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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There probably won’t be shut down. The forecast just changed to sleet because of warmer air coming from the south.[/quote]

Where are you getting this info? Everywhere I’m looking says 6-14 inches PLUS freezing rain to finish it off. That would make it even worse. The last thing you want is ice sitting on top of 10 inches of snow. It weighs it down. [/quote]
Yes, this actually makes the conditions worse. The warm air is where the storm is forming, but the temperature on the ground will be well below freezing. This means the sleet will quickly turn to ice. 12+ inches of fluffy snow is a lot easier to manage than 8 inches of snow beneath a compacted sheet of slush. Light snow means you’re just waiting for plows to make their way through. Sleet in the forecast leads to conditions that closed us for 4 1/2 days last January. Roads with compacted sheets of ice that the plows can’t scrape up and frigid temperatures so there’s little melting. Also, fallen branches and power outages are far more likely. This doesn’t change the outlook on school being open next week, it just means less idyllic and fun snow days for the hot chocolate crowd.[/quote]

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