Metro Atlanta Ice Storm Prep: A 72-Hour Readiness Playbook

With an ice storm warning spanning most of metro Atlanta and projections of up to an inch of ice, residents should brace for downed trees, power outages, and slick travel. The guidance urges readiness for 72 hours without electricity by deep-freezing foods and pre-cooking meals, filling a bathtub with water and letting faucets drip to protect pipes, opening cabinet doors to let heat reach plumbing, creating ice blocks, and using the coin test to judge food safety. It also covers practical warmth and safety tips—securing drafts, concentrating heat in a small room, avoiding indoor use of gas ovens or grills, fueling vehicles, downloading offline maps, conserving phone power, and ensuring CO detectors function—while advising pet care and medication planning as authorities from the National Weather Service and Georgia Power provide the alerts.