Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23, 2016
At the end of the third week in January, Georgia got its first real taste of winter. Rain and the cold temperatures made for the first snow of the year. Although not much accumulated unless you were in the farthest reaches of the state (and even then 6-10 inches is laughable to most northerners).
On Friday schools and government offices closed early if they opened at all. People did the grocery store thing and shelves were emptied rather quickly.
On Saturday, after barely getting an inch in most places around the metro Atlanta area, the Georgia Department of Transportation was out to make sure that the salt and sand treatments from the night before were holding the roads open. Children were out in their yards hurling snowballs or trying to find enough to build a snowman. People were out walking. It was much to do about nothing but still fun to see snow on the ground so early in the year.
Cynthia Evers (left), Cori Ameen and Stephen Woodall use umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain as they walk to their cars after leaving the state capitol building in Atlanta on Friday, January 22, 2016.
Deanna McDuffie (right) uses an umbrella to shield herself from the rain as she and others leave the state capitol building in Atlanta on Friday, January 22, 2016.
Snow clings to a fishing dock along the Chattahoochee River at Holcomb Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
LaTasha Terry walks down Nesbit Ferry Road in Alpharetta as snow falls around her on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
A snow plow treats the access roads along GA400 in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Gabriel Liesemeyer (left) and Charlie Edwards try to get their snowballs to stick together as they play in the snow in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Larry Sinkuler walks his dog Jezzabelle down Nesbit Ferry Road in Alpharetta as snow falls around her on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Max Liesemeyer (right) tries to hit his brother Gabriel with a snowball as they play in the snow in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
A snow plow treats the access roads along GA400 in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Ansley Olver shovels snow into a bucket at her home in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
A cyclist tries to block the wind as he pedals down North Druid Hills in Atlanta on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Gabriel Liesemeyer (left) and Charlie Edwards try to get their snowballs to stick together as they play in the snow in Cumming on Saturday, January 23, 2016.