It's another day of slow driving and ice covered roads, and like as not your local school is closed. Again.
(For a list a school closings, check out the Daily Freeman, the Times Herald-Record or Fox 23.)
The counties are sending out alerts about the road conditions left and right. The latest alert warns motorists in Delaware County and Sullivan County to drive very carefully:
..Icy Spots Are Possible On Untreated Surfaces This Morning... Temperatures Near Or Slightly Below Freezing This Morning Could Cause Icy Spots On Untreated Road And Walkway Surfaces. Patchy Freezing Drizzle Is Also Possible For A Time Early This Morning. Morning Drivers And Walkers Should Exercise Caution. Monitor Changes On Walkways And Roadways As Icy Patches Will Be Intermittent. Furthermore...Elevated Surfaces Such As Bridges And Overpasses Tend To Freeze Sooner Than Other Road Surfaces.
Jennifer Desrochers, aka Momma D and Da Boyz in Liberty, tweets that she is stuck at home again:
Another snow/ice day. At this rate my kids are never going to school again. Day 5 off and counting...
Tony Fletcher in Shandaken tweets that Onteora Central School District is using up all its snow days already:
Our school district has just used up its sixth snow day out of six and it's only mid-Jan. Time to cancel that Spring Break vacation.
There's been another morning accident on the Catskills-region New York Thruway. The northbound lane is closed between exit 21 and exit 21B, according to 511NY.org:
NYS Thruway Authority CAD: accident on I-87 - NYS Thruway northbound between Exit 21 (I-87) - Catskill (Rte 23) and Exit 21B (I-87) - Coxsackie (Rte 9W - Rte 81). starting 8:39 AM, 01/19/11 until further notice.
