How's the country covering the snow storm?

According to the AJC's J. Scott Trubey, the national response to our first — and hopefully only — significant snowfall of 2014 hasn't been the usual razzing over our (brief) winters of discontent, but a media maelstrom.

A look at how some media outlets across the country have covered the snow storm and its impact on metro Atlanta:

» Politico: The day we lost Atlanta (written by Atlanta Magazine deputy editor Rebecca Burns)

» The Atlantic: Snowpocalypse in Atlanta and 'The Walking Dead' (by Ga. Tech professor Ian Bogost) | How 2 inches of snow created a traffic nightmare in Atlanta (by Atlanta entrepreneur/journalist Connor Sen)

» CNN: When 2.6 inches of snow made Hell freeze over (by Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductee Melissa Fay Greene) | Was Atlanta asleep at the wheel? | Mayor Reed's appearance on CNN | Atlanta's total lack of preparedness | Atlanta's vehicle graveyard | What other cities can learn from Atlanta's ice debacle

» L.A. Times: A case of "Dude, where's my car?"

» NY Times: Mayor unapologetic in eye of the storm | Atlanta officials gamble on storm and lose, and others pay the price (by Atlanta bureau chief Kim Severson)

» Slate: Atlanta is a regional transportation planning disaster | Civilization breaks down in South because of two lousy inches of snow. Who's to blame? | Atlanta's hellish commute is still going on

» Video: Al Roker on Atlanta's snow response

» Reuters: Ice storm turns Atlanta into parking lot (by Atlanta journalist David Beasley)

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