article_snippet: Ask folks along a line from Arkansas to Virginia.
article_snippet: North of Atlanta, Interstate 75 was in gridlock Wednesday afternoon.
article_snippet: Catching flights was a nightmare in some southern cities.  
article_snippet: In Alabama, Joe Day and some friends thought it would be better for some friends to drive home to Evansville, Indiana, instead of worrying with canceled flights.
article_snippet: some friends were stuck on I-65 about 30 miles north of Birmingham.
article_snippet: In Tennessee, 30 weather-related deaths have been reported in the past 10 days.
article_snippet: " warned Whitney Waddell in Nashville.
highlights_snippet: Bad weather contributes to miles-long backups in Alabama and Georgia .