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Phentex

(16,334 posts) Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:29 PM Jan 2018

I closed the office today. Snow in Atlanta!

I don't have any authority but two people texted me and I told them not to try and drive in to work. Then I texted the others and said nobody was going in. It's a small company and it's not life or death... except if you try to drive in this mess.

The snow is powdery. My dogs are LOVING it! They keep snooting in it so they look like they have white mustaches.

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I closed the office today. Snow in Atlanta! (Original Post) Phentex Jan 2018 OP

A suggestion..check their paws often, they're not used to this snow irisblue Jan 2018 #1

Yes check the dogs' paws..... wipe off snow or ice when they come in the house. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #4

will do! Phentex Jan 2018 #6

I just stayed home. greymattermom Jan 2018 #2

Did you see Phentex Jan 2018 #7

Yes if you are not used to driving on snow or ice, better to stay off the roads. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #3

I walked down the street to get my neighbor's mail for her Phentex Jan 2018 #8

Ok, sounds powdery and not slippery yet. Yes, fun if you have Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #10

How many inches? Powdery snow is actually not too bad to drive in. You get traction in... brush Jan 2018 #5

offically 2.3 at the airport Phentex Jan 2018 #9

I got stranded on a highway once for over 12hrs..trying to be a hero and go to work HipChick Jan 2018 #11

irisblue

(33,018 posts)

1. A suggestion..check their paws often, they're not used to this snow

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:34 PM

Jan 2018

& we need pictures. And good on you for the close down decision.

Irish_Dem

(47,226 posts)

4. Yes check the dogs' paws..... wipe off snow or ice when they come in the house. nt

Reply to irisblue (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:38 PM

Jan 2018

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

6. will do!

Reply to irisblue (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:41 PM

Jan 2018

I wipe their paws every time they come in cause they like to dig.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

2. I just stayed home.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:36 PM

Jan 2018

In Dunwoody.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

7. Did you see

Reply to greymattermom (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:43 PM

Jan 2018

how the local news stations canceled regularly scheduled programming just to show people driving in the snow? Did we need hours of this coverage? LOL

Irish_Dem

(47,226 posts)

3. Yes if you are not used to driving on snow or ice, better to stay off the roads.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:37 PM

Jan 2018

And the sidewalks will be slippery, so be careful.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

8. I walked down the street to get my neighbor's mail for her

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:46 PM

Jan 2018

and it was fun to stomp around in the snow.

Irish_Dem

(47,226 posts)

10. Ok, sounds powdery and not slippery yet. Yes, fun if you have

Reply to Phentex (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:49 PM

Jan 2018

not spent most of your winters fighting it.

brush

(53,815 posts)

5. How many inches? Powdery snow is actually not too bad to drive in. You get traction in...

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:38 PM

Jan 2018

the powder. Slushy, wet, heavy snow that ices over is when driving is treacherous.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

9. offically 2.3 at the airport

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:47 PM

Jan 2018

but two employees live way out in the burbs so there was no point in even trying that. Nothing urgent to be done at the office.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

11. I got stranded on a highway once for over 12hrs..trying to be a hero and go to work

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 04:37 PM

Jan 2018

a tractor trailer jackknifed in front of us and we were cut off and stranded in the snow...never again..

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