If I were them, I'd call their bluff... I'm sure it would be a major backlash worldwide because it would be seen as censoring what the press could report.

6. Do what I did and go to the store a day before and haven't cranked up the car since I parked it. (But then, I was lucky that I didn't need to go anywhere Tuesday...)

Please don't equate the residents with failures by our government / city to prepare and implement a plan.

I know one local station here, immediately after the Governor said that this was "unexpected", ran down a list of exact times over the previous 24 hours where they reported it would be bad. It took about 2 mins to make it through the list, while she had a wry smile on her face the entire time.

The news today commented that we could have 5,000 plows and sand trucks, but even that would be useless if they aren't cranked up in time.

I'm an Atlanta native and yes, we aren't used to driving on ice, but from what I've been reading from people in Northern states over the past few days, they even say driving on ice is dangerous. First, Chicago is relatively flat, but Atlanta grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Yes, our government failed us, but how are the residents supposed to drive up our hilly terrain when the roads weren't even pre-treated and covered with 1/4" inch of solid ice. None of us have winter tires, mainly because it would be a waste to buy them to use one or two weeks in a decade. If you tried to buy them inside the city, you will get odd looks and a few chuckles, because no place I know of even sells them. If it was just snow, we would have been fine, because we're used to driving in heavy summer rains. So, just don't get pissed when we laugh at you for saying 85 is "too hot".

It doesn't happen. No place that I know of in the city even keeps them in stock.

I think that would only apply to gerkins..

That's the big argument with many pieces of tech these days.

I felt more free in Thailand during the 2010 uprising than I do in America today. As a side note: To the NSA agent reading this, would you email me and tell me where I put my Stargate DVD set? I can't find it anywhere.

She is one of the reasons why I argue to limit Congress to 2 terms.

Did anyone see this and immediately think of the Alcubierre drive warp bubble graphic?

I don't feel bad about not having the money to go shopping...

Thanks for the links. Saved both of them and going to give them a good read through when I have the time.

Sounds like someone's on their way to thereg..