UPSON COUNTY, Ga. — About two inches of snow blanketed Upson County early Sunday morning, with roads staying mostly clear and emergency officials reporting no weather-related accidents.
The snowflakes began falling shortly before 6 a.m., quickly blanketing cars, grass and trees.
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“I enjoy it,” Randy Grizzard told Channel 2’s Bryan Mims outside the Piggly Wiggly store in Thomaston. “It cleans the air. Kids get to play in it, have a good time.”
Deaton Dean, 11, went outside and coaxed a few snowballs from the white mantle on his yard. Snow this far south is a precious thing.
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“This is like my second time experiencing snow, because it normally never snows here,” Deaton told Channel 2 Action News. “I’m just excited because it’s like my second time experiencing this much snow.”
“Enough to play in,” his mother, Krystin Day, added.
The roads remained in good shape – mostly wet, not icy or slushy.
Mims also spotted Georgia Department of Transportation salt truck driving through Thomaston.
It’s more snow than many around here expected.
“This is definitely a surprise,” Day said. “We woke up about 5 o’clock this morning, looked outside and it was definitely a surprise.”
The neighborhoods had a serene quality about them, their trees like crystal.
For Terlisha Raines, the snow day made for a good day to let productivity melt away. Here’s what she planned to do for the day:
“Nothing,” Raines said. “I’m going to go home and cook. Cook me some soup. It’s good soup weather.”
By late morning, the sun was melting the snow away, but it provided a rare wintertime treat for several hours.
“It’s beautiful,” Day said. “I couldn’t do this every day, but it’s definitely beautiful for us small town people.”
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