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I'm home from ATLANTA!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:57 pm
by Stormsfury
Just got back in everyone ...
Damn, it's hot in Charleston ... it's still 87º with a heat index of 101º here at 11:00 PM!!!!
SF
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:05 pm
by Skywatch_NC
WELCOME "HOME" MIKE!!
Eric
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:09 pm
by Rainband
Hope you had a blast!!!
Welcome Home Bud
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:09 pm
by Lindaloo
Welcome back Mike!!
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:11 pm
by Brent
Wlecome back!!
Have fun in Hotlanta?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:11 pm
by Stormsfury
Oh, I did have a blast ... especially in regards to Fourth of July festivities in Stone Mountain, GA on Saturday, and Acworth, GA on Sunday ...
Six Flags was cool, and so was the water park last Friday (until thunderstorms ripped through Gwinnett County, but there were indoor pools as well) ...
Glad to be home ...
SF
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:11 pm
by cycloneye
Welcome back Mike and you didn't miss anything in the tropics because the Atlantic continues very quiet.
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:59 pm
by Stormsfury
cycloneye wrote:Welcome back Mike and you didn't miss anything in the tropics because the Atlantic continues very quiet.
I, periodically, got to check the tropics, and make a few posts ... I did notice a couple of areas of interest last week, but the story was by far, the heat and severe weather ...
SF
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:40 am
by azsnowman
Welcome HOME Brother! Sounds like a GREAT vacation....and YES, vacations are GREAT, but as Dorothy said "There's NO PLACE like HOME!"
Dennis
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:17 pm
by therock1811
YOWSERS! It was HOT down there!
Welcome back Mike! Glad you enjoyed that MUCH NEEDED break!
(Note to self: I need to do that sometime!
)
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:25 pm
by GalvestonDuck
I'm totally glad you're back! I was missing your great weather posts.
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:18 pm
by Stephanie
Welcome back Mike!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:07 pm
by bfez1
Welcome back, Mike!
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:39 pm
by breeze
Glad you're back, SF! Any really cool "points-
of-interest" that you visited? I only know
about driving through Atlanta, in a raving
construction-ridden turmoil, via interstate-
and, I know, that CAN'T be Atlanta!
I'm going to have to go there, in the
fall, for a neurology workshop....any tips?
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:07 am
by Stormsfury
breeze wrote:Glad you're back, SF! Any really cool "points-
of-interest" that you visited? I only know
about driving through Atlanta, in a raving
construction-ridden turmoil, via interstate-
and, I know, that CAN'T be Atlanta!
I'm going to have to go there, in the
fall, for a neurology workshop....any tips?
Let's see, tips ... NEVER ever drive on Atlanta streets during rush-hour ... nothing like bumper-to-bumper traffic moving approx. ½ MPH for miles (even with 6 lanes of traffic)
Watch out for what's known at the Atlanta Suicide Sweep ... where traffic getting on the interstate enters from ramp and sweeps across 5 lanes of traffic all the way to the far left lane with no regard to oncoming cars (also applies to people exiting onto an on-ramp from the far-left lane sweeping across 5 lanes of traffic to get to the exit).
Generally, the general flow of traffic is around 80 mph through Atlanta on 285. The state troopers and area police's leeway is about 12 miles an hour over, but if you're pulled going 25 MPH over the speed limit, forget a ticket, you're going to jail.
SF
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:47 am
by HurricaneGirl
Welcome Back SF!
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:26 pm
by therock1811
Yeah and AVOID taking I-75/85 straight through if at all possible in daytime!
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:55 pm
by breeze
Stormsfury wrote:breeze wrote:Glad you're back, SF! Any really cool "points-
of-interest" that you visited? I only know
about driving through Atlanta, in a raving
construction-ridden turmoil, via interstate-
and, I know, that CAN'T be Atlanta!
I'm going to have to go there, in the
fall, for a neurology workshop....any tips?
Let's see, tips ... NEVER ever drive on Atlanta streets during rush-hour ... nothing like bumper-to-bumper traffic moving approx. ½ MPH for miles (even with 6 lanes of traffic)
Watch out for what's known at the Atlanta Suicide Sweep ... where traffic getting on the interstate enters from ramp and sweeps across 5 lanes of traffic all the way to the far left lane with no regard to oncoming cars (also applies to people exiting onto an on-ramp from the far-left lane sweeping across 5 lanes of traffic to get to the exit).
Generally, the general flow of traffic is around 80 mph through Atlanta on 285. The state troopers and area police's leeway is about 12 miles an hour over, but if you're pulled going 25 MPH over the speed limit, forget a ticket, you're going to jail.
SF
LOL, thanks, SF and Jeremy, but, hey - I thought suicide was
sitting in CRAWLING traffic through construction while you had
to PEE so bad that your eyeballs were floating...??
OK -
there you all have it - my memory of Atlanta - I gotta dig in
and do better than that, eh?