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| How Atlanta's stranded motorists coped with the snowstorm — in pictures | How Atlanta's stranded motorists coped with the snowstorm — in pictures |
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| A freak snowstorm has paralysed the city of Atlanta, Georgia, most notably with a massive traffic jam that left some motorists stranded in their vehicles overnight. With little else to do but sit tight and try to stay warm, Atlanta’s weary travellers and local reporters took to social media to document how their fellow citizens were coping with the storm. Some travellers decided to stick it out in their cars: | A freak snowstorm has paralysed the city of Atlanta, Georgia, most notably with a massive traffic jam that left some motorists stranded in their vehicles overnight. With little else to do but sit tight and try to stay warm, Atlanta’s weary travellers and local reporters took to social media to document how their fellow citizens were coping with the storm. Some travellers decided to stick it out in their cars: |
| Got this photo from a woman who has now been in her car for 19 hours in Atlanta pic.twitter.com/fbuJXzR7uT | Got this photo from a woman who has now been in her car for 19 hours in Atlanta pic.twitter.com/fbuJXzR7uT |
| Live update from ATL. I've moved .6 miles in the last hour. Yes, there is a decimal point in front of that number. pic.twitter.com/AbM9sIQhVv | Live update from ATL. I've moved .6 miles in the last hour. Yes, there is a decimal point in front of that number. pic.twitter.com/AbM9sIQhVv |
| With food in short supply for these motorists, a few good samaritans took it upon themselves to pass out food: | With food in short supply for these motorists, a few good samaritans took it upon themselves to pass out food: |
| Good Samaritan hands out sandwiches to stranded motorists in Atlanta: pic.twitter.com/fE7hLxw9Or | Good Samaritan hands out sandwiches to stranded motorists in Atlanta: pic.twitter.com/fE7hLxw9Or |
| Some of the storm’s victims were too young to drive, and their parents weren’t able to come pick them up: | Some of the storm’s victims were too young to drive, and their parents weren’t able to come pick them up: |
| School kids sleeping in the gym! #wsbtv #stormwatchon2 #erivers pic.twitter.com/NvuV6rYUJH | School kids sleeping in the gym! #wsbtv #stormwatchon2 #erivers pic.twitter.com/NvuV6rYUJH |
| Dad walked six miles to sleep with daughter who was stranded at E. Rivers Elementary after storm. #atlsnow #Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/pNBAZjBZ0X | Dad walked six miles to sleep with daughter who was stranded at E. Rivers Elementary after storm. #atlsnow #Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/pNBAZjBZ0X |
| For those who wanted to move indoors, local fire stations and churches provided emergency response, offering shelter for those who had been stranded on the road. Businesses – from drug stores and to mega-chains like Home Depot – also opened their doors to stranded motorists for the night. | For those who wanted to move indoors, local fire stations and churches provided emergency response, offering shelter for those who had been stranded on the road. Businesses – from drug stores and to mega-chains like Home Depot – also opened their doors to stranded motorists for the night. |
| God bless @Publix Supermarkets in #Atlanta for staying open all night so stranded drivers could be warm & sleep #Leon pic.twitter.com/syi3Tbr0gO | God bless @Publix Supermarkets in #Atlanta for staying open all night so stranded drivers could be warm & sleep #Leon pic.twitter.com/syi3Tbr0gO |
| Every aisle in West Paces Ferry Publix filled with people trying to stay warm for night. #stormwatchon2 pic.twitter.com/D6RN2Tcv3G | Every aisle in West Paces Ferry Publix filled with people trying to stay warm for night. #stormwatchon2 pic.twitter.com/D6RN2Tcv3G |
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