The winter storm that dumped at least 7 inches of snow in the region left downtown Chattanooga looking like a ghost town Monday with snow cloaking buildings and carpeting sidewalks.
The storm shut down government agencies, schools and businesses across the region, and many will remain closed again today.
“Everything just stopped. Everything is so still,” said Faye Robertson, who ventured out into the streets from her apartment downtown at Patten Towers to buy some milk. “If I was in my younger days, I’d be out playing in it, but now I just want to get back inside and get warm.”
Final totals for snow accumulation have not been calculated, but Monday marked the largest single-day total since the 18.5 inches of snow that hammered Chattanooga during the 1993 blizzard, according to Sam Roberts of the National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn.