By jc

March 7, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

I remember, My folks flew in from Northern Michigan on 3/12/93 to get away from the bad winter they were having up there….The rest is History. Could not get out of our subdivision in Woodstock for 3 days.

By jm

March 7, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

I went to a Black Tie Party at the hotel Nikko with my friend Valarie Voss (CNN Meteorologist at the time) the rain was pouring down outside and she said we were going to get some snow that night. I told her yea Val, snow after all this rain? Well I left the party went home and woke up with 10 inches of snow in my front yard. I will never question a Meteorologist again. Also a friend of mine stayed the night at the Nikko so he wouldn’t have to drive home, and could not get out of the hotel for 3 days. Prince had a concert that night and also could not leave and gave a concert in the hotel lobby.

By Regina

March 7, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

I remember it well. My birthday is the 11th and I spent all my money that night thinking I would buy my boyfriend his gift the next day, his birthday was on the 13th. Well, sure enough, here came the blizzard. He got no gift, no card, and I got no sympathy.

I also recall the fellowship and helping attitudes the blizzard brought out in all of us.

By Kim

March 7, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

I will never forget the blizzard of 93, I was suppose to have my bridal shower that weekend. Needless to say it was postponed to the next weekend. But of course that will always be engrained in my memory. The good news is we will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary April 2nd.

By Kunify

March 7, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

Flew to NY city for conference and was the last plane in LaGuardia… airport was closed for three days….then we were the first plane out. Nice Blizzard 40+ inches of snow, wind was horrific and the conference was canceled - which was great..spent the whole weekend in bed with my “bride”..get the pic!

By Harold

March 7, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

It was my 30 birthday. I remember it well. I was really mad because my soon to be wife and I were supposed to get together with a bunch of my friends that night. Needless to say, those plans were canceled.

I was really mad about that, and the cable was out so no SEC or ACC Tournament Basketball.

She had a much better attitude and went into our back yard and made a great big snowman and had a great time. I joined her, and later realized we had looked ourselves out of the house.

If I remember correctly, the temperature was up in the 50’s by the next day, and by Monday most or all the snow was gone.

By steve

March 7, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Who can forget the blizzard of 93. The thing i remember the most about it was being without power and calling Cobb EMC every hour to hear ” we will be there soon”. Yeah right… but anyway it was something i will always remember since it was the most snow we’ve had around here since i have been alive.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By CJ

March 7, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

It was cold.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By Shanaynay

March 7, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

I lived in Mableton at the time and we got about 8 inches. The 7 year old whooped it up, the 2 year old was having none of it and the 29 year old (that would be me) wanted to build a snow fort!

By BRRRR ....

March 7, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

My memories busting not once but twice walking on ice in Va Hghlnds. One of the slips was in front of Atkins Park and hurt like !@#$%^&. I think I was cut off at Neighbors right before that. Also, there were many problems as that infamous 93 March NE ‘ster went up the coast. Read The Perfect Storm for a good true nautical tale of this savage storm. I moved to the GA coast the next month (4/03). It took 14 yrs for me to move back to the ATL.

By BRRRR ....

March 7, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

My memories busting not once but twice walking on ice in Va Hghlnds. One of the slips was in front of Atkins Park and hurt like !@#$%^&. I think I was cut off at Neighbors right before that. Also, there were many problems as that infamous 93 March NE ‘ster went up the coast. Read The Perfect Storm for a good true nautical tale of this savage storm. I moved to the GA coast the next month (4/03). It took 14 yrs for me to move back to the ATL.

By Cau

March 7, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Ah yes, the blizzard of ‘93. I remember it well. I was in college at the AU Center at the time and had been in NYC on spring break for the previous week. Well we were finally able to get a flight out of the city, arrive in Atlanta and make it back to campus. What did we find, the entire AUC was without power. They moved everyone to the Castlegate Hotel for 2-3 days until they were able to get power restored. Life lesson #245-horny college students in a wide open hotel with little or no supervision is a recipe for um … I’ll let you figure it out.

By BRRRR ....

