Sure it's Warm, But Two Years Ago We Woke to Snowpocalypse ... Remember?
Temperatures are climbing into the upper 60s, but two years ago, Brookhaven and Chamblee were frolicking in the results of an impactful winter storm that just wouldn't go away.
Sure it’s unseasonably warm today, but few in Brookhaven and Chamblee will forget what they woke up to two years ago this past week. Can you say Snowpocalypse? Thursday’s predicted low temperature of 56 degrees is actually higher than the average temperature for this date and in the coming days temps are expected to rise into the 70s. But it was a far different, and much chillier story two years ago when snow began falling during the evening hours of Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. By the time Monday morning rolled around, Brookhaven and Chamblee were winter wonderlands. Two years ago, temperatures didn’t climb above freezing as people were skiing down Dresden Drive and reveling in the fun of a rare winter snowstorm in the south. But more snow …
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Jed Beardsley
9:21 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
I had just taken delivery of a 4WD Jeep and I had so much fun driving around, looking at snow covered Brookhaven, making "first tracks" as they call it on the slopes. more ›