John Thrash cleans snow off his car as snow falls on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga. A winter storm warning is in effect for the Athens area until 7pm Monday with up to six inches of snow are possible.
The weather reports of the snow starting Friday night left us with the following debate:
Me: "We're debating spending the night at the newspaper."
PJ Friend/Mentor: "We did that for a hurricane in Florida, but for snow in Georgia?"
The problem is that Athens does not own any dedicated Snow Removal Equipment. They have 2 giant road graders (for leveling gravel when you pave roads) and 4 trucks that can be outfitted with a sand spreader. So it wasn't a question of whether or not I'd be working - I would; there are no snow days in journalism - but it was a question of when I would get in and how easy it would be to get in.
A decision was made to stay at the paper & quickly amended to the hotel across the street. I set up a time lapse camera in the stairwell of our paper and started it right as the snow started falling. Grabbed snow gear and went out into the height of the storm to get a gallery and some video. Posted a gallery by Midnight and went to sleep for a few hours.
Amy Owen, left, throws a snowball at Lindsey Brown in front of the arch at the University of Georgia as snow falls on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
Iain Turnbull, foreground, makes a snowball as snow falls on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
A woman walks on College Avenue as snow falls on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
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