17th St. and Lincoln Way west CLOSED

[TigerDL71]

Just came home from work and 17th and Lincoln way was closed due to an either an accident or cars not being able to make it up the hill there.

[Kamd50]

Geez, I just got in the door myself and the roads are getting pretty bad. I am saying my prayers that the school busses will be able to get all of the kids home safely today. I didn't see one city truck out plowing.

[TigerDL71]

Geez, I just got in the door myself and the roads are getting pretty bad. I am saying my prayers that the school busses will be able to get all of the kids home safely today. I didn't see one city truck out plowing.

I agree. THat makes me wonder....if your an administrator in the massillon city school district what do you do with al of the students who drive? Would you honestly feel safe letting them drive home with the roads the way they are?

[MTigers006]

About the city trucks I hear the city is out of Salt. Secondly when I was in school (Class of 1994) when a storm like this hit or was comming they dismissed early to ensure that everyone got home safely. I dont think they do that anymore. At least I have not heard of it. Becareful out there its very dangerous out there. Does anyone know what Code Level we are under? I know that under certain codes you can either get a ticket or even in severe cases arrested.

[Kamd50]

It's definately a concern. I am glad my kid isn't driving, but am still worried for those that are. I know some might scoff at this, but when all of the weather forecasts are predicting the same thing since last night, even possibly up to 2 feet of snow starting at 7 this morning, I think they should have just gone ahead and canceled classes today for the kids' safety.

[massillon catholic]

I picked my kids up early from school.

[MTigers006]

MC, your a very smart person. I applaud you for your thinking.

Kamd50, 2ft? Your kidding right? I heard 1-3 unless they changed it. None the less everyone use extreme caution. It is however comming down like crazy out there with some blowing and drifting.

[Kamd50]

Holy crap! I just looked outside because I heard spinning of tires, and there is a guy out there stuck, and all he is doing is burning the rubber off of his tires,lol! Seriously, it is so bad, you can smell it! Plus there are two other vehicles stuck right up the street. I don't know if they are sliding and can't get any traction or what. I live on a brick hill and it gets almost impossible to navigate on if the city doesn't take care of it.

Speaking of, I cannot believe that they haven't been out here since we are on a heavily traveled school bus route.

[Mass6]

So you guys are telling me the drive home from Cleveland later today might take a little more time???:laughing:

[MTigers006]

The city is said to be out of salt to do the roads. Use caution is the best advise I can give you or stay home unless you HAVE to go out.

Seriously 2ft Kamd50?

[TigerDL71]

The city is said to be out of salt to do the roads. Use caution is the best advise I can give you or stay home unless you HAVE to go out.

Seriously 2ft Kamd50?

I have also heard that as well. The storm has changed its path and we are supposed to get more snow then Cleveland.

[TigerLily]

Hope and pray all the kids get home safely and everyone else.

It’s going to be a rough ride home if fear……just go s l o w.

Maybe one of these would help… http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/28/28_4_2v.gif

When you get home…just snuggle down and stay put if you can.

[Ron Halter]

We came home from Sams Club at about 1:00 PM The roads in Jackson Township (Portage, 241 & Amherst were awful). When we got home in Massillon, Our road were just as bad. I thought that I heard all the TV and radio stations warning us of this.

The Service Director said that we have plenty of salt in todays paper.

[shortbev]

my oldest son always says that "if you look out your front door and Jim Cantore of the weatherchannel is there, you know you are in deep stuff"...was watching the weather this am...there was someone from the weather channel in downtown cleveland...they are predicting that this is going to be the worst snowstorm this season...

[Kamd50]

Besides the salt isn't really the issue. Those trucks should be out there plowing the roads when there are kid's lives to be concerned about. My son just got home and said the bus was slipping all over the roads. And the worst of it is that there are still children who are not even out of school yet.

[massillon catholic]

Even four-wheel drive wont do any good on ice and its nothing but ice under the snow. Very dangerous.

[MTigers006]

I agree with you that they should be out there plowing which they arent. As I type this (I live near the intersection of Lincoln Way & 17th) and im hearing sirens.

[Kamd50]

3:45 and just saw the first snow plow go up the street for the day. I hope they get the bus routes cleared in time for the little ones that still have to make their way home.

[The Butler]

Does anyone know what Code Level we are under? I know that under certain codes you can either get a ticket or even in severe cases arrested.

The Stark County Sheriff no longer uses that system. The Summit County Sheriff simply issued a statement a couple hours ago. "If you don't need to drive, don't."

[massillon catholic]

MC, your a very smart person. I applaud you for your thinking.

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Of course, I am! It doesnt take someone with an engineering degree to look out the window and realize that things are getting bad.

[RAPTOR]

I'm dreaming of a white Easter, just like the ones ohio usually knows.

[Kamd50]

Only 13 more days until Spring, LOL!

[RAPTOR]

only 23 more days till the Indians open their season at home against the White Sox.

