Yep. I was supposed to fly out of ATL Tuesday - on my way to RDU - and Delta cancelled all flights to RDU ON MONDAY.
In fairness to the guvna, For DAYS the weather dudes and dudettes had been saying this storm would only matter south of I-20 (bisects Atlanta). But then by about 6 AM Tuesday AM, they were ALL changing their tune to issue the OH CRAP alerts. Here in GA they make the school closings call prior to 6 AM.
So yeah, they waited too long to make the “go home/ stay home” call, but the real issue is that ATLANTA METRO *still* doesn’t have a plan or the capacity to clear roads. PERIOD.
Gov dufus was more worried about appearances than results as are most gov entities...
They should have closed all the schools and state offices based on the fact that the weather forecast that was ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Then, private businesses and individuals could have made their own decisions...
Please note the time for the Winter Storm Warning from the NWS Peachtree City.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
338 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014
GAZ025-027-031>035-041>045-282100-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0005.140128T1500Z-140129T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KFFC.WS.W.0001.140128T1400Z-140129T1200Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR
338 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
There was plenty of time to make the call before 6:00 am as the forth coming change from advisory to warning was issued at 3:38 am.