Melissa Greene : Fort Lee , New Jersey , traffic jam was nothing compared with Atlanta 's . Greene : the yardage , the square ... inchage of snow actually dumped on the city . Everybody tried to get home at once with the first call in 16-degree weather . Greene : ` ` SnowedOutAtlanta '' connected the stranded with messages from those at home . She woke up to 46-degree weather , but that was the temperature of her bedroom .
Melissa Greene : Fort Lee , New Jersey , traffic jam was nothing compared with Atlanta 's . Greene : Everybody tried to get home at once with the first call in 16-degree weather . Greene : ` ` SnowedOutAtlanta '' connected the stranded with messages from those at home . She woke up to 46-degree weather , but that was the temperature of her bedroom .