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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhone call just now between Georgia Gov Kemp and GA DOT Commissioner...
Commish: Sir, Hurricane Dorian looks like it's going to skirt the Georgia Coast, and move along the seaboard. Weve taken all the precautions you advised, and have followed all the required protocols.
Kemp: Great. Now what about the salt trucks?
Commish: Salt trucks, sir?
Kemp: Yeah, them salt trucks. Lets getum rollin on the major interstate highways and such. Aint no storm gonna yank my approval numbers!
Commish: Sir. Salt trucks? Why?
Kemp: Hell, buddy! For the freezin rain! I gotta spell it out for ya?
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Phone call just now between Georgia Gov Kemp and GA DOT Commissioner... (Original Post)
bmpbmp
Sep 2019
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elleng
(130,864 posts)1. Freezing rain advisory includes parts of metro Atlanta - AJC.com
https://www.ajc.com weather freezing-rain-advisory-includes-parts-met...
Feb 14, 2016 - A winter storm watch is no longer in effect early Monday for several north Georgia counties. Instead, a freezing rain advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service. The new advisory will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, according to the NWS. ... Gwinnett, Forsyth ...
Feb 14, 2016 - A winter storm watch is no longer in effect early Monday for several north Georgia counties. Instead, a freezing rain advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service. The new advisory will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, according to the NWS. ... Gwinnett, Forsyth ...
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)2. Having lived in Georgia for a few winters
Those ice storms are brutal. The north laughs but until you go through a few you don't understand.
And yes .... Kemp always was a fucking idiot. This is totally believable.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)3. Is this for real?
I live in Ga. I gotta know.
bmpbmp
(310 posts)4. No, was just improvising with a friend, and this is what came from that.