Friday, April 25, 2014
Lower down this blog site you will find the Harris Family History A narrative by my grandmother, Mable (Kelly) Hunter, typed and commented on by Beverly Elaine (Hunter) Anderson. Both now passed on, as are almost all of those mentioned herein.
2 poems are by B. E. Anderson and this was put together about 1974 and posted here in Feb. 2006 by C. Harris, P O Box 7252, Marietta, Ga 30067.
Contact info: computer201@hotmail.com.
Relevant Blogs are:
http://harrisfamilyhistory.blogspot.com,
http://harrisphotostorage.blogspot.com,
http://harriscobbcountygeorgia.blogspot.com
We only get snow now and then, this is now.
1/28/14
I had a 1 pm appt to get the cars oil changed, got 3 miles from
home in this traffic and called to cancel the service until Thurs.
Whole outing, all six miles took nearly 3 hours start to finish, then couldn't get the car up the hill and into the garage, its now parked at the curb.
Kennesaw, Georgia Caught in Winter Impasse
Despite plenty of advance warning, Tuesday's winter storm seemed to take many in metro Atlanta by surprise, as commuters sent home by their employers and students released early were stranded on roads and at schools into the evening hours.
As much as three inches of snow were reported in the metro area, and more than an inch or more in places in Cobb County.
But it was ice that quickly hardened on roads and bridges that made driving treacherous, and all but impossible for many everyday motorists and school bus drivers to go very far at all.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency for all 159 counties in Georgia.
Some Cobb commuters posted on their social media accounts about hours-long traffic jams after employers let them go home.
But some feared they would never get there, as they reported they had abandoned their vehicles and were prepared to spend the night in their offices and get a restaurant meal if they could find one.
"This is absolutely the craziest thing I've ever seen," East Cobb resident Eric Stein posted on Facebook. "Two inches of snow and the ATL is at a complete and total standstill."
Many businesses and colleges and universities closed early, as did public and private preschool and K-12 schools. Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic and State University and all campuses of Chattahoochee Tech will be closed Wednesday.
Even restaurants shut their doors early on Tuesday, including Marietta's venerable Williamson Brothers Bar-B-Q.
Some Cobb schools students (along with teachers and staff) remained at their schools long after they were dismissed early, as bus transportation was delayed due to bad road conditions.
When announcing late Tuesday afternoon that Cobb schools would be closed on Wednesday, district officials did not acknowledge those delays.
But parents complained on the Cobb school district Facebook page that school officials waited too long to release students and perhaps should not have had school at all on Tuesday, a concern that has been echoed by parents across the metro area.
Around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Cobb schools did send out this message:
"Severe weather and traffic conditions continue to impact student transportation in several areas of Cobb County. Bus drivers will do their best to deliver students home. If road conditions do not allow students to deliver to their normal stops, students will be returned to school under supervision."
At Marietta City Schools, officials cancelled bus service and asked parents to pick their children up at schools.
As in Cobb, Marietta schools will be closed on Wednesday for students and all staff.
World Ends! Film at
11
I had a 1 pm appt to get the cars oil changed, got 3 miles from
home in this traffic and called to cancel the service until Thurs. Whole outing, all six miles took nearly 3 hours start to finish, then couldn't get the car up the hill and into the garage, its now parked at the curb.
Kennesaw, Georgia Caught in Winter Impasse
Schools will be closed on
Wednesday; most county government offices will have a delayed start while
others, including some courts, will be closed.
Northbound traffic on Interstate 75 North on Tuesday afternoon
near
Delk Road. Photo: 511ga.org
Delk Road. Photo: 511ga.org
Despite plenty of advance warning, Tuesday's winter storm seemed to take many in metro Atlanta by surprise, as commuters sent home by their employers and students released early were stranded on roads and at schools into the evening hours.
As much as three inches of snow were reported in the metro area, and more than an inch or more in places in Cobb County.
But it was ice that quickly hardened on roads and bridges that made driving treacherous, and all but impossible for many everyday motorists and school bus drivers to go very far at all.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency for all 159 counties in Georgia.
Commuters abandoning vehicles
Some Cobb commuters posted on their social media accounts about hours-long traffic jams after employers let them go home.
But some feared they would never get there, as they reported they had abandoned their vehicles and were prepared to spend the night in their offices and get a restaurant meal if they could find one.
"This is absolutely the craziest thing I've ever seen," East Cobb resident Eric Stein posted on Facebook. "Two inches of snow and the ATL is at a complete and total standstill."
Many businesses and colleges and universities closed early, as did public and private preschool and K-12 schools. Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic and State University and all campuses of Chattahoochee Tech will be closed Wednesday.
Even restaurants shut their doors early on Tuesday, including Marietta's venerable Williamson Brothers Bar-B-Q.
Students stuck at schools
Some Cobb schools students (along with teachers and staff) remained at their schools long after they were dismissed early, as bus transportation was delayed due to bad road conditions.
When announcing late Tuesday afternoon that Cobb schools would be closed on Wednesday, district officials did not acknowledge those delays.
But parents complained on the Cobb school district Facebook page that school officials waited too long to release students and perhaps should not have had school at all on Tuesday, a concern that has been echoed by parents across the metro area.
Around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Cobb schools did send out this message:
"Severe weather and traffic conditions continue to impact student transportation in several areas of Cobb County. Bus drivers will do their best to deliver students home. If road conditions do not allow students to deliver to their normal stops, students will be returned to school under supervision."
At Marietta City Schools, officials cancelled bus service and asked parents to pick their children up at schools.
As in Cobb, Marietta schools will be closed on Wednesday for students and all staff.
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