Gainesville faring well with no power outages
Count the residents of Gainesville among the lucky ones in the storm.
As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the town’s electrical providers reported no power outages despite an additional two inches of sleet and snow that fell overnight.
Most of the major thoroughfares had been plowed, though surface streets are coated with a thick layer of compacted snow and ice.
The hometown of Gov. Nathan Deal, Gainesville is 54 miles northeast of Atlanta and has a population just under 200,000.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
