Warning ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH UP TO A FOOT OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER.
* PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD FALL SO FAST AT TIMES THAT ROAD CREWS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE ROADS CLEAR. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS SNOW AS IT WILL NOT BE AS HEAVY AND WET AS THE DECEMBER 2009 SNOWSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
*********************************** Extra Food: check
Clean Drinking Water: check
Log Boxes Filled: check
Candles, Oil Lamps, flashlights, batteries, camp cook stove (just in case): check
My 4/w drive Explorer gets me to where I want to go no matter the weather, but I'd rather just stay home and not take the chance of some jackass who can't hold the roads!
Our three horses are snug in their barn, so let it snow! I'll stay snug by the fireplace and ride Al Gores global warming out....&;-)
