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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 |
By ANGELA WEAVER
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — With residents in the middle of the holiday season, officials have braced for activeness and snow.
“Officers were busy,” St. Marys Police Chief Greg Foxhoven said. “That’s typical for the holidays.”
Foxhoven said his officers received a variety of calls.
“We had criminal complaints, families not getting along, underage drinking, things of that nature,” he said.
With the first round of snow hitting this past weekend, one local official is reporting low accident numbers for the area.
Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon said his department had not seen too many fender-benders this weekend.
“It was not too bad considering the little extra snow we had this weekend,” Solomon said. “We had only four or five non-injury accidents reported to us.”
Troy Anderson with the Auglaize County Emergency Management Agency said most spots in this area received less precipitation than other locations in Ohio this weekend.
“In most spots, 2 inches was the max, and that was south of St. Marys,” he said. “The rest of the state was getting more, especially off the I-70 corridor.”
On Sunday, Anderson said there was one hour that the area received most precipitation.
“From about 2:15 to 3:15 we had a half inch of snow then it tapered off,” he said.
Anderson said the initial alert for the winter weather reported up to 5 inches of snow for the region.
“What people often forget is the National Weather Service in Wilmington covers three states,” he said. “That’s a general area that’s very wide.”
On Monday, Anderson said officials were calling for an additional up to 2 inches of snow, but he said his biggest caution was ice.
“I think we’ll see some more light drizzle or freezing rain,” he said. “I think we’ll see more light drizzle ice that turns into snow.”
For those looking to head out in the icier weather, Solomon cautioned residents to do their research.
“Make sure you check different weather alerts and different weather stations,” he said. “It’s not just checking if it’s going to it here — make sure you know what you’re heading into.”
Solomon said mainly driving in winter weather comes down to one thing.
“Use common sense,” he said. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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