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Freezing rain, sleet and ice pummeling the region Saturday
created hazardous road conditions, felled trees and power lines, and left thousands of residents without power.
The National Weather Service in South Burlington said Saturday evening that ice-laden trees and power lines had been reported down in communities including Burlington, Georgia, St. Albans, Highgate, Swanton, Sheldon, Derby and Pittsford. Downed lines and outages were also reported in New York.
Officials warned motorists to be careful when traveling on icy roads and to look out for power lines and trees that might have fallen on the roadways. State police in Williston said late Saturday that there had been numerous reports of cars sliding off the roads but no serious accidents.
High winds developing around midnight were expected to down more trees and power lines. High-wind advisories remained in effect in the southern six counties of the state until this afternoon, Neilson said.
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Fresh off a Wednesday storm that confounded the experts with less snow
and more ice than expected, forecasters said they are looking forward to a week of seesawing temperatures, complicated storms and changeable mixes of snow, sleet and rain.
Wednesday's storm caused a slew of traffic accidents. Most were minor, but a crash on icy U.S. 7 in Middlebury killed three people. In southern Vermont, heavy freezing rain caused trees to sag, and in some cases break. At 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, about 1,500 Central Vermont Public Service Corp. customers had lost power.
The unexpected heavy onslaught of ice caused towns and cities to dig deeper into dwindling supplies of salt. The Vermont Agency of Transportation announced it would share more of its limited supply.
Transportation Secretary Neale Lunderville said the state would lend salt to towns and cities until its supply reaches a level that is less than a 48-hour supply.
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It will be another tricky commute Wednesday.
Forecasters say this storm will have a lot of sleet and freezing rain with it. And that has forced almost 500 schools across our region to close.
Roads may be more treacherous than usual because crews are very short on salt.
"Well, we've got some in the shed and all of our trucks are loaded, but it's been tough. We really have to make adjustments. Usually the guys would be trying to salt everything after they plow it, depending on the amount of snow or rain we're getting. Now they've really gotta think about where they put it," said Craig Plumb of the South Burlington Public Works Department.
And towns in Vermont are not the only ones experiencing a shortage of salt. Towns like Hanover, New Hampshire don't have much salt left, so they have to ration it. The Public Works director there says he only has ONE truckload of salt to use today.
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Power companies were on the job Sunday,
restoring electrical lines knocked down during the weekend ice storm.
Burlington Electric Dept. said all of its customers had their power back by Sunday morning. But crews were worried about trees, like one on the corner of North Street and North Willard Street, which snapped because they had such a thick coating of ice.
The wet weather did take a toll on some roads. North Williston Road in Essex was closed because of flooding. State police reported Pettingill Road in Essex was also closed because of high water. "There was a lot of flooding on the streets," said Chief Joe Beaudry of the St. Albans City Fire Dept. "So we had crews working with Public Works when they weren't chasing downed lines and trees, they were keeping water off the roads."
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Public works crews in our area are anxious as we head into another winter
storm.
That's because they've been waiting weeks for shipments of road salt, which is running critically low right now because of a series of winter storms.
Some have even turned to suppliers in Montreal for help. One Vtrans supervisor said he had to stop sharing his salt reserves with other local crews.
Road crews are trying to make do by mixing the salt they have with sand.
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Burlington got 18 inches of snow last night,
the 7th biggest snowstorm ever, topping out last weekends, which was the 8th biggest.
Vermonters started the week with a big snowstorm, adding to the already greater-than-usual snow totals so far this year.
... Not everyone was so happy with the weather. Many had to spend Monday digging out of the snow. ...
Most schools in the state are closed, and many businesses either closed or delayed their opening. State government delayed its opening until 10 a.m. to give employees time to dig out and for road crews to clear the highways.
