You're somewhat right Dave. Being from North Georgia, they should have learned their lesson in 2003 and 2011 when we were shut down for 3-4 days because of ice/snow. Georgia should have made plans and started much earlier getting ready for this most recent fiasco.
The other factor... the people of North Georgia who should have avoided the roads knowing the weather that was coming in. As I said, we lived in Georgia for over 20 years, Georgia doesn't have sufficient snow removal equipment and anyone who has lived there for any time at all knows this. Whenever snow/ice was forecasted most residents plan to hunker down during and after the storm, until the snow melts off of the roads, in 2011 we were in the house for 5 days before we ventured out and then it was only to the local store to resupply.
So, there were many contributing factors in this fiasco, not to say the government officials were not at fault, but it's more complicated than just that. My biggest heartburn was the kids who got stranded in schools...there is absolutely no excuse for that!!!