Severe Cabin Fever Epidemic Hits Atlanta Georgia
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Thursday, January 13, 2011, Atlanta, GA
People were seen running through the streets of Atlanta neighborhoods.
Ice skaters were videoed on Peachtree Street, the major throughfare through Midtown Atlanta.
Grocery store shelves were void of items like eggs, bread and milk.
Bumper Cars seems to have become a daily sport in Atlanta, since people are being forced onto roads, still covered in ice, in an attempt to get to jobs, or get supplies.
Real estate bloggers have reported blisters on fingers and numbing of the legs as they sit for hours blogging, unable to hit the streets for the prized visit to a local business for a local post.
Severe Cabin Fever Epidemic Hits Atlanta Georgia
Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in, in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period (as in a simple country vacation cottage during a long rain or snow). Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, irrational frustration with everyday objects, forgetfulness, laughter, excessive sleeping, distrust of anyone they are with, and an urge to go outside even in the rain, snow or dark.
It began snowing in Atlanta on Sunday evening. It was a pretty sight indeed. When all was said and done, some 5-6 inches of fluffy white snow blanketed everything. It looked like a storybook. But then, in fine Southern tradition, the freezing rain came. And coated everything with ice, and turned the already snow packed roads into multi-mile long ice skating rinks.
And people were stuck. Not only on interstate highways that looked more like the parking lot of the Flying J truck stop, but at the local Greyhound station. And people were stuck. In their homes. No place to go. And an ever growing desire to babble and dream of sunny beaches.
My New Year's pact (we won't call it a resolution) was to cut back on my love of fermented grapes (a.k.a. a good glass of Chardonnay).
It ends tonight.
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