had by all! Cool to see photos of Falls Park in this weather as opposed to when I saw it in the warm sunny fall weather. <br /><br />This winter in DC is by far the worst (well, definitely the coldest) I've experienced in my 15 years here, but nothing compared to what our relatives in the Midwest are having to survive! The below zero temps, whipping winds and seemingly never-ending snow cause cabin fever rather quickly.Dziesmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563380904245865832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-79567173455732915682014-01-29T11:08:55.523-05:002014-01-29T11:08:55.523-05:00Trying hard to remember when that would have been....Trying hard to remember when that would have been... Early 2000s I think.Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-43308032250164806552014-01-29T10:56:56.217-05:002014-01-29T10:56:56.217-05:00One of the things I miss most about Chicago... sno...One of the things I miss most about Chicago... snow. And not an inch or two every other year...Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-52520623563496639102014-01-29T10:54:18.743-05:002014-01-29T10:54:18.743-05:00Beer and bread (and milk) are the items listed as ...Beer and bread (and milk) are the items listed as stores having "empty shelves" during the pre-storm stock-up panic... Kind of like plywood and water before a hurricane. Although really an exaggeration, I was a bit younger when I lived in Georgia, and so the beer might have been important ;)Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-88060715375963231222014-01-29T08:54:03.149-05:002014-01-29T08:54:03.149-05:00Bread and beer, definitely better than bread and m...Bread and beer, definitely better than bread and milk. We might have had the same first winter in Greenville. My first winter there an ice storm knocked out my power for over a week. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311088408907148236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-26451951090929551532014-01-29T06:16:07.514-05:002014-01-29T06:16:07.514-05:00I love the first and last pictures! I am kind of ...I love the first and last pictures! I am kind of missing snow this year-- the first winter we haven't had any since we moved from Los Angeles 7 years ago!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747747919718890319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986048791171437584.post-64316674424164041902014-01-29T06:10:57.189-05:002014-01-29T06:10:57.189-05:00It certainly makes for beautiful pictures though! ...It certainly makes for beautiful pictures though! We have such extremes - you with ice storms, and us melting in a heatwave down in the Southern Hemisphere. Enjoy the snow days (but curious why you had to stock up on Beer - was that just because you enjoy beer, or for some special snow related reason??!)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432089507602828735noreply@blogger.com