Gov. Brian Kemp, state officials outline response to winter weather in Georgia [Video]

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and state officials held a press conference Friday morning outlining the state’s response to the morning’s winter weather, which included 2-3 inches of snow in metro-Atlanta and icy roads in some Central Georgia counties.

“The one thing you can’t do with snow and ice is get behind it — you have to constantly stay in front of it,” Georgia Emergency Management Agency Director James Stalling said.

Officials, such as Stalling, said that allowed them to get the ball rolling and start mobilizing resources to best respond on the day of the winter weather.

“Normally, it never happens like you’ve predicted it to, so we’re at least thankful that we were prepared for what we thought the forecast was,” Kemp said. “I think …