(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is closing all state offices north of Columbus and Macon and offices in the Augusta area on Friday.
The closings are due to a predicted blast of winter weather.
“Employees will be working remotely as they continue to serve their fellow Georgians,” Kemp said in a social media post.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a winter weather watch for north Georgia starting at 7 a.m. Friday and ending at 7 a.m. Saturday. The north Georgia mountains could get 3 to 6 inches of snow. The I-20 corridor may experience snow and sleet accumulations between 2 and 4 inches, the weather service said.
Officials with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency are also advising residents to use caution as travel conditions could be hazardous on Friday and Saturday.
This weekend’s predicted winter weather is just over two weeks shy of the 11th anniversary of what some called “Snowpocalypse.”
Snow started falling around noon, but it was five hours before former Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Thousands of motorists were stranded on metro Atlanta highways.
The estimated cost of damages from wrecks, damaged cars and burst pipes was about $10 million, the newspaper reported.