March 7, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

My memories busting not once but twice walking on ice in Va Hghlnds. One of the slips was in front of Atkins Park and hurt like !@#$%^&. I think I was cut off at Neighbors right before that. Also, there were many problems as that infamous 93 March NE ‘ster went up the coast. Read The Perfect Storm for a good true nautical tale of this savage storm. I moved to the GA coast the next month (4/03). It took 14 yrs for me to move back to the ATL.

By BRRRR ....

March 7, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

My memories busting not once but twice walking on ice in Va Hghlnds. One of the slips was in front of Atkins Park and hurt like !@#$%^&. I think I was cut off at Neighbors right before that. Also, there were many problems as that infamous 93 March NE ‘ster went up the coast. Read The Perfect Storm for a good true nautical tale of this savage storm. I moved to the GA coast the next month (4/03). It took 14 yrs for me to move back to the ATL.

By Jumbo

March 7, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

Thanks ClemsonDude. It was nice reading your memory of the blizzard 41 times.

By Tina

March 7, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

My boyfriend and I walked to the closest open store which was a gas station and loaded up on beer and chips since we didn’t have any food in the house. And we made snow cones with grenadine. I also remember hearing a story of a spike in births that following December that was attributed to the “Blizzard on ‘93”.

By Tina

March 7, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

My boyfriend and I walked to the closest open store which was a gas station and loaded up on beer and chips since we didn’t have any food in the house. And we made snow cones with grenadine. I also remember hearing a story of a spike in births that following December that was attributed to the “Blizzard of ‘93”.

By Fraz

March 7, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

I remember Blind Melon was just about to take the stage at the Masquerade when a girl told me it was supposed to snow. On our way back to Auburn after the show, one of my friends lost control of his car on a snowy I-85 and crashed into the woods. We pulled off on the side, reversed about a quarter of a mile on the icy shoulder and picked them up. We now had five people in a two-seat RX-7. We made it a little farther down the road when we finally had to stop at a gas station until daylight. It was the last time we were all together. BTW, Blind Melon put on an incredible show!

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By Cheryl Cash

March 7, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

My husband certainly remembers well the blizzard of ‘93. He had been out cutting wood for our fireplace and unknowingly chopped down a thunderwood bush for his pile. Within hours his body was covered with huge eruptions. He was reluctant to go to the doctor since the roads were so bad. That is until the reaction affected his private parts. As if his predicament wasn’t embarrassing enough, we ended up having to call around the community to find someone who owned a four wheel drive vehicle to transport him to the emergency room for treatment. That was the last winter he cut fire wood.

By Gah

March 7, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

I remember it well. Another coincidence is that I was living in this townhouse last time, and now I’m living in it again! Anyway, we had such deep snow in the Decatur area, that my neighbor asked if I wanted to ride with them to the grocery (2 blocks away). It took us 2 1/2 hours to get there and back, and fight the crowds at the store. I’m from Va., so I was used to a lot more snow than that and enjoyed it as a kid, but in Ga., it’s a big deal…one I hope I never experience again in this lifetime.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By ClemsonDude

March 7, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Yes, I do remember. Although I miss the snowfall in Atlanta, I was in South Georgia that weekend but when I came home back to Stone Mountain it took me nearly 2 hours longer once I got close to Atlanta on I-75 crunching on snow and ice at 20 MPH. Then when I finally got home I had no power for nearly 2 days but my neighbor across the street had power.

By FunMemory

March 7, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

I was 22 and lived in my first apartment at the time..a crappy rat hole dump in Smyrna and was new here, on my own and all alone in the big city. Some dipwad I didn’t want to date had four wheel drive and was begging to come over and bring me anything I needed… I got my toilet paper and he got nothing. I was praying for the power to stay on and it did. Now I’m in a cushy address and I’ve got a generator when the power goes out. Life is good.

By Shannon

March 7, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

I had just graduated from college the previous December and was working down in midtown at the time. I remember walking outside earlier that week and everything was starting to bloom. When they started talking about snow I thought they were crazy and thought there is no way. Then Saturday morning when I woke up and looked out it hadn’t done anything, so I went back to sleep thinking ‘aha! I knew it!’ and then woke up about an hour and a half later and we already had several inches on the ground at that point and it was just coming down. And as far as power went, I guess I was one of the fortunate ones … I never lost power and only lost the cable for about 30 minutes or an hour.