As the snow continued to fall in the Champlain Valley Monday morning, Burlington and Plattsburgh, N.Y., police officials encouraged citizens to avoid driving if possible. ... It was hard to drive anywhere, but even harder to fly. Things began moving a little better at the Burlington Airport later in the day, but only one flight got out Monday morning. Crews worked feverishly to de-ice planes and clear runways.
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Droughts in Vermont
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GeoStationary Satellite Server
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Hourly statistics for the past day
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Temperature, F (C) Dew Point, F (C) Pressure, and Wind Speed. Also available are the other current conditions that you would expect to find on a weather service or weather report.
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Mild Winter in Burlington Vermont area
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National Weather Service Conditions and Forcasts
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Nor'easter Storms in the Burlington Vermont area
is a macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States. A Nor'easter is so named because the winds in a Nor'easter come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. More specifically, it describes a low pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast. The precipitation pattern is similar to other extratropical storms. Nor'easters also can cause coastal flooding, coastal erosion, gale force winds, and heavy snow. Nor'easters are characterized by having an association with a warm front, cold front, or occluded fronts.
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Snow Storms in the Burlingon Vermont area
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Statistics are starting to prove what many Vermonters
already know: the state is experiencing one of the coldest winters in years.
The National Weather Service says the average temperature in Burlington for December, January and February was 17-point-six degrees.
That's the coldest three-month period since the winter of 1978-79 when the average temperature was 16-point-nine degrees.
It's still well above the coldest winter on record, 1917-18, when the temperature averaged 12-point-one degrees.
And this winter is following the winter of 2001-2002, which was the warmest on record, an average of 28-point-seven degrees.
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The first Nor'Easter of 2003 was a memorable one,
with many measuring the snow in feet as the storm winds down.
1-2 feet of snow was the rule of thumb for most of us, and much of that fell over the course of 24 hours. Burlington came in just under 18 inches...and the 17.4 inches Saturday was the second snowiest one-day storm total on record.
... Snowfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour were common at the height of the storm, and travel was very difficult through much of Saturday. While conditions are improving tonight, caution is still urged when out on the roads.
Both Burlington and Plattsburgh are still efforting to remove today's snow, and therefore both cities continue their parking bans through Sunday morning. All cars not moved by midnight will be towed at the owner's expense.
The snow was powdery, so despite the fact that feet fell, removal efforts were easier than if the snow were heavy and wet. Because of the light weight of the snow and the light winds, no major power outages were reported
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The weekend Nor'Easter saved its best for last,
dumping heavy snow across Vermont and New York late Sunday night into Monday morning.
4-8" of snow has already fallen as of early Monday morning, and an additional 2-6" is on the way before the snow departs the area from west to east as Monday progresses. That means storm totals will range from 6-12", with a few higher totals certainly possible.
Several inches of snow fell Saturday night and Sunday, followed by a period of sleet and freezing rain. The heaviest snow developed Sunday night, and will wind down during the day Monday, with the Green Mountains the last place to see the snow shut off.
Many area schools are closed or delayed Monday, and travel will remain difficult this morning. Police advise you to reduce your speed on the roads, and increase your following distance between your car and the one in front of you.
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Vermont got two major snow storms in two consecutive weekends.
Tires are spinning, cars are moving, but the commute is slow going. Snow starting falling Sunday afternoon and fell for 24 hours straight making for treacherous travel.
The second winter storm in just over a week came down fast and furious on Vermont's roads and highways. Plows had a hard time keeping pace and police advised drivers to stay off the streets.
Church Street in Burlington looked more like a winter wonderland than a shopping plaza as stores closed up shop early. Those who did brave the weather walked downtown instead of driving.
The Nor'easter cancelled virtually all flights at the Burlington International Airport Sunday night through Monday morning. Some travelers hunkered down for long delays but others would not let the snow ruin their spirits.
WPTZ reports that the snow fall last night was 18.5", just over last weeks snow storm.
