For the GA folks!
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Topic: For the GA folks!
Posted By: Dave in PA
Subject: For the GA folks!
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2018 at 5:15pm
| Our GREAT friend has a son down your way In Ft. Benning GA (sp?) for the military. Long story short here!!! My BIL lives north of Atlanta, and we know the traffic! They are leaving in the morning from PA, about at 4am, and about a 11 hour drive pending stops. They need to go a bit further south than Atlanta passing by it?/ By my math, they will be hitting the horrible belt-way in about 3-5 pm and don't think there will be a issue on a holiday week-end, let alone a normal day!! I HAVE sat for hours in that crap, BUT just could not tell them anything, they know BEST!!!! lol |
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Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2018 at 6:00pm
Oh boy! The perimeter between 3 and 5! They'll be through it about 7. Lucky for them the Braves are in Milwaukee this weekend or it would be worse. If I were them at that time I'd think seriously about staying on 75 or 85 and not taking 285 (bypass). None of it will be good but it might not be as bad. Once they get past the airport on 85 it won't be bad but they'll remember the Grady curve for years to come  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2018 at 8:59pm
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between 3 and 5 in Atlanta on a Holiday weekend Friday night Haaaaaaa Haaaaaaa Haaaaa Haaaa Bless their hearts!!!! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 7:38am
Is that like when us Hillbillies roll in to town just as the NASCAR race is rained out??? No Good. A feller don’t ever forget an experience like that.😂😂😂 |
JoeM(GA) wrote:Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 7:40am
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My prayers are with them. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 7:50am
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Tell them to tune in to WSB 95.5 to get the bad news, there won't be any good news. WSB is pretty good about giving out traffic alerts. I don't even get close to Atlanta if I can avoid it. Straight through on the downtown connector will be their best bet, on 285 you drive with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake pedal. Tell them a big THANK YOU from me to their son for his service. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 7:47pm
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Dave, did your friend make it through Atlanta okay? Heard on WSB around 4:00 that the traffic was a mess due to rain showers and thunderstorms. Ft. Benning is in Columbus, GA and Phoenix City, AL right off I85. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 5:01pm
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If they started the weekend construction before they got there they may still be there ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |