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    Winter Weather Chaos, in Atlanta and Beyond

    Yesterday, Winter Storm Leon dumped snow all over Southern states that aren't used to it, turning streets and highways into parking lots, stranding school buses and causing 940 confirmed traffic accidents in Atlanta alone.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Yesterday, Winter Storm Leon dumped snow all over Southern states that aren't used to it, turning streets and highways into parking lots, stranding school buses and causing 940 confirmed traffic accidents in Atlanta alone. Today, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal vowed, "(T)here will not be anybody stranded in a vehicle on our interstates that has not been offered the opportunity to go to a place of safety and security where they can be fed, where there will be access to restrooms, etc." Jeff Masters is Director of Meteorology for Weather Underground.com, an Internet forecasting service.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Jeff Masters

      WeatherUnderground.com

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    Barack Obama Goes It Alone in His Second Term
    1. 0:00Winter Weather Chaos, in Atlanta and BeyondYou’re reading this
    2. 7:55Can Barack Obama Go It Alone in His Second Term?
    3. 43:38Dot-com Domain Names Now Have a Lot of Company
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