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Road officials, emergency personnel preparing for winter's weather
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has its gravel and salt ready for the upcoming winter. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security hosted a winter weather exercise Wednesday with more than 35 local and state agencies, along with the volunteer and private sectors.
With an ominous forecast and past struggles with icy weather, emergency officials are bracing for what may come this winter. And those preparations were played out Wednesday as some 35 local and state agencies, as well as businesses and volunteer organizations, took part in an exercise at Georgia Public Broadcasting offices in Atlanta. The event simulated a two-day winter weather event affecting North and Middle Georgia.