Winter Storm Caused Closings, Traffic Backups
The winter storm that sat over the Milwaukee area on Tuesday and Wednesday dropped far more snow than originally predicted, leading to school closings and treacherous road conditions.
Updated 10 p.m. Wednesday Updated 9:15 p.m. The winter storm that started Tuesday and ended overnight Wednesday into Thursday was originally predicted to leave little impact. But conditions were just right for the storm to grow, and it ended up dumping wet, slushy snow that closed schools and made roads dangerous for several days. Patch media partners WISN 12 News said this storm didn't follow the predictions. Computers and humans alike had originally predicted two to four inches of snow from this system, which earlier had buried the Plains states in a fresh blanket of snow. However, some uncharacteristic lake enhancement took place late Tuesday afternoon, driving snow totals much higher. "A humbling storm for all meteorologists in …
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Caledonia Retiree
5:38 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Racine County does to a really good job of plowing. I live on a "county road" (according to the post office) and by the time the sun came up this morning it was plowed and salted. The only time I can remember being "snowed in" after over 20 years of living in Caledonia was two years ago after the Groundhog Day blizzard. more ›