Photos: Thousands stranded in 20-hour commute as minor snowstorm hits Atlanta

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19. Here's the kicker

The city and state DID invest in more places to store salt and sand around the city as well as snow plows. The investments were made in the aftermath of the snow that shut the city down three years ago.

Reps from the state, along with the governor, were on the news yesterday morning bragging about how ready Atlanta is for the snow this time.

I understand that we'll never be on the same footing as a city that sees snow all the time. Nor should we be. But the investments were pretty useless without a solid plan to use them.

And it's not really the use (or lack there of) of the snowplows that was so inept. It's the state leadership who fumbled almost everything related to getting people home in an orderly fashion.

The real heroes of this storm are all of the people helping other people, which is the same story of the last big snowstorm. People were opening up their homes to strangers and others were walking the freeway handing out water to cars that were stuck. Stores were staying open all night so people could have a warm place to go if they couldn't get home. There are many more stories like this.

But the state's response? Not so much.