Live with it! And they don’t mention if they will be announcing a snow emergency . . .
Here’s your snow alert complete with excuses:
SNOW PLOWING UPDATES
by Alan Schumacher, Streets Superintendent
posted February 8, 2010 7:40 AM
Our forecasts are calling for snow to redevelop this afternoon and then continue for about 36 hours. It will be a dry, powdery type of snow, much different than the snow that fell during the December 8th blizzard. Total accumulations by the time it ends late Tuesday are forecast to be between 6″ to 8″ in the City of Madison. We will be able to apply salt and salt brine throughout the duration of this storm and after this storm as temperatures are expected to remain above 15 degrees F. Some sunshine is also forecast for later in the week, which will assist in helping the salt work to melt the snow and ice on the main streets.As the snow falls, crews will focus on the main arterials, main connector, Madison Metro Bus Routes and streets around our hospitals. Plows will continue to plow these main streets over and over during the duration of the storm in an effort to keep traffic moving. We are not expecting to have clear pavement but continued plowing efforts on the main arterials should allow traffic to be able to maneuver, even though it will be a slower than usual commute.
At this time, we are not anticipating plowing the residential streets until the snow has stopped accumulating or has just about stopped accumulating. We are expecting to plow all residential streets either later on Tuesday or early Wednesday. When we plow the residential streets, we will schedule about 175 pieces of equipment in order to plow the 766 miles or 1708 lane miles of City streets.
