The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that as officials point to new fleets of storm equipment and bigger stockpiles of anti-ice materials, they must also grapple with the opposite worry: how not to overspend in anticipation of storms that may only come once a decade.
A major storm in 2011 brought commerce to a halt, and leaders were accused of being woefully unprepared.
City, county and state managers say they've learned the key lesson from two years ago: Better to shell out cash for material and equipment before a big storm than to be caught unprepared -- even if that big storm never comes.
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