PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta braces for winter storm

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PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta braces for winter storm

Metro Atlanta prepares for a mix of snow, sleet and ice that is forecast for Friday.

A GDOT worker is seen plugging a pipe into a truck to fill it with brine to treat the road ahead of the winter storm approaching Metro Atlanta on Thursday, January 8, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Four Georgia Department of Transportation trucks drive northbound on I-75, treating the roads with brine before the arrival of the winter storm on Thursday, January 8, 2025. The GDOT advises drivers to use extreme caution while they are working.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

A bulldozer is seen carrying salt into a tank to prepare brine at the GDOT facility in Forest Park on Thursday, January 8, 2025. GDOT trucks started treating the roads early in the morning before the upcoming winter storm.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Georgia Department of Transportation workers are seen loading brine into the thanks on Thursday, January 8, 2025. GDOT trucks started treating the roads early in the morning before the upcoming winter storm.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

A GDOT worker is seen plugging a pipe into a truck to fill it with brine to treat the road ahead of the winter storm approaching Metro Atlanta on Thursday, January 8, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Georgia Department of Transportation workers connect a pipe to a truck loading brine into their tanks. The GDOT started treating the roads early in the morning and continued to work in preparation before the arrival of the winter storm on Thursday, January 8, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Atlanta's Thursday morning commuters are warned of a winter storm watch ahead of snow and ice starting Friday. (Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

ATLDOT equipment is shown ready to be used in preparation for winter weather at the ATLDOT North Avenue Facility, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the overnight hours. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens speaks at a ATLDOT presser in preparation for winter weather at the ATLDOT North Avenue Facility, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the overnight hours. (Jason Getz / AJC)

ATLDOT equipment is shown ready to be used in preparation for winter weather at the ATLDOT North Avenue Facility, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the overnight hours. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Customers wait in line to buy their groceries as others navigate the crowds at the Ingles Grocery store, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the overnight hours. (Jason Getz / AJC)

The bread aisle has thinned out as customers make last minute purchases at the Ingles Grocery store, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the overnight hours. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

A GDOT worker is seen plugging a pipe into a truck to fill it with brine to treat the road ahead of the winter storm approaching Metro Atlanta on Thursday, January 8, 2025. (Miguel Martinez / AJC)

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