Atlantans are working together to save and rescue other citizens stuck on Atlanta roadways due to the winter storm. We found these tips from SnowedOutAtlanta Facebook Group:
Emergency officials are giving out this number for the National Guard: 404-843-6670. Please only use it if you are calling for someone who is pregnant, sick or in danger. If someone has shelter do not use this number
East Atlanta (Stone Mountain, Buford Gwinnett and Gainesvillel)
www.facebook.com/groups/473132049459556/
Please consider using the South Atlanta group if you are in that area:
www.facebook.com/groups/413082885492699/
Please consider using the East Cobb one if you are in that area
www.facebook.com/groups/589920607758603/
Please consider using the North Atlanta one if you are north of Atlanta but not in the East Cobb Area
www.facebook.com/groups/1444363039127776/
For Acworth use
www.facebook.com/groups/564807276947716/
West Atlanta use
https://www.facebook.com/groups/207247732814789/
PLEASE POST HELP ON OUR MAP
If you can, place your address on this map if you are offering shelter:
www.facebook.com/groups/397839673695382/permalink/398071427005540/?stream_ref=2
(instructions on that page, it makes it much easier for stranded people to find help)
PLEASE START POSTS LIKE THIS:
Need shelter in _____
Need ride/pickup in ____
Shelter available in _____
Marietta
Call 770-794-5334 and the Marietta Police Department will assist you.
Kennesaw
Call 770-422-2505 and the Kennesaw Police Department will assist you.
Buckhead
Grand Hyatt Buckhead is offering shelter and breakfast
Sandy Springs
Red cross shelters on Hammon and Glenridge set up
The City has opened Hammond Park Gym tonight to serve as a shelter for stranded motorists. The City is coordinating with the American Red Cross on efforts. Hammond Park is located at 705 Hammond Drive at Glenridge.
The American Red Cross opened a shelter at Hammond and Glenridge drives to anyone who is stranded. Officers who come across stranded motorists are offering rides to the shelter.
If you are near 285 and Riverside Dr in Sandy Springs, our church Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church on Mt. Vernon Hwy is open, warm and welcoming.
If you know of additional resources, email [email protected] and we will add the information to this list.
The county’s fire department is offering shelter in fire stations for motorist that may be stranded and without heat. Call 911 to report your location.
Both Publix and fire stations are providing shelter if you can get to one of them!
Options in Marietta include:
HOME DEPOT is taking in stranded motorists at many locations
Kroger at Eastlake is NOW CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT NO SHELTER
So is Walgreens at Roswell Rd./E. Piedmont
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church is open to stranded drivers
Walmart Neighborhood Market on Canton Rd is open all night
Cedar crest church We’re open! If you’re stranded on Hwy. 41/Cobb Pkwy and can get to us safely, we are ready for you! The fire’s going and the coffee is hot. Come on in and get away from the weather. We’ll be open as long as we need to be! Please share to help spread this!
Walgreens at Sandy Plains/Shallowford is currently open and welcomes folks to come in. However, they can’t give an exact time of when they are closing. 10pm at the absolute latest.
Reinhardt University in Waleska has reportedly opened a shelter for stranded motorists.
Options in Cherokee
Cherokee County:
Revolution Church on Union Hill Trail
Action Church on Marietta Rd in Canton (Old Mc Farlands)
Woodstock First baptist church bldg A on highway 92
Hasty Student Center at Reinhardt College and
Kings Academy on Arnold Mill Rd.
Vinings
HOME DEPOT is taking in stranded motorists at many locations
Others
There is shelter at Church of St. Andrew, right at the Riverside Dr exit from I-285, inside I-285. Place to sleep if you are OK with sleeping on the floor.
From Cedarcrest Church: We’re open! If you’re stranded on Hwy. 41/Cobb Pkwy and can get to us safely, we’re ready for you! The fire’s going and the coffee is hot. Come on in and get away from the weather. We’ll be open as long as we need to be!
We are located just north of the intersection of Cedarcrest Road and Highway 41 in Acworth, next to Wellstar. Please share this message to help spread the word!
Acworth
Cedarcrest Church, 4600 Cobb Pkwy. NW, is open. The telephone number is 678-460-3500.
Kennesaw
Call 770-422-2505 and the Kennesaw Police Department will assist you.
Marietta
Call 770-794-5334 and the Marietta Police Department will assist you.
Roswell
Northminster Church, 2400 Old Alabama Rd., has food and blankets for anyone who needs help, said Lisa Holland, the spokeswoman for the Roswell Police Department.
Sandy Springs
The American Red Cross has opened a shelter at Hammond and Glenridge Drive for anyone who is stranded. Call 911 for assistance. Officers who come across stranded motorists are offering rides to the shelter.
If you know of additional resources, email [email protected] and we will add the information to this list.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency website
www.gema.ga.gov/gemaohsv10.nsf/F7E7405EA15652D085257727004619D3/FDF9C0614897FD6A85257727004AFA7D?OpenDocument
If you are stranded in your car and have your cellphone
Post your last location here in case your cellphone battery dies mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zJgccHyFbVjM.kHgow48A1Ygw
Other resources
www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/24568256/emergency-shelters-open-in-several-counties#ixzz2rlIVq900
Confirmed by a 911 dispatcher in Henry County:
The entire state of Georgia is in a STATE OF EMERGENCY. This means that if someone is inside, it is illegal for that place to kick that person out, without cause. If you, or someone you know has been, or is being, threatened with being “thrown out,” do not listen to them! Tell them to go ahead and call the police …when and if the police show up, as long as the person is not causing a disturbance and/or trouble, the police will not make them leave.
