Alone On A Limb: 1993

Thursday, May 06, 1993

Saturday, March 13, 1993

Friday, March 12, 1993

Time Machine: The Blizzard of '93

This Facebook post and comments were written on February 14, 2015 about this date in 1993!

Actually, on March 12, 1993, I went over to Kroger. I was appalled at my fellow southerners panicking at the forecast of a little snow. The shelves were bare of milk, bread, and toilet paper. Figuring Floyd County cancels school after the third snowflake, I rented four videos (they rented videos back then) so I wouldn't be bored while I was home on Snow Leave, The videos never got watched and anyone who remembers March 13, 1993 in Rome GA can tell you why.

Frank Norris
We were in the Newnan area during that event -- we had a a considerable amount of snow and cold, but were out of power for less than an afternoon.

Marsha Yancey Atkins
Bought popcorn and rented videos -paid late fees a week later when we could get the movie out of the VCR!

David Matheny
Turner McCall was completely covered in white...about 6 inches!

Katie S. Kimbrough
Wow! Why didn't it get watched?

Ralph Noble
Had 22 inches in Ringgold

Quinn Scott Smith
Measured 23" on my back deck in West Rome. Power was out for 4 days. Took milk and items out of fridge and stuck them in the snow outside. Fortunately we had gas logs and a cast iron swivel arm that hung above with a Dutch oven to hang on it for cooking. Pipes froze about the second day so we drained our 50 gallon water heater into buckets to flush the toilet.

Katie Cauthen Francisco
We cooked bacon over candles. No power until the following Friday night. I escaped to my uncle's for gas stove heat on Monday and to Atlanta on Thursday. Ran into the asst. supt.'s son at Cumberland Mall and he said we had school on Friday. I said "y'all have fun!" Told the secretary the truth about having been in Atlanta and thus not at school on Friday and she wrote "snow" on my excuse. It was nice being a senior. Lol!!!

Sam Burnham
I spent it at the Ramada which was being used as Georgia Power's rehab center for work crews. My best friend's dad was GP's incident commander and wasn't using his room very much. My two best friends and I had spent the night together expecting a fun snow day. He came and got us and had us use his room. We had warm showers, power, heat, even two or three stations of TV via antenna.

Sunday, February 14, 1993

Facebook Time Machine: Back to Valentine's '93

This is from a post on Facebook on November 21, 2009, but the event was a Valentine's party at the McHenry School Gym in 1993. The post was just pictures. The following are comments on the post as a whole.

Terrell Shaw
Brannon was in fourth grade when I took these pictures at a school dance in the school gym. I happened upon them today and quickly copied them with my digital camera. I think it was 1993.

Brannon Shaw
I love you. But I will never forgive you for letting me leave the house in all denim.

Terrell Shaw
Vanity thy name is Brannon! -- I see you have already removed some of the tags!!

Carol Payne
always a performer! And a very talented one, at that!

Donna Glenn Edwards
ahh but u could have left the first one off...lol

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Terrell: Donna once took some video of Lillian playing in the dirt at a softball game where Brannon and other little Cardinals were playing -- I'm gonna hafta see if I can borrow that to copy it one of these days! And she's on Facebook!
Cathie Walters: Donna and I getting down with the music!

Lillian Shaw

Look at that girl in the pouffy dress and tiara. showoff.

Terrell Shaw
Well if anyone would recognize a showoff it would be Miss Lottie Dottie! There is nothing quite as adorable to me as a little girl all dressed up. They are sooooo pleased with themselves. And Lillian Shaw was a prime example!

Vonne Brock Beard

Look at Chad Rudisill looking down his pants!! Too funny...

Tony Pope
This was early 90's when I was there...I recognize the kids...ha...

Terrell Shaw
Do you recognize my kid? (She removed her tags!) She was in fourth grade. I think that makes this 1993.

Kristi Godfrey
This seems like yesterday. I was first runner up, My maiden name is "Kristi Gregory"

Lori Williams
Omg.... Look at me

Probably 1993. Above is Calvin Snow and his wife standing behind their daughter Kendra. My daughter, Lillian, is in the chair at the right and my wife, Sheila Shaw, is standing behind her.

Pure cuteytude!

Lillian Shaw: Cute outfit. *snickers* i love you!

Tony Pope - Donna E. & Cathie W....two of our most active parents in my years at McH...and both former book fair helpers! Yahoo!
Cassie Davis - The two boys dancing with donna and my mom Cathie are Derrick Buck and Brian Walters
Cathie Walters - we love you Tony Pope
Donna Glenn Edwards - Awww thank you Tony Pope. Those were the good days!!

Tony Pope - Wow...wo many faces I remember...can't believe they've been gone so long!
Donna Glenn Edwards - They were ao young!...just babies....
Cassie Davis - I remember this valentine dance....Nik and i had it going on