By andrew

March 7, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

Yes I do remember. One memory is my grandmother called the local radio station for someone to help because our Pastor was was without power or heat…anyways some one took him a kerosene heater!

By Ryan

March 7, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

You guys have it easy. Last month we got 18 inches of snow up here in WI, and we still had to go to work!

By FSU Gal

March 7, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Oh yes … I remember it well. In the fall of ‘92, my husband’s company offered him a transfer from Chicago (where we were living at the time) to either Boston or Atlanta. We chose Atlanta because it was closer to both of our families (his is in Mobile and mine is in Destin) and because we had quite enough of the snow and cold weather after living up in Chicago for sometime (my hubby moved up there after graduating from FSU in 1990 and I moved up there after I graduated from FSU in 1991 and we were married in that June). We moved in late January and we’re thrilled to be living in the type of weather we had gotten used to growing up in the south and then low and behold a month and a half later … Bam! Blizzard! My first thought was ‘darnit (well maybe not those exact words) … this was one of the reasons why we chose to move to Atlanta from Chicago instead of Boston’!

By clthurman

March 7, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

Remember, I will never forget it. I was living with the best girl in the world at the time and we never stopped laughing….just thinking about that small amount of time makes me miss Christina even more. Hope you are doing well…bless you…Chuck.

By Shannon

March 7, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

**By Ryan

March 7, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

You guys have it easy. Last month we got 18 inches of snow up here in WI, and we still had to go to work!**

Good thing you’re used to it then, Ryan. See that’s the thing … people in the north get used to it, because they see it all the time. Us … well this kind of thing happens once in a blue moon, so we never get used to it and thus don’t handle it very well (plus our local and state government doesn’t spend a whole lot of money on equipment to deal with it since it would get very little use down here unlike where you live).

By Rick

March 7, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

I did not think it was going to snow so We went to Couhutta lodge, me , wife and her friend. Got stuck there for 4 days with Joyce Oscar and the rest of her news team. Great memories.

By Megan

March 7, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

Who can forget the Blizzard of 93? It was the last time that metro Atlanta truly saw a lot of snow. For me, I was only 9 but I can remember having to trudge through the snow (after falling into a ditch) to my neighbor’s house because they had a generator so that we could have a warm meal since we were without power. It’s too bad that our kids have no idea what a real snow looks like down here…

By Shannon

March 7, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

** By Rick

March 7, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

I did not think it was going to snow so We went to Couhutta lodge, me , wife and her friend. Got stuck there for 4 days with Joyce Oscar and the rest of her news team. Great memories. **

Oh … so ya’ll were some of those people stuck up there. I remember watching that on the news.

By Someone with sense

March 7, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

Just a friendly tip for some of you. Comments sometimes take a little bit to show up after you post. Posting the same thing many times is NOT going to make it any different.

By Patty

March 7, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

I remember the blizzard of ‘93—my husband couldn’t believe when I made a fuss about ordering a truckload of firewood and getting to the store for groceries. He kept telling me that I’d lived in Georgia long enough to know it wasn’t going to snow. He was thrilled I’d went to all the trouble when we woke up to thigh-high snow drifts. My best friend was tickled too—she lived a couple of doors down and had held a spend the night party for fifteen little girls the night the blizzard hit!

And don’t let that guy from WI fool you—I live in MI now and these folks can’t drive any better on black ice than Southerners do. The news is full of slide offs and accidents during snow season.

By Cold mom-to-be

March 7, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

I remember the 1993 snow storm vividly. I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter. We had no electricity and I had to huddle by the fireplace all day to stay warm. My husband bundled up and went outsidt to cook dinner on the grill. It was fun and a cute story to tell my daughter!

By CaribbeanDawg

March 7, 2008 7:04 PM | Link to this

One of the things I remember the most was the thunder and lightning while it was snowing. Never had experienced anything like that before. I lived in Tucker at the time and don’t know if it happened in any other areas or not.

By Dr. R

March 7, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this

I do. First and last time I ever heard thunder while it was snowing. And the wind was blowing 40 mph at least. But we never lost power and just rode it out.

By flgirl

March 7, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Our house was the only one on the street with power, so our 12 year old nephew who lived next door at the time stayed at our house the whole time playing video games with my husband while I read book after book sitting by the fire. Our nephew passed away two years ago and this is still one of our best memories of him.

By Tina B

March 7, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

I was working for Citibank credit card division at Perimeter Mall. Being from NY I thought it was a bunch of hype. I did not head the warning and got stuck with no groceries. Everything in Norcross was shut down…..except the Awful House restaurant. I ate waffles for 4 days. I still can’t eat at a Waffle house to this very day.

By catlady

March 7, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

We were in Athens, where it was not so bad, but our friends and family in the mountains were without power (which means no water and little heat) for nearly 2 weeks. We lose our power here a lot. I am less content about it now as I grow older.

We lived in Athens in a house SURROUNDED by white pine trees, 23 of which cracked or came down. My eldest daughter, who was 16 at the time, called Georgia Power about a tree hanging nearly on our house (and on the line) about once an hour (not thinking that we were not their top priority) and they sent a total of 3 crews to help this pitiful child (and the rest of us). Then, Georgia Power called us 3 or 4 times to be sure we were okay. I have never forgotten that—they really put a lot of effort into helping us—sometimes all you hear is the bad but they won my heart that day!

Another great storm was the one that blew in from Alabama so quickly, folks in Atlanta left their cars on the freeways. I think it was in about 1982 or so. I had a terrible time driving home in the mountains. They let school out 3 hours later than they should have that day (we could not miss lunch! Really! That was the excuse.)

The biggest one I have ever seen hit North Alabama with over 3 feet of snow in early January, 1963. I had gotten a sled for Christmas and could not wait to try it out. I put it on the tiny “hill” and sort of ran up to it and threw myself on it, thinking I would fly down the hill like all those pictures you see from up north. The sled sank and I got a whiplash. I went crying in to my dad (who grew up in Illinois) and told him my sled did not work. He finally stopped laughing and explained about packing down a sled run, if the temperatures were not cold enough to put a crust on the snow. Who ever knew it was so complicated?

By Patty

March 7, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this

My husband was stranded for days in Chattanooga and I was home with three kids. At the time we only had one car. Thank heavens we lived within walking distance of a grocery store! It was one of the few times that we had enough snow to warrant the emergency trip to the local Kroger. We didn’t lose power so we were fortunate. I home-schooled my children at the time so they didn’t miss any school time, but we spent a lot of time outdoors. My kids loved it and even though they’re grown and gone, they still talk about that snow.

By catlady

March 7, 2008 9:15 PM | Link to this

We were in Athens, where it was not so bad, but our friends and family in the mountains were without power (which means no water and little heat) for nearly 2 weeks. We lose our power here a lot. I am less content about it now as I grow older.

We lived in Athens in a house SURROUNDED by white pine trees, 23 of which cracked or came down. My eldest daughter, who was 16 at the time, called Georgia Power about a tree hanging nearly on our house (and on the line) about once an hour (not thinking that we were not their top priority) and they sent a total of 3 crews to help this pitiful child (and the rest of us). Then, Georgia Power called us 3 or 4 times to be sure we were okay. I have never forgotten that—they really put a lot of effort into helping us—sometimes all you hear is the bad but they won my heart that day!

Another great storm was the one that blew in from Alabama so quickly, folks in Atlanta left their cars on the freeways. I think it was in about 1982 or so. I had a terrible time driving home in the mountains. They let school out 3 hours later than they should have that day (we could not miss lunch! Really! That was the excuse.)

The biggest one I have ever seen hit North Alabama with over 3 feet of snow in early January, 1963. I had gotten a sled for Christmas and could not wait to try it out. I put it on the tiny “hill” and sort of ran up to it and threw myself on it, thinking I would fly down the hill like all those pictures you see from up north. The sled sank and I got a whiplash. I went crying in to my dad (who grew up in Illinois) and told him my sled did not work. He finally stopped laughing and explained about packing down a sled run, if the temperatures were not cold enough to put a crust on the snow. Who ever knew it was so complicated?

