What a difference a storm makes. Despite Saturday’s winter storm that dumped more than half a foot of snow on some areas, Northeast Georgians awoke to electric alarm clocks and hot coffee Sunday. That’s a far cry from the days thousands spent without those conveniences and without heat in the aftermath of the previous weekend’s ice storm.
Fern and Gianna differed in more than just name. The nature of the storms — one ice, the other snow — made a huge difference in power outages.
As of early Sunday morning, around 5,300 homes and businesses statewide remained without power after Winter Storm Gianna. That, compared to the tens of thousands who lost electricity following Winter Storm Fern.
Most of the outages in this latest round of winter weather were centered around metro Atlanta, which received between 2 and 5 inches of snow in some parts.
Georgia Power reported 1,831 customers without electricity early Sunday, February 1. Georgia EMC reported 3,496.
There were only a few scattered power outages reported in Northeast and East-Central Georgia.
