Weather

[Leasure]

Scanners just cant keep up down here is the SE part, weather is taken a tole on the local PD.

 

[k9gunner]

Up around Dayton it is just slide offs and a few crashes, but nothing overwhelming.... What are you getting down there?

 

[SLWilson]

Gallia County....

In the VERY SE part of Ohio here in Gallia County, it's 5:10AM. We're at 30 degrees. We've been getting freezing rain since 4:00PM yesterday (Tue)....That's on top of the 6 / 8 inches of snow from early yesterday.

We are having transformers blow up / short out.....

County roads have approximately an inch or two of ice buildup on them. Power lines and trees have an ice buildup too. Still sleeting. More snow predicted later in the day when this rain switches back to snow..

No "major" power outages at this moment. That's subject to change any second though!!!! Law enforcement just "isn't moving"....FD's responding to fires caused by transformers blowing up. At the moment, the Vinton FD is out on a power line down over a car. The Greenfield FD is enroute to another transformer fire.

Steve/KB8FAR

 

[hogwmn]

The National Weather Service is reporting snow will return later this morning and could produce another 3 to 5 inches on top of the snow already on the ground.

 

[hoser147]

Got about 8-10 of snow overnite up here in Auglaize, scanners are relatively quite except for the OSP checking slide offs, not to much moving. Most of the problems seem to be out on the interstate highways. Glad its not really windy today. Snowing so hard I can't see the lake which is within 100yrds. Stay Safe All.

 

[radioscan]

Up around Dayton it is just slide offs and a few crashes, but nothing overwhelming.... What are you getting down there?

Heavy snow started falling around 8:30 AM, now most roads are becoming
impassable. Many counties in here is SW Ohio are issuing Level 3 Snow Emergencies (No travel, unless absolutely necessary). Its a great day to stay in and listen to the road crews do their job. Its also a great chance to confirm those snow crew frequencies, tones and unit numbers.

It is suppose to move out of western Ohio around the Noon hour.

 

[JB21386]

All kinds of activity here in the Cincinnati area (Hamilton, Butler, and Warren county). Emergency vehicles are having a hard time getting around. I-75 was reported being closed in one direction here earlier while they were waiting for ODOT.

 

[JB21386]

Hamilton County just declared a level 3 snow emergency until 13:00 (1:00pm)

ODOT is also running low on salt and will not be spreading any until this evening.

 

[radioscan]

Hamilton County just declared a level 3 snow emergency until 15:00 (1:00pm)

1:00 PM = 1300
3:00 PM = 1500

:wink:

I-75 is now closed at the cut in the hill in NKY, and I-71 is in bad shape in the Kenwood/Red Bank Road area.

ARTIMIS.org

 

[JB21386]

1:00 PM = 1300
3:00 PM = 1500

:wink:

I-75 is now closed at the cut in the hill in NKY, and I-71 is in bad shape
in the Kenwood/Red Bank area.

ARTIMIS.org

Typo, oops! I fixed it.

Yeah, the artimis site is awesome.

 

[hoser147]

Is it Spring yet!!

Ah finally the end is in site, just watched the Weather channel and the radar shows the front is about past W. Ohio. Looks like the folks to the East got some pretty heavy snow coming yet. Time to dig out and wait on a truck like Mark pictured to come by and do their part.:wink:

 

[radioscan]

Time to dig out and wait on a truck like Mark pictured to come by and do their part.:wink:

By the way, that truck is from the Miami Township Service Department on 159.1050.
Those guys are out working their butts off so we'll be able to use the streets when they are done!

Warren County is now at Level 3 Snow Emergency, any non-emergency/service vehicles will be ticketed!

Its best just to stay in and play radio!

 

[Leasure]

My fire pager as well as scanners are going nuts. Not able to leave though..
Anyhow, the power here at my HQ has went out three times, lights are becomming dim at times.

aepohio.com
First Link.

Totals up all the outages.

 

[ibagli]

Warren County is now at Level 3 Snow Emergency, any non-emergency/service vehicles will be ticketed!

Does that actually happen, though? The way I believe it to be is that they reserve the right to do it, but that they only do it for the extremely stupid. I remember reading a story a while ago about how some sheriffs have just stopped placing their counties at level 3 altogether, because it puts people into a hysteria about getting ticketed or arrested for getting groceries or going to work because of the way the news media words it.

Edit: Found the article. It's from Newsbank, so I can't link to it. It's from the Newark Advocate of December 16th, 2003:

While Licking County residents await more snow, the Licking County Sheriff's Office is bracing for the blizzard of calls that come through when they issue snow advisories.

Many people are under the misconception they will be arrested or ticketed if they are on the road during a Level 3 snow emergency, said Licking County Sheriff's Deputy Col. Randy Thorp.

While some sheriff's departments have eliminated the three-tier advisory system used to warn motorists of conditions, Licking County has yet to decide if it, too, will drop the system, Thorp said.

"We did experience problems in the past. We'll get complaints from employers saying their employees think they can't drive to work because they think we're going to arrest them or give them a ticket," Thorp said.

A Level Three snow emergency, the most severe advisory, technically means roadways are closed to non-emergency personnel, but it doesn't mean those who absolutely must travel are going to get into trouble, Thorp said.

"We always tell people to call their employer first. It's up to them if they want to cancel or close operations, but by no means through this policy are we trying to dictate how business is conducted in their daily operations," he said.

 

[radioscan]

Does that actually happen, though? The way I believe it to be is that they reserve the right to do it, but that they only do it for the extremely stupid.

The 12 Noon News on WKRC-TV Channel 12 Cincinnati talked to a representative from the Clinton County Sheriff's Office who stated.
"We certainly don't patrol for that, but if we come upon someone who
is stuck, went off the road or is impeding traffic, when they should not be out, we will issue them a ticket."

So no, it is not a high priority for them, but if you are out and are the cause of impeding them getting the road serviced or in the way of an emergency vehicle, they will not hesitate to cite. I think most departments use common sense when it comes to this.

 

[hoser147]

If you absolutely don't have to travel, its far safer to just do as advised by your local agencies. They are out there dealing with it. Scanners been hoppin the last while with accidents. Channel 7 had on the news that they were headed up 75 to the Troy area, hit a patch of Ice and spun out, lucky no one was hurt, but there news van hit the concrete barrier.

 

[swstow]

got to work ok tonight from springfeild twp to cincinnati downtown didnt have any major problems on 75 or 275, just a little slower on speed with lots of cars out tonight