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We frequently have freezing rain
during the winter time up north. Freezing Rain is a type of precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at lower level to become supercooled. This water will then freeze upon impact of any object it then encounters. The ice can accumulate to a thickness of several centimetres, called glaze ice. Usually freezing rain is associated with the approach of a warm front when cold air, at or below freezing temperature, is trapped in the lower levels of the atmosphere as warmth streams in aloft.[3] This happens, for instance, when a low pressure system moves from the Mississippi River Valley toward the Appalachian mountains and the Saint Lawrence River Valley of North America, in the cold season, and there is a strong high pressure system sitting further East.
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Weather Central . com
offers the current conditions, long term forcast, a radar image of Vermont and a satelite image of the U.S.
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Weather emergency information
is available at the Burlington Free Press web site. They have advised for power outages, safe heating, Using generators, Space heaters/cook stoves, cold weather, Winter storm tips, getting info during a storm, flooding, cleaning up, food safety, and chain saw safety.
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Experimental Forecast Image Display
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This Forecast Image web page is an image display project. It is an effort to improve the utility of our forecast images made by National Weather Service meteorologists. This product is provided for Emergency Managers, Local Media, Businesses, Schools, Law Enforcement, and the public. Use the Forecast Image web pages to factor in the forecast weather into your daily plans. This is an experimental service designed to supplement pre-existing, official means of communication. Timeliness and reliability of products obtained from the Internet are not guaranteed.
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A powerful Nor'easter that began dumping snow on the state
early this morning has left roads slick, flights canceled and knocked out power to some. The storm is forecast to continue throughout the day into Monday morning, leaving up to 18 inches in its wake.
A midday lull in the storm is just that, forecasters warn, with the snowfall expected to resume and become heavy in the late afternoon and evening.
The first wave has left varying amounts of snowfall across Vermont. Walden, in Caledonia County, reported 16 inches. Cabot received 10 inches and Waterbury Center had 9 inches by 10:30 this morning. Essex and South Burlington each reported 5 inches to the National Weather Service.
Accurate prediction in storm
You were warned.
Contemplate that in this morning's sub-zero cold as you clear the rest of the 15-inch Sunday snow dump from the driveway.
Of course, we all expect the National Weather Service to warn us when winter weather is approaching, but let's give credit where credit is due: Forecasts for the last three storms have been almost exactly right.
Despite satellites, huge advances in science and high-powered computers, weather forecasting is still a hit-or-miss enterprise. Unexpected, subtle changes in weather patterns can quickly render a forecast wrong. That's particularly true in the winter, when a complicated stew of steering winds and layers of above and below freezing temperatures in the atmosphere can confuse the most experienced meteorologists. Winter storms rarely work out exactly as the soothsayers decree.
All across the state, snowplows were clearing, shovels were scraping,
and snowblowers were humming, as Vermonters dug themselves out from this weekend's N'oreaster. ... Most parts of Vermont saw at least a foot of snow, and others saw almost two. More than 250 schools across Vermont were closed or delayed, but some kids were disappointed to find they still had class.
... But almost everyone was out clearing their driveway Monday morning.
... Many business also spent the morning clearing parking lots and shoveling walkways. And not all the cars that were dug out Monday morning were driven to work. The Heritage Toyota dealership in South Burlington had 300 cars to clear off.
... Although shoveling and scraping didn't necessarily mean you would make it out. The undercarriage of Maureen Cartier's car got hung up as she was leaving for work, and she had to be pulled out by her neighbor.
Another winter storm has socked the region with a powerful blast of snow
and sleet. It's left many electric customers in the dark -- and made travel very difficult all day long.
... Hope and patience is all airline customers had after snow and sleet pounded our region throughout the day Sunday, allowing only a few flights in and out of the Burlington Airport. It was tricky traveling the roads, too, though a lull in the storm mid-day did give VTrans crews and municipal plows a chance to clean up a bit. They benefited from the fact a lot of folks stayed off the streets.
