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Life returning to normal after memorable storm
Long week won't soon be forgotten
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Daniel and Kathy Kaminiski join family and friends for a basketball game Thursday at the Central Park Recreation Center. The facility's schedule was disrupted last week by the weather. - photo by Autumn McBride
The second week of January 2011 is one folks will be talking about for years.As their cabin fever broke Friday and life began returning to normalacy, people were still buzzing about what had -- and hadn't -- happened.A winter storm covered most of northern Georgia in snow a week ago, leaving in its wake sleet and subfreezing temperatures that kept roads and other surfaces glazed in ice for days. Most people couldn't get to work, or anywhere else for that matter, and local schools were closed all week. With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday, students will not return until Tuesday.Public safety officials found themselves repeating the warnings, which had begun days ahead of the storm, for people to stay home unless there was an emergency.Mike Leary of the National Weather Service in Peachtree City said a major complicating factor last week was sleet that fell after the snow and froze, only to be topped by additional layers.