Winter in Atlanta Resembles a Zombie Movie

Five people have died, and 23 people have been injured because of Tuesday’s wintry weather in Alabama, the state Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday.

Asked if officials should have closed roads and urged people to stay home before Tuesday’s snowfall, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said Wednesday: “If we close the city of Atlanta and our Interstate system based on maybes, then we would not be a very productive (state or city).” He said that some forecasts called for just a dusting of snow. “It’s easy to make judgment calls after the fact, but I daresay there’s not anybody in this room that could have (predicted the degree) of the problem that developed.”
 
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