... Lunderville asked drivers to leave plenty of extra time in their morning commute -- and of course, to keep speeds down. By Monday morning, VTrans will have spent some 24 hours working the roads. Expect more delays Monday at the airport, too as many of the connecting cities Burlington serves also got socked by the storm.
Burlington's heat hit a couple of high points Monday.
The 98 degrees was an all-time high for September. It also was the hottest day of the year.
The temperature shattered the Sept. 9 record of 90 degrees set in 1959, said meteorologist Eric Evenson at the National Weather Service in South Burlington. The previous high for September was 95 degrees, set in 1931.
Records also fell in Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, where temperatures hit 92 degrees, and on top of Mount Mansfield, where a 79-degree mark inched out the rec- ord of 77 degrees set in 1999, Evenson said.
The heat and the accompanying low humidity spell trouble for forests, where the timber is dangerously dry, Evenson said. The Green Mountain National Forest reported wildfires Monday above Mount Tabor in southern Vermont. Crews hiked to the fire and were expecting a helicopter to deliver water.
High temperature tied at 60 degrees
Spring-like weather made an early entrance Tuesday, with temperatures hitting 60 degrees. That tied a record high set in 1957.
The weather brought out joggers in shorts, motorcycles, convertibles with tops down and lunch al fresco -- odd sights in a Vermont February.
A sharp cold front due this morning is expected to drop temperatures through the 30s, forecasters said.
This winter has been the warmest on record. Through Tuesday, the mean temperature in Burlington since Dec. 1 was 28.7, according to National Weather Service data.
Previously, the warmest winters on record were in 1906 and 1933, with a mean temperature of 27.5. -- end --
If last winter's mild weather kept your snow shovel buried
beneath beach towels and tanning butter, the Farmers' Almanac recommends dusting it off this fall.
Vermonters, along with folks from Maine to Colorado, can expect heavy snow and colder-than-normal temperatures, according to this year's edition.
... The 186-year-old almanac, which goes on sale Tuesday, made similar prognostications last winter. ... Several feet of snow was forecast for New England, but the region had warmer-than-normal temperatures -- it was the warmest winter ever recorded in Portland and in Burlington, Vt. -- and a dearth of snow.
... Editors insist the almanac's forecast has historically been accurate about 75 percent to 80 percent of the time, even though most meteorologists say the weather cannot be predicted so far in advance.
... This year's almanac predicts a white Christmas in New England
It's the calm before the storm at the Agency
of Transportation garage in Colchester. Drivers fill up with all the essentials before hitting the road. This year though, the streets have been a little tougher to keep clear. "Normally, we're basically got your little snow falls and you clean them up and this year every time it snows the wind blows and it's been real cold," said driver Burt Willey.
Those cold conditions are putting a strain on the state's sand and salt supplies. "This year we haven't had a January thaw, we've had winter basically from November to today," said Dick Hoskings of the Vermont Transportation Agency.
And although there haven't been any large blizzards to speak of, snowfall has been steady. "Even if we get a half an inch of snow it takes the same amount of material to treat the road that it would say if we had three or four inches," Hoskings said.
The state's million winter maintenance budget has already been spent, and the winter's far from over.
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Just a week ago there were squeals, sleds and snow-- lots of it.
The joys of an old fashioned Vermont winter. In fact, the month of December was the fourth snowiest on record. And then came the cold. Just a few days ago, Vermonters were shivering in subzero temperatures. From four to 45 in just four days.
"Well, it is January and often in January we get cold snaps that can last a lot longer than that the last one did. It was only a couple of days. And then it warms up," explains WCAX Meteorologist Gary Sadowsky.
It's called the January thaw and it comes every year whether you like it or not. Across the lake in Saranac, the fluctuation was even more dramatic.
Lake is at record high due to a rainy 2004 summer.
Here's some more evidence of how much rain we've had this summer: Lake Champlain is at the highest level it has ever been in September.
The lake level at the King Street ferry dock in Burlington is just over 98 feet mean sea level. That's about two to three feet higher than is normal in the fall - when the lake level generally drops to its lowest levels of the year.
It takes huge amounts of water to raise the level of the 435-square mile lake, which is the sixth largest lake in the country.
Experts say the lake holds an average of about seven trillion gallons of water.
Little White Stuff Saves Cities a lot of Green.
If you're like most people from the North Country, you're probably wondering -- where's winter? While a white Christmas is on most people's wish list -- the lack of snow is saving public works departments lots of money.
The salt and sand trucks, snow blowers and sidewalk plows are parked at the Burlington Public Works Department. There's no snow to move. Instead, the street sweepers are still in action.
"We haven't had to drop our plows," said Patrick Lefebvre, the assistant director of Burlington Public Works.
The lack of white stuff is saving the city a lot of green -- more than 9-thousand dollars over this same time last year. Between November 22nd and December 16th of last year, Burlington used 158 tons of salt -- at a cost of 6-thousand dollars. This year, just 46 tons have been used -- costing the city about 2-thousand dollars. During that same time last year, Burlington spent more than 25-hundred dollars on 142 hours of overtime.
Mud season begins early
The yearly ooze has started already.
Road crews spent last week putting up signs -- Frost Heaves. Posted. Weight Limits -- all heralding the advent of mud season. The signs and the mud are early this year.
"Last year we never posted until March 18," ... Mud season's peak is still weeks away. It has been warm enough to grease the roads with muck and open up fresh potholes, but not turn it all into a marsh. ... Road crews try. Town dump trucks arrive at trouble spots to dump loads of gravel into the really bad spots, work it into the mud, then hope the rocks stay put.
The bane of a road foreman is overweight trucks, the kind that carve deep ruts into soft springtime dirt roads. That's why the weight-limit signs are spreading like dandelions.
National Weather Service says Vermont winter warmest ever
At the National Weather Service office in Burlington, the average temperature for the three (2001/2002 winter) months was 28.7 degrees, which is 8.4 degrees above the normal of 20.3 degrees.
This surpassed the previous record of 27.5 degrees by 1.2 degrees. Temperatures averaged 27.5 degrees during the winters of 1932-1933 and of 1905-1906.
This winter's record was established despite the fact that only two daily maximum temperature records were tied or broken.
In Burlington, there have not been any zero or colder readings this season, which is the first time since the service began keeping records in 1883. Normally Burlington has 26 such readings in a winter.
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Past week Indian Summer ended up breaking records highs.
Mom was wrong: The wild temperature fluctuations we've had in the past week won't make you sick. Just disoriented.
Monday's warmth and humidity set records across Vermont and had people digging around for shorts and heading off to the beach. Four days earlier, a January-like chill had people lunging for the down comforter and huddling around the wood stove.
Doctors say the weather extremes, while confusing, generally don't cause colds. That's especially true in this case, when the weather took a pleasant turn from the usual November bleakness.
St. Johnsbury, Montpelier and South Burlington reached 71 degrees Monday, record highs for the date. The record in Burlington exceeded the old record of 66 set in 1891 and tied in 1995.
... The warm blast was a sharp contrast to the recent wintry cold. ... A cold front passing through Vermont started cooling the weather during Monday afternoon.
The front that is ending the warmth was the same weather system that created deadly tornadoes from Pennsylvania to Alabama. However, temperature and moisture contrasts were not as extreme near Vermont as they were farther south, helping the state avoid dangerous storms.
Snow makes travel slippery
19-Dec-2001 -- The first significant snowfall of the season brought more than 4 inches to the Burlington area. It also made roads slick.
The temperature has been spiraling downward
since the beginning of the month. Meteorologists foretell bitter mornings for days on end and the worst cold snap in years by the middle of next week.
With that, Matt Wheeler shrugs and reaches for another layer of clothing.
Wheeler, 35, spends much of his time working outdoors as a foreman and site engineer for Engelberth Construction Inc. He is working on a new theater under construction at Williston's Maple Tree Place.
