Here in NC we do have salt trucks and a plan for the few times each winter we we have frozen precip. Looks like we can't say the same for Atlanta - but at least there are a few stories in here of compasionate strangers helping the stranded - remotely reminiscent of Hurricane Sandy.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/winter-weather-vignettes/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


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