 My name is Aaron Strickland and I am the Emergency Operations Director for Georgia Power. When there is a storm, I lead the emergency repair and restoration efforts after a storm. Winter weather awareness week is upon us, and that means this is the time to start prepping your home and thinking about your family emergency plan. But if you're thinking, we don't get severe winter weather here, let me take you back to the ice storms of 2014. Over just a few weeks, two massive storms walloped Metro Atlanta. We experienced treacherous conditions from northwest Georgia all the way down into the central and coastal regions. 701,000 customers lost power, and Georgia was placed under a state of emergency. We replaced more than 1,600 transformers and power poles, removed about 1,000 trees, and repaired 2,800 spans of wire. So for us, these were major events. Thankfully, we were ready and had thousands of team members dispatched and ready to restore power to our customers in record time. Do not wait until the storm is coming to start preparing your home and family. This is the time to get ready and get a plan. For more preparedness tips, visit georgiapower.com slash storm.