ATLANTA — As the temperatures dropped and the snow turned to ice, Atlanta city crews worked to treat the roads and get those with no home, inside.
“We knew we were going to get snow and sleet and in order to handle that we need people off the streets, so our trucks can do the work,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington on Friday.
“We’ve been doing outreach to the unsheltered population, going to the hotspots and saying, hey come inside. We have three shelters open and were about to open a fourth,” Dickens added.
City trucks treated the roads with salt and brine, still some people chanced it and drove Friday morning.
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Atlanta police said they were forced to respond to several crashes along the interstate and side roads.
“Fortunately, there hasn’t been any serious accidents but that could happen. So, if you don’t have to be out, stay home,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said.
Friday Midtown Atlanta resident, Sexton Stevens spent the morning cleaning off snow from his home and laying salt over his front steps.
“We’ll put out salt or sand to melt it and make sure everything is safe and not slippery,” Stevens told Channel 2 Action News.
He also made sure to get the snow off of his trees earlier in the day..
“It’s going to be heavy after a while with all of the ice on it,” resident Sexton Stevens told Channel 2 Action News. “Over time it bends, they break,” he said about the branches.
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