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Local activities come to a halt as winter weather turns nasty

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2011 - 5:43am

No school, many businesses closed and Allen County on a Level 2 snow emergency, activities in the immediate Icon viewership area came to a halt on Groundhog's Day 2011.

With more than 2 inches of snow on the ground, the village is in a snow emergency situation. In it police are working with snow removal crews to get vehicles off the streets so that the snow plows can do their job.

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Allen County placed on Level 2 emergency snow level

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2011 - 5:31am

Allen County was placed under a Level 2 snow emergency this morning.

LEVEL 2 - ROADWAY WARNING: All roadways in Allen County are extremely dangerous due to heavy, drifted or blowing snow. Some roads may become impassable causing danger to stranded drivers and occupants.

Only motorists with extreme necessity and specialized equipment should attempt to drive in these unsafe conditions. In the interest of public safety, motorists are strongly advised to stay off roadways until conditions improve.

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The snow blower works, sort of, in case you wonder

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2011 - 4:33am

With The Icon's winter weather warning level at "partly screwed," we'd like to poll the viewers of a couple subjects.

The paulpoteet.com site is a weather site pointed out to us by Lindsay Steiner in Kent. She forwarded the map. We asked for permission to use it and received the okay.

In case you are wondering, it is possible to use a small push snow blower on this stuff. Our's is called a snow "thrower." We tried it at 7 a.m. this morning. It worked, sort of. Blew out the driveway. It took three passes; usually needs one swipe.

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