A small snow squall yesterday afternoon didn\u2019t leave up through the evening as more than a half a foot of snow fell on Northern Blair County.
\nThe storm was highlighted by fierce winds and frigid temperatures.
\nDespite the treacherous conditions, local road crews got a jump start early and tamed Mother Nature\u2019s wrath to allow safe travel this morning.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re expecting the sun to come out today and really get all the salt working,\u201d said Vernon Latchford, Tyrone Borough\u2019s Highway Department Foreman.
\nLatchford said his crews started after the snow began accumulating on the roads at about 5 p.m. yesterday. He said they were also out early this morning, clearing roads and applying salt.
\n\u201cThe roads are all passable,\u201d said Latchford.
\nOther municipalities reported passable road conditions also.
\nJeff Ziegler, Antis Township manager, told The Daily Herald that he hadn\u2019t spoken with road foreman Bob Srock, but noted that all the roads were open.
\n\u201cThey may be snowpacked, but they are all open,\u201d said Ziegler.
\nLike in Tyrone, Antis Township crews were out yesterday clearing roadways and they were back in at 5 a.m. this morning in their plows.
\n\u201cTo my knowledge, everything looks good,\u201d said Ziegler. \u201cNo one has reported any problems anywhere.\u201d
\nSusan Waite, secretary\/treasurer of Bellwood Borough, also reported good road conditions. She spoke with borough road crews this morning who told her everything was plowed, although snow was still present.
\nIn Snyder Township, secretary Viola Dysart heard from road crews at around 8:30 a.m. They told her that all the roads were cleared and they were preparing to treat the roadways with salt and calcium.
\nOnly one school cancellation was noted in the region with Keystone Central. Bellwood-Antis and Tyrone Area school districts each had two-hour delays.
\nTemperatures weren\u2019t expected to rise out of the single digits Thursday across much of the Northeast, where Watertown, N.Y., dropped to 31 below zero and the morning wind chill was minus-46 degrees.
\nMaine Gov. John Baldacci declared a civil emergency after wind chills of 30 to 50 degrees below zero a day earlier.
\nThe heaviest snow of the storm fell in Minnesota to Michigan, where strong winds produced blizzard-like conditions in parts of the Great Lakes and Upper-Midwest.
\nTen inches of snow fell in Detroit\u2019s far northern suburbs on Wednesday. Lesser amounts still posed problems, causing dozens of fender-benders and spinout accidents on Detroit-area freeways. Portions of Michigan were already under as much as 10 inches of snow when the storm rolled in.
\n\u201cI\u2019m brushing as much snow out of my eyes as I am off my car,\u201d said Layla Abdul-Rahman, 32, of Dearborn. \u201cThis would be a good time to buy a ticket back to Lebanon.\u201d
\nU.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri, a candidate in Michigan\u2019s Feb. 7 Democratic presidential caucuses, was scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Burton Wednesday. But the storm prevented his plane from landing at Bishop International Airport in nearby Flint. After circling Bishop for 45 minutes, his plane headed for Grand Rapids, where he attended a 6 p.m. rally.
\nIn New Jersey, dozens of spinouts and fender-benders were reported early Thursday as motorists slowly made their way across snow-covered roads and icy bridges. The snow was expected to taper off during the morning commute, but blowing and drifting snow was possible for most of the day.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the light fluffy kind of snow (and) should be easy for people to move around,\u201d said Mark DeLisi, a forecaster with the weather service\u2019s Mount Holly, N.J., office.
\nThe bitter cold was expected to continue into the weekend in much of the Northwest. Public Service Electric & Gas, New Jersey\u2019s largest utility, said service calls had more than doubled.
\nIn Maine, the governor said his civil emergency proclamation should help fuel oil delivery drivers operate additional hours.
\nAbout 5 inches of snow had been measured in New York City by 7 a.m., and most of the suburbs were hit with between 5 and 6 inches, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Adrienne Leptich. The coldest temperatures were expected after the snow stops, with winds picking up so much that the wind chill Thursday night was expected to be about 20 degrees below zero.
\nAnyone outside unprotected in the low temperatures will \u201crealize it in about five minutes,\u201d Leptich said. \u201cTheir faces will start getting numb.\u201d
\nLeptich said frigid Arctic air was driving the temperatures downward, and said similar cold snaps were felt last winter as well.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s January, and this is the time of year when we see this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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