By gatigger

March 7, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

Oh what fun… it was fun; for a little while. Then the power went out and the only heat was the fire place and granny’s heavy quilts. My Sheltie loved it - she hopped like a rabbit through the snow. In Conyers, where we lived at the time, the snow was up to her belly and she just bunny-hopped her way across the yard to chase snowballs. One of our neighbors used their dining room furniture for firewood. There were 4 kids in the house, no heat and no electricity. She later commented that she never liked that furniture anyway and this was a good use for it. Another neighbor had a tree fall on the roof and the men in the neighborhood gathered to put up a temporary patch. Both fun and cold… :-)

By No name

March 7, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

Yes I remember because it was fun to watch the kids trying to stand up with the wind blowing as hard as it was. We need some more snow like that right now.

By Annoyed

March 7, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

No wonder we all panic at the thought of snow! The AJC online has a headline “Snow like93?”

tonight’s low? 35

What a joke.

By BillDawg

March 7, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

Yeah I remember the Blizzard of ‘93, I worked for Ga. Power!!! Didn’t we have a good time?

By Karen

March 7, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

Definitely remember this and I still have a t-shirt about it. I worked at the Midtown Courtyard as a waitress, and we were told not to go home after our shift because we’d have to spend the night and work. I said no way, and drove home and back in my Nissan Sentra, passing other cars on my way. I stopped by a gas station and bought a six pack before going back to the hotel.

Working was another story - what a nightmare! The hotel guests were rude and demanding, and it was chaos. I chugged a beer before dinner, and that made it all better. I was pleasant to all, even as I was telling them that what they saw is what they got. I’m even getting tense now thinking about what a terrible time it was dealing with hoards of rude, nasty snowbound hotel guests…

By Cristan

March 7, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

I remember getting up in the middle of the night and watching the green lightening with the snow - so eerie! I also remember that on the outskirts of Dalton we had NO WATER from Sat - Thurs. That means melting snow to flush the potty!

By KK

March 7, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this

I remember it well. I was 4 months pregnant with my daughter who was born in August 1993. I was born & raised in Seattle and had never seen so much snow at one time. It was a pretty awesome event!

By KK

March 7, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

I remember it well. I was 4 months pregnant with my daughter who was born in August 1993. I was born & raised in Seattle and had never seen so much snow at one time. It was a pretty awesome event!

By Sherry

March 8, 2008 1:33 AM | Link to this

I remember being woke up in the middle of the night by the flash then crack, I looked out the window and saw the snow start to fall. That was beautiful!

I had neighbors who were college age and just moved here from up North. The electricity was out so they took everything from the refrigerator that mattered (beer) and stored it on the back patio in the snow.

I loved it!

By Shay

March 8, 2008 6:37 AM | Link to this

I was actually watching a video last month that my husband had taped during snowstorm ‘93. My daughter was 2 1/2 years old. She hated being out in the blizzard. She got sick a few days later and had a febrile seizure. She’s now 17 years old and still doesn’t really like the snow.

By Gloria

March 8, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

For the most part it was great fun…It was my son’s 4th birthday on the 12th and I got him a puppy. That damn dog refused to go outside to tinkle….even after we cleared an area for him. The thing I remember most was the lightning and thunder…it was like a rainstorm except with snow..pretty freaky.

By Ray

March 8, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

I remember it well. We were at a TN Walking Horse show in Union City. Took three horses in a large four horse trailer. Took five hours to get back to Columbus pulling the trailer and dodging overturned 18 wheelers. Quite an experience.

By Shauna

March 8, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

I do remember it. I was in 8th grade. My family and I lived in Loganville at the time. It is probably one of my fondest childhood memories. Everyone in our neighborhood, children and adults alike, all joined together for sledding, snowball fights (kids vs. adults), and building snowmen. Waking up to that amount of snow was like being in a dream. We had to cook in the fireplace and my whole family had to “camp out” in the living room in front of the fireplace-no electricity.

By sc

March 8, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

My wife and I were visiting Asheville, NC that weekend and it snowed 24” with drifts up to 4’. We could not leave to come back to Atlanta for 2 days.

By Mark

March 8, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

That wasn’t snow. It was a light frost. I was born in Bflo, and 10 inches is nothing. You yahoo’s have yet to see REAL snow.

By SUSAN WILLIS

March 8, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

I flew into Atlanta (moving back from Boise, Idaho) It was 70 degrees. But that night is when the blizzard came in. I stayed at my son’s house without power most of the time for the next couple of days. Several people teased me about bringing the snow with me from Idaho because when I left there was a lot of snow there.

By Teresa

March 8, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

I remember well how much everything was frozen over even that Monday after! A friend from Ohio who lived in Cartersville also laughed at me for getting firewood, flashlights, portable radios and batteries, food, etc. She got none of these for preparedness. “It won’t snow here like in Ohio!” They ended up losing power and the City of Cartersville shut down the water system. She called me hourly for updates as to what was going on! I still laugh at that.

By Dondee

March 8, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

I remember the Blizzard….It was my son’s 6th birthday and I was just able to make his dinner and cake before the electricity and gas went out. The poor kid was sick and later his eardrum ruptured. We, too couldn’t get out for three days….

By JC

March 8, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

We got off work at Azio Buckhead around 1, and sat in The Steamhouse until they ran us out…all the time, raining like cats & dogs. Somehow, we ended up at Club Anytime…along with quite a few other morons…and danced till dawn. I went to the door at around 7am, and stepped into a white-out… The trek home to East Roxboro is another story, altogether….Did I mention I fell in love that weekend? Good times…good times. Hope she is doing well…

By Dawn

March 8, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

It’s so funny to see this blog, because I had just told my kids that this reminds me of the blizzard of ‘93. My mom was down visiting from Connecticut. I remember we went to the Atlanta History Center. When we went in it was 75 degrees. 2 hours later the temperature had dropped about 25 degrees…and it kept on dropping. There was no forecast of any snow accumulation.

We were supposed to spend the night on Saturday at the spa at Chateau Elan, but instead got stuck in a single-wide trailer in Kennesaw for 3 days. I love my mom, but she can drive me nuts. I kept leaving in the middle of the storm. My neighbors thought I was crazy. They’d ask where I was going and I’d reply “ANYWHERE!” I spent a lot of time at the Winn-Dixie across the street because it was the only place open. I still have the “Georgia Peach” sweatshirt I bought there, because I was bored and just wanted something to do.

When it stopped snowing we went over to the bank and did donuts in the snow in the parking lot. We were a couple of wild and crazy chicks. I also remember my two miniature dachshunds tunneling through the snow. They were a riot.

I grew up with a lot of snow in the north, but the blizard of ‘93 was a blast!

By ex-texan

March 8, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

At least ya’ll HAVE snow memories…

Back in Houston, where I’m from, if the temperature gets below 50 in winter it’s the top story on the news and the front-page headline in the paper.

The only time I remember it actually snowing in Houston was back in December of ‘89 (I was 10) when we got about 2 inches. The city was shut down for 2 days (it also got down to 10 degrees that night; about half the water pipes in the city burst).

Believe me; those few times it’s snowed here this winter is about as much snow as Houston gets in 20 years…

By Loved ATL

March 8, 2008 10:37 PM | Link to this

I had to Laugh at the blizzard of 93; we had just moved from the North. Yea; We know what Southern’s think of us. But one of our son’s had an indoor soccer tourney and we drove down to S. ATL from Roswell. No one was on the roads, hwy’s nothing-ATL shut down-surely they would play an indoor soccer game. Snow never stopped us up North, indoor or outdoor soccer. We saw sooooo many people spinning, in the ditch, tires stuck and we were just enjoying all of the snow. Did we show up to the game? Yes; do those who lived near the area they were to play-no. Not a single person showed up, the indoor soccer place was open-Northern must of owned it. But it was the great blizzard of 93 and it was wonderful. I’m glad I turned into a Southern; it’s the best place to be blizzard or Not. Now I am stuck being a Northern again - Kudo’s to ATL. for the great memory.

By Voice of Reason

March 13, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

I was in the operating room, re-suspending a patient’s rectum. And the next day, I went to a birthday party that one of ATL’s news anchors had for her then husband. I wish we had snow like that again; I love it.

By Kenneth

March 18, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

Friends and I were supposed to drive to the Biltmore Estate that morning, but that didn’t happen. Instead, thanks to a car with really great traction and snow-driving skills learned up north, I drove around, gathered up my friends without electricity and brought them home with me. We had a two-day slumber party. For fun we took a laundry basket to Piedmont Park and used it as a sled.