SNOWMAGEDDON: Remember the last big winter storm to hit Atlanta?

Snowmageddon Jammed-packed interstate in Downtown Atlanta, photo from AJC photographer John Spink.

ATLANTA — Remember Snowmageddon, aka Snowpocalypse, in 2014?

You know, that time when commuters, schools and businesses all let out at the same time, causing gridlock. Some people had to abandon their cars or sleep in them overnight.

With the upcoming snow predicted, we decided to take a look back at the mess across metro Atlanta.

The problems began as the roads became clogged with drivers as the winter weather moved in. Many schools and businesses closed in the late morning and early afternoon.

The slick roads caused spinouts and wrecks across metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Crews worked hundreds of crashes over the course several days.

Snow and ice on roads near Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta.

Many area stores opened their doors to take in stranded drivers. Drivers and some employees took shelter in this Publix grocery store on West Paces Ferry Road.

Drivers take refuge inside a local store as roads become too slick to drive on.

Want to go even further back to the snowstorm of 2011? Here are 12 things we remember about it.

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