The Six Flags near Atlanta planned a massive 1,000 snowball fight for Saturday that was then cancelled because of actual snowfall.
Six Flags Over Georgia tweeted today that they were going to have to close the park as a result of Winter Storm Benji which has caused at most six inches of snow to hit the East Coast.
‘Due to the inclement weather and for the safety of our guests and employees, the park is CLOSED Saturday, Dec 9. Reopening Sunday at 2:00pm,’ said the park at 1.17am.
The Six Flags near Atlanta planned a massive 1,000 snowball fight for Saturday that they then cancelled because of actual snowfall
The Cobb County amusement park had hoped to throw the event for the first 1,000 folk who showed up for the fight at 1pm.
Participants were still expected to dish out the admission to the park in order throw ‘snow balls’ during the fight, which was to start at 1.30pm.
Indoor snowballs – often made with polypropylene – were to be used for the event, according to Gene Pertriello, a spokesperson with the park.
It was supposed to be the first of such event for this particular Six Flags.
Winter Storm Benji has pummeled the East Coast with several inches of snow, with the Northeast getting up to six inches in some places.
Flight cancellations spiked at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Friday afternoon after a winter storm brought heavier-than-expected snow to Atlanta with 815 flights canceled.
‘Due to the inclement weather and for the safety of our guests and employees, the park is CLOSED Saturday, Dec 9. Reopening Sunday at 2:00pm,’ they said
That number represented about one-third of the entire day’s schedule at the airport with the number of cancellations more than tripling from the 165 that had been reported as of 11am, according to flight-tracking service Flightaware.
More than 250,000 customers across the South were left without power after facing snow from Benji. The number of outages is highest in Georgia, where utilities report more than 90,000 customers lack power, mostly west and north of Atlanta.
Another 68,000 are without power in the southern half of Mississippi, utilities say, and nearly 63,000 customers are without power in southeast Louisiana.
Customers in hardest-hit areas might not get power until Saturday or even Sunday, utilities warn.