The state’s top leaders on Wednesday apologized for mistakes that brought metro Atlanta to a standstill in the aftermath of an icy storm, but defended their reactions as a necessary response to unpredictable weather.
Gov. Nathan Deal deemed his response to the snowstorm as “reasonable” but lamented the near-simultaneous release of school children, office workers and government employees. He apologized for the gridlock gripping Atlanta streets, but said if he would have been accused of “crying wolf” if he had ordered a shutdown and a storm didn’t materialize.
“We can never promise that we will always be correct when it comes to deciding what Mother Nature will do,” the governor said at a statehouse press conference. “She truly does have a mind of her own.”
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed also said mistakes were made, and said emergency responders will in the future stagger the release of workers and students that led to the city’s worst traffic jam in decades. He said his focus is helping to rescue the untold number of Atlantans still sitting in gridlock.
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