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

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24. Not a "get EVERYONE out of the city" plan

but getting the 700k or so workers out, getting the schools out in an orderly way, etc. Maybe a plan for contraflow on the freeway or something for when there's warning that a snow is coming. This didn't take anyone by surprise -- snow was in the forecast and this kind of thing happens EVERY TIME here.

It's easy to blame mother nature. But we also live in a society where we should use our brains and resources to plan for things we know are coming, and that we've experienced before. Would people still be super inconvenienced? Of course. There's not going to be a perfect plan. But our elected officials should be expected to do better.

This is different from the hurricane that hit NY and NJ. That was a once in a generation event (But with global warming, who knows?), and the city did the best it could under the circumstances.

That isn't the case here.

On edit: The people are culpable, too, for having a plan for themselves and their families. But the majority of service workers don't have the luxury of taking off work early or working from home.