Governor Markell has declared a state of emergency effective at midnight. There is also a driving ban for all non-essential personnel. Stay home and let the doctors, nurses, plows and cops do their work.
But interestingly enough, as of 5:18 AM, he hasn’t closed State offices yet. Down here in Dover we really haven’t got much snow so far
meatball says: nothing but pain ‘ole rain here in Gtown.The philly weather station said the temps are going to drop in a few hours making for one heck of a mess. OF course after I got my shower (my workday starts at 6:30) the Gov closed the state 🙂
Jim S says:OK my windshield is barely covered but yet it is illegal to drive to work? What kind of moron have we elected here? Way to go Markell, lets penalize the taxpayers again so you can get welfare from the National Guard.
So far it looks like we’ve gotten about 4″ of snow here but it is icy and we already know that the bulk of the storm is coming during the day. It was a smart idea declare the state of emergency. Can you imagine the mess if everyone went to work and then the major snow fell? It would be a disaster.
Winter Storm Warning now changed to Blizzard Warning:THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST BEFORE SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW… AS WELL AS SLEET AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR… SOUTH… AND EAST OF PHILADELPHIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO DECREASE VISIBILITIES… AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON… BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES MAINLY FROM ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON… POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER… WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THIS EVENING SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES INTO EARLY TONIGHT… WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS STRADDLING THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.