... As temperatures hovered near 10 degrees Thursday afternoon, Wheeler pronounced himself comfortable and ready for the weather in his down jacket, coveralls, hat and polypropylene clothing.
Wheeler might be ready, but others might be out of practice dealing with cold weather. Last winter was the warmest on record, and the Burlington area has had no real frigid spells since January 1999. The mercifully brief minus 20 chill that month ended with a thaw three days later.
No such luck this time. It's been below freezing since Jan. 1,
The temperature in Burlington reached 93 degrees by late Monday
afternoon, tying a record set in 1947. It was the 10th time this year temperatures reached 90 degrees. Little relief is in sight: Afternoon temperatures are forecast to remain in the 80s to low 90s for a week.
Heat illnesses typically hit the elderly and sick the hardest, but the healthiest young athletes are also at risk, Karg said. ... Vermonters are less used to hot weather than people in other parts of the country, so residents are prone to heat illnesses, Karg said. "People tend not to have air conditioning and people tend to work hard in Vermont. People tend to persevere," she said.
The temperature in Burlington reached 96 degrees Wednesday, tying
a record set in 1947, the National Weather Service in South Burlington reported. It was the hottest day of the summer and the 12th day of 90 degree weather this year.
Wednesday's weather was the peak of a four-day heat wave that has sent temperatures to 93 degrees or higher every day since Sunday. Faint relief is due today in the form of scattered clouds, a slight chance of thunderstorms and temperatures that could stay just below 90 degrees.
Hot, humid weather is expected to persist through Saturday, with temperatures in the 80s to around 90. A cold front is forecast to finally enter Vermont Sunday, dropping temperatures to near 80 early next week.
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Vermonters slog through an icy day
Power lines snapped, trees collapsed, intersections flooded, schools closed and cars collided across Vermont in Friday's icy winter storm. ... While residents soldiered on, utility and public works crews spent the day battling the elements. Green Mountain Power repair crews worked to restore electricity to about 4,000 customers, some of whom had no lights for eight hours or more.
GMP spokeswoman Dorothy Schnure said most customers had power restored by early Friday afternoon, with the rest due back online by dark. However, she worried that forecasted high winds might topple more ice-laden trees onto power lines.
Virtually everyone who spent the day picking over icy sidewalks or chain-sawing broken trees was relieved the ice storm turned out far less severe than the storm of 1998. That storm turned swaths of the state into disaster areas and cut power to tens of thousands of Vermonters for up to several weeks.
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Winter Finally Arrives
18-Dec-2001: It's been a long time coming, but it appears that the snow may be here to stay.
This latest storm hit early on Monday, and kept road crews busy throughout the day.
"We rolled stuff, we started at seven this morning, storm moved in a little earlier than they thought," Ben Cantrell of the State Transportation Agency said. "We've been salting and switched over to sand one time and switched back for commuter traffic, went back to salt." ... The snow was not a surprise, and for whatever the reason, be it the holidays or short memories, most people we spoke to welcomed the snow with open arms.
"I think it's hard to imagine Christmas without that whiteness," Megan Epler Wood said. "And having that seasonal spirit is hard to get into without snow."
Winter Storm Ices Over Vermont
-- The winter storm that swept through much of the state Friday left streets, trees and sidewalks covered in a thin layer of ice. Road crews were on their toes most of the day trying to keep the ice from getting too thick.
"Right now we're just trying to keep it down to a minimum depth so that the salt, once it's treated, will take that light film of ice off," said VTRANS District 5 Manager, Dave Blackmore, during the height of the storm.
Despite a few earlier fender benders, officials say the roads were relatively quiet. State Police in Williston reported 17 crashes for the day, all of them minor. By evening crews turned their attention away from slush build-up and toward black ice. Blackmore warned that the areas that look black and bare are likely the most slippery.
As police warned motorists to stay off the roads, not everyone could comply. Delivery drivers say stormy nights are some of the busiest.
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