Gov. Nathan Deal is prepared to spend in order to prepare for the next winter weather crisis.

For decades Georgia has enjoyed the economies of sunny weather, forgoing expensive winter weather supplies such as intensive road condition forecasting and big snow plow fleets. But after three winter events within four years shut down all of metro Atlanta for days, the tide is shifting.

A panel convened by Deal in the wake of the January storm to recommend planning fixes is only starting to think up recommendations. But ideas that cost money have already arisen, and some will likely have his support, he told reporters.

The first one is a system of road sensors that can measure temperature and conditions on the roadway. Road conditions are different from the air, and are heavily dependent on temperatures over the previous days.

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