ATLANTA — Helicopters took to the skies Wednesday to search for stranded drivers while authorities on the ground worked to deliver food, water and gas — or a ride home — to people who were stuck on highways after a winter storm walloped the Deep South.
Students spent the night on buses or at schools, commuters abandoned their cars or idled in them all night and the highways turned into parking lots. The problems started when schools, businesses and government offices all let out at the same […]