Originally published Jan. 29, 2014
A guy marching up 285 in University of Michigan pajama bottoms, shouting commands at dawn, was the only authority figure I saw during our 13-hour commute home Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
“TAKE COBB PARKWAY!” We obeyed and finally got home.
Thanks, Michigan Man. Thanks for nothing, everyone whose job it is to deal with traffic and weather calamities. Gov. Nathan Deal called the state’s response “reasonable.” The director of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said he wouldn’t change a thing.
10 years later: Lessons from Snowmaggedon 2014
285 is shut down in both directions at New Northside. Seriously, Atlanta? pic.twitter.com/r474Uv2KmC
— Jennifer Brett (@Jennifer__Brett) January 29, 2014
Gov. Nathan Deal at first called the state’s response “reasonable,” then later apologized and promised better response to future storms.
“We have learned some things from this last ice storm. We are going to make sure that those lessons are implemented in terms of preparation for future such events,” Deal said this week.
Oh wait. He actually said that three years ago, following the January 2011 snow and ice event that, then as now, paralyzed Atlanta for days.