As Cobb schools and many private schools are closed today, some businesses and local government are opening on a delayed basis.
Cobb government, including libraries, opened at 11 a.m. and will stay open through their normal opening hours. Here’s the latest on what we know about East Cobb businesses opening later than usual:
- Johnson Ferry Baptist Church will “adhere to our regular schedule” on Monday;
- Peace, Love and Pizza: Opening at 12;
- Johnny’s Style New York Pizza: Tentatively opening at 1 p.m.;
- LGE Community Credit Union is opening all branches at noon;
- All paid YMCA programs at both the East Cobb and Northeast Cobb facilities today are cancelled;
- Chicago’s Steak & Seafood: Facebook message says it’s closed all day, not for the weather but rather “in observance of” the Georgia-Alabama college football national championship game.
Light rain was still falling in the late morning in East Cobb, with temperatures in the mid 30s.
Shortly after 11 a.m. today, the National Weather Service in Atlanta extended the winter weather advisory issued for overnight and through this morning from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
According to the NWS, there is still “patchy light freezing rain” causing treacherous road conditions as temperatures push above freezing and into the low 40s in Cobb and metro Atlanta early this afternoon. Scattered showers are expected around the Atlanta area for the rest of the day and into the evening, when downtown will be taken over by those attending the Alabama-Georgia game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Atlanta and Fulton County governments were closing early for that reason as well, and the first day of the Georgia General Assembly adjourned late this morning in anticipation of weather and football-related traffic.
The NWS said freezing rain issues have been more serious in northwest Georgia. One media report indicated a 35-car pile-up in Catoosa County shut down Interstate 75 earlier this morning near Ringgold due to icy roads.
