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Passable and we were all okay. we were warm and we had water. >> and that is a good thing. savannah, who do you hold accountable for this mess? >> caller: you know, i don't know necessarily who i would hold accountable. it's all one big pie. yes, the department of transportation has a slice of that pie. but also the citizens of georgia have a slice of that pie. i myself underestimated the severity of the weather. you know, and some of that is personal responsibility. i should have stayed home. >> she's a generous woman, savannah, isn't she, brooke? >> you are. we wish you well and the rest of ...

Seen. you know, 2 inches of snow, i haven't seen a sander yet. no road treatments at all. >> a lot of people are saying that, i haven't seen a salt truck or sander or anything. people are just left at, you know -- you know, left on their own. i wanted to ask you about something governor nathan deal said, the governor of georgia said. he said big rigs were in part to blame for this traffic mess because they slip and slide on the roadways. they don't have chains on their tires. what do you say? >> caller: well, i didn't hear him say that. i've managed all 48 states and most of canada. this is ab...

0 >> reporter: governor f i could follow up, i was -- i was at -- >> reporter: why didn't you declare a state of emergency before the storm hit rather than after? >> well, we did not think it was justified to do so. we were putting all of our resources in play without the official declaration. the official declaration doesn't really do anything in terms of getting outside help or whatever. all it does is simply say that the state's resources will be available to local levels of government if they chose to ask us for that. and there were minimal requests, even now, from local levels of governme...