Oh, Oh, Oh, I know the answer to this one. I was moving from Snellville to Monroe. Just got half the stuff moved in and had to sit it out for three days before we could complete the move. We went from city water to a well, the power went out, the driveway was iced over, and we had to have friends in a 4-wheel drive bring us water. No power, we slept on the floor in the living room in front of the fire. I had only lived in the U.S. for less than four years and coming from sunny South Africa it was quite a shock!

I remember that storm. I lived in Atlanta with my two boys and our power was out and the streets were iced over. We had gas heat so we never lost heat. I had candles in sconces all over my walls so we had light too. We just sat and played cards for days. We did venture out on day four for supplies. I let some air out of my tires on my Jeep Grand Wagoneer, dropped her into four wheel drive and headed out. Of course I left the boys at home. I saw seven wrecks along the way. All the cars sliding into each other. We had an adventure.

I've been doing a little research on a few other Atlanta storms, the January 10-12 1982 "Snow Jam" and the March 24th 1983 snowstorm that dropped about 8". I'll have an additional post on those.

I lived in Dacula when it happened. I don't remember hearing anything on the TV (internet hardly even existed then). But I remember watching it out my back window and seeing the snow move almost horizontal. And there weren't little flakes either. One thing that stands out to me was how dark it was... and this was daytime. The combination of the height of the thunderstorm type clouds (and yes, they were thunderstorms (and thundersnow is what it's called) and the very heavy snow falling, made it seem like dusk almost. You would then have the occasional flashes of lightning that would make the snow and clouds glow blue. Very awesome sight.

If you look at the maps, you'll notice that it wasn't real cold even though Birmingham got down to 2 degrees and we got down about 10, but look around on the map of the 13th/14th and you'll see we were in a pocket of very cold air. Much of the cold was pulled in by the storm from the upper atmosphere, it made it's own cold air. It's a good thing it moved quickly though or we would have been in multiple feet of snow. Newfound Gap had 56" of snow... can you imagine?

I remember it fondly. I was stuck my one bedroom apartment. Fortunately it was the weekend of the ACC basketball tournament. Georgia Tech won that year beating North Carolina in the finals by 2 points!

You had power Bob?

I remember the March snow storm. We had just had the wood delivered to start building our 20 X 20 deck on the back of our house. Plans had to be put on hold until the snow went away.

I know where I was during the Storm of the Century...Northside Hospital Maternity Ward! The barometric pressure was so crazy I went into labor with my first daughter two weeks early! After a adventurous ride on I285 to the hospital (apparently large truckers don't slow down in a snow storm) we came into the hospital with all the staff asking about news from "the outside world" they had been stuck in the hospital, eatting. sleeping and showering in the hospital rooms for what seemed like weeks to them. Jessamy Grace McManus was born on March 15, 1993. We will always have the story of her birth during the Storm of the Century.

I came home that Thursday and it was a balmy March day. I told my wife, "We need to get ready for the blizzard that's coming tomorrow." She didn't believe me! We were prepared, though. Our poor dog didn't have food so we fed her rice. I have a picture of my wife from when we were stuck indoors that I think is the most beautiful she's ever looked. She was pregnant with our son who was born that July.