Sipsey Street Irregulars: "The Day We Lost Atlanta How 2 lousy inches of snow paralyzed a metro area of 6 million."

Friday, January 31, 2014

"The Day We Lost Atlanta How 2 lousy inches of snow paralyzed a metro area of 6 million."

"As a Walking Dead fan, I appreciate all those jokes on social media, but as an Atlantan, I’m concerned that this storm revealed just how unprepared we are in case of real disaster."

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johnnyreb said...: Another big city run by Democrats?; January 31, 2014 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous said...: What the hell would they do if they were here in Michigan? Since the first of January we have had no less then 18 inches of snow from three systems. And we are slated to get another 5-8 tonight through tomorrow with a chance of freezing rain. Our snow fall totals could very well be greater then in 2001 when we had 173 inches for the year. It was a lot like this winter. We are already near 100 inches just to my west and they are saying with three more months where snow can and usally does fall we could exect another 60 inches from the combination of lake effect and just plain snow storms. We have had a lot of wind which is normal with global cooling I have many friends in the south and I know they just aren't used to this. But it does point to the smart folks that have the where with all to be prepared.; January 31, 2014 at 9:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Reading through the Politico item,
I see a resemblance between it ands
some passages of Robert Putnam's
Bowling Alone in that the
major factor is not the snow, but the
sprawl and the number of vehicles.
To jump to conclusions, which is all
I have time for right now, this is one
shot in the "war on automobiles"; February 6, 2014 at 7:45 PM

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"The Fate of Unborn Millions. . ."

"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army-Our cruel and unrelenting Enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission; that is all we can expect-We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die." -- George Washington to his troops before the Battle of Long Island.

"We will not go gently . . ."

This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can't be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won't be done. The Founders' Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.

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And when we are gone, the scattered, free survivors hiding in the ruins of our once-great republic will sing of our deeds in forbidden songs, tending the flickering flame of individual liberty until it bursts forth again, as it must, generations later. We will live forever, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, in sacred memory.

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"The Day We Lost Atlanta How 2 lousy inches of snow paralyzed a metro area of 6 million."

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