Snow in Nashville

Ronni

Ronni

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For you hardy souls who live in regions where many inches of snow is the norm, it might be difficult for you to understand the impact that snow has on Nashville. The winter will go by more often than not with zero snow, so when it happens, Nashvillians tend to over-react. They head to the grocery store in droves, stripping the bread and milk aisles. Jokes, memes, derisive comments about "milk sandwiches" have become iconic because of it. :ROFLMAO:

On a more serious note, our infrastructure isn't prepared to handle heavy snow, so when it comes down like it's doing right now, things tend to grind to a halt. We don't have enough snowploughs to keep up, people are inexperienced so they tend to do stupid things like go out when they shouldn't, in spite of pleas by the city officials to stay home. Numerous wrecks, freeway shut downs and stranded cars and people are common, but again, because of lack of equipment and personnel, those stranded are often in serious danger.

Ron and I are hunkered down at home. Neither of us attempted to go to work today. Nor will we tomorrow. The skies opened up around 8.30 am and it's been solidly snowing ever since. It's at around 4" right now, and predictions of 8 - 10. Temps plummeting overnight to around 10 degrees, and only in the teens tomorrow, so whatever slush has been created by traffic will just turn to ice, making things even more treacherous. It's been many years since we had a snow this severe, and things have pretty much just ground to a halt around town.

I have some homemade bread rising right now, and some soup fixings getting ready to go in the pot, and chili and cornbread for tomorrow night's dinner, and by Saturday things should be beginning to get back to normal.
 

The storm Nashville is seeing passed through here late last night, and we only got a light 1/2" dusting of snow. However, the further South and East this storm tracks, the higher the snowfall amounts will be. It will impact regions that seldom see any substantial snow, and are not really equipped to handle it.
All a person can do is pay attention to the weather forecasts, make a quick trip to the grocery store, in advance, then stay home, if possible.
 

Not only is it far better for anyone,
to stay home when driving conditions are bad;
(even those of us who learned to drive in areas that regularly get lots of ice and snow)

Drivers who are not used to the many important adjustments needed, in snow and ice, who are out driving anyway, are even more dangerous to themselves and to others. (Others who might need to be out driving, due to an essential job at hospital, or to help a relative)

Glad you are hunkered down, Ronni, and I feel for the people who didn't know , what they didn't know.:cry:
 
I always laugh when I hear about the panic buying here in Nashville when it snows.
Coming from Nebraska, you always had enough to get through some serious snows and also Tornado scares.
Since the new influx of people moving here, seems the city is getting better at clearing the roads.

I've got enough Moonpies and Goo Goo's to get through any disaster!
 
I have heard the same about Atlanta a number of times.
We had snow here in 1973, but it melted 6' before it reached the ground.
 
Your hunker down meal sounds delicious! Your story reminds me of what happened in Atlanta when they got a couple of inches of snow. They didn't know how to drive in it...people lost their minds. My son wanted to move to Atlanta a few years back to escape the cold weather. My DIL wouldn't move because she'd be losing a nice pension. I told my son don't bother because soon Atlanta will get as much cold as we do up north. Now look at the weather reports.

Ronni you and your husband are doing the smart thing by staying off the roads. I feel bad for people who have to try to get to work in snowstorms or face losing their jobs. Wonder how those bosses feel when their employees get into serious accidents.
 
Ronni, I feel your pain. We in Dallas are not equipped to handle snow either and the few times we've seen it the city has virtually shut down. You may remember that we had 5 days of below-freezing temps last February and our grid was unprepared to handle it, resulting in many losing power and losses of life. It isn't pretty. Stay safe!
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Your hunker down meal sounds delicious!
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Thanks! What is it about really cold weather and snow that makes homemade soup and bread taste extra delicious? 😂🤷‍♀️

We also have one of our friends’ son and his fiancé staying in our tiny house for the week. They live in Kentucky but Brennan is considering work in Nashville and wanted check things out. His degree is in criminal justice and both the job opportunities and pay are better here. They weren’t expecting the weather!!

I invited them in for dinner.
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Lewkat said:
While we were enjoying a mild winter right through Christmas here in NJ, we awoke to almost 2 inches of snow this AM. Well, it is January and I am sure there'll be more to come in the coming months until spring. Pretty sight this morning though.View attachment 202550View attachment 202550View attachment 202550
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That's quite a scene Lewkat. I imagine that being used for some sort of media purpose, perhaps in a magazine. Those houses remind me of brownstones.
 
This was on another site, Diva and I thought it looked pretty much like what we were seeing yesterday morning. Minus those houses as that is a city scene and I live in suburbia.
 
Temperature right now in Michigan is 5, farther out from the city is colder. We actually only have a light cover of snow. Western part of the lower peninsula has a couple of feet of snow.
 
Hi Ronni,being born/raised in Buffalo,NY,I'm used to having snow every winter.I do understand why some residents 'freak out' when they get more than an inch of the 'white stuff',not used to dealing with it. It never fails,sometimes our local TV weather experts 'overhype' an impending 'snowstorm' some residents just go overboard,rush to grocery stores, buy everything in sight.I'll never understand their mindset,they've lived here long enough to know the storm is usually over in a day or two
This would not have happen years ago where you live and other southern states getting snow in winter,I truly believe the cause is climate change Sue
 
Ronni said:
For you hardy souls who live in regions where many inches of snow is the norm, it might be difficult for you to understand the impact that snow has on Nashville. The winter will go by more often than not with zero snow, so when it happens, Nashvillians tend to over-react. They head to the grocery store in droves, stripping the bread and milk aisles. Jokes, memes, derisive comments about "milk sandwiches" have become iconic because of it. :ROFLMAO:

On a more serious note, our infrastructure isn't prepared to handle heavy snow, so when it comes down like it's doing right now, things tend to grind to a halt. We don't have enough snowploughs to keep up, people are inexperienced so they tend to do stupid things like go out when they shouldn't, in spite of pleas by the city officials to stay home. Numerous wrecks, freeway shut downs and stranded cars and people are common, but again, because of lack of equipment and personnel, those stranded are often in serious danger.

Ron and I are hunkered down at home. Neither of us attempted to go to work today. Nor will we tomorrow. The skies opened up around 8.30 am and it's been solidly snowing ever since. It's at around 4" right now, and predictions of 8 - 10. Temps plummeting overnight to around 10 degrees, and only in the teens tomorrow, so whatever slush has been created by traffic will just turn to ice, making things even more treacherous. It's been many years since we had a snow this severe, and things have pretty much just ground to a halt around town.

I have some homemade bread rising right now, and some soup fixings getting ready to go in the pot, and chili and cornbread for tomorrow night's dinner, and by Saturday things should be beginning to get back to normal.
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Ready for round 2? Sounds like it may be worse this time. 😥🥶❄
 
Becky1951 said:
Ready for round 2? Sounds like it may be worse this time. 😥🥶❄
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Luckily it wasn’t worse, at least in terms of precip and road/driving conditions. But man is it COLD!!! 🥶❄️ Ice was the biggest threat. Teens ans single digits, wind chills driving the temps down even further.

I was able to drive to work, but I didn’t anticipate what I would have to go through to get my car door open first! 🤦🏼‍♀️ It was frozen shut!! Thank God I have remote start on my car so I could get the car warmed up but even then it took three cycles before I was able to get the door open!!
 
I live in the "except the higher elevations of the Poconos." That's because every weather report goes like this. "We will have a light dusting of snow, except the higher elevations of the Poconos, who will get 3 feet. And the same thing happens as in Nashville- bread, milk and eggs disappear. And new drivers are all in snowbanks.
 

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