[caseybaby]

i had to work over in ashland today and what normally takes me about 45 minutes with the new us 30 took me a hour and a half and saw at least 4 accidents on 30 around dalton alone i got off at the 172 exit and it was a lot better then 30 was ...then drove mom up to a/c and found out her flight was cancled when we got there so she is going to try again tomorrow to fly south for a week

[MTigers006]

Road conditions have improved but snow has once again began to fall.

[WoodyHayes]

I took a vacation day to umpire a high school doubleheader today. My wife came running in and said its snowing! We got about 1-1/2 inches. Its now melted but the kids here had NEVER seen snow. I talked to a girl who was 17, had never saw a real live snowflake. There were probably 100 wrecks on the road. I walked everywhere I went today.

[Indiana95]

AHHHWWW. It's so nice to be in South Florida. I'll think about you all on the first tee tomorrow. Stay safe.:sunny:

[Paul Brown]

AHHHWWW. It's so nice to be in South Florida. I'll think about you all on the first tee tomorrow. Stay safe.:sunny:

I hate you.

[RAPTOR]

Hate is such an ugly word...
Just wait till hurricane season, then we can say. AWWWWWW It's so nice to be in Ohio. Stay safe, and dry!............ Wait, what a I saying... It's never nice to be in Ohio...grrrrrrr.........

[WoodyHayes]

AHHHWWW. It's so nice to be in South Florida. I'll think about you all on the first tee tomorrow. Stay safe.:sunny: Beats ANY day in Florida. It will be 70 here next week and you will still be stuck with all those Liberals in the "Sunshine State" GBGB, God Bless George Bush!

[caseybaby]

just saw weather channels weather report for fla.......its supose to rain tomorrow down there :lol:

[MassillonMom]

6:15 a.m. on Saturday

I was taking the dog out...and it lightening and thundered in the middle of the snowstorm!!

Scared us to death!!


Only in Ohio!

[calcm]

my oldest son always says that "if you look out your front door and Jim Cantore of the weatherchannel is there, you know you are in deep stuff"...was watching the weather this am...there was someone from the weather channel in downtown cleveland...they are predicting that this is going to be the worst snowstorm this season...

It used to be "Hello, I'm from Sixty Minutes" ... Now it's "Hello, I'm Jim Cantore" :crap:

[man2man]

I heard on WHBC that Rt. 21 near Forty Corners was impassable. Even some tow trucks getting stuck.

[MTiger]

They also said there are plows either stuck or off the road on 21N.

[President skroob]

I need bacon I'm going to food 4 less!

[man2man]

Just heard it was pouring down rain in Malvern - at 26 degrees!

Thunder and lightning all around here from 4:00-6:00am. Weird snowstorm for sure.

[TigerDL71]

The also said there are plows either stuck or off the road on 21N.

I heard that as well and I also heard that 21 is now basically closed.

[heliogunner]

Just to let you all know, we here at the street dept are doing the best we can to plow the roads. The salt is almost gone and with all the traffic and heavy snow fall its hard to keep up with everything. My advice to you is to stay off the roads unless you have to be out so we can get the roads clear.

[shortbev]

hey, this is one person who is not going to complain about the road crews...bless you all having to be out there...stay safe...i know it's a job i wouldn't want...
this is an ongoing battle...one not won as long as the snow is still coming down...i know it is going to get worse before it gets better...hey, why not stay home and enjoy the break from life's craziness??? other than a life and death emergency...there's no place like home:laughing:

just think, years ago, we could be snowed in for days or weeks at a time...we have nothing to whine about with all our modern day stuff...tv, radio, internet...and we can even (GOD FORBID) take time with our families (hope the sarcasm is coming out on that one)

fun idea here...why not have the family write a memory thing about the "Blizzard of 08"...then they can share it with their families in 20-30 years just like many of us do about the blizzard of 78...wonder how this one will compare???

[Kamd50]

Nice thought, Bev. Unfortunately, some people like my husband, had to drive into work this morning at 6:30 a.m. regardless of the weather or road conditions. I'm actually surprised that he made it the way people are talking about 21:angel:

I am also concerned about the animals that some keep outside. They may actually get either snowed into or out of their shelters. I sure hope people are humane enough to take enough time to make sure that their pets are ok and bring them in out of this terrrible weather.

[MTiger]

I got stuck in my neighborhood trying to make it into work. Once I was out of that, I returned home and got stuck going up the driveway. Finally got the car in the garage and noticed some green snow where my car had been- I have a coolant leak...hooray!

[TigerVic]

Wouldn't it be great to have a Tiger game today?

[Missyg6477]

I live south of Wooster , we have drifts between 4- 6 feet deep. My husband is a deputy and they spent most of the night pulling people and their cars out of these snow drifts. I guess nothing can stop some people from going out to the bar.

Today is a movie day at our house until this afternoon then everyone around here gets out the 4 wheelers and sleds so all the neighborhood kids can get out and play.

[Paul Brown]

You guys really ought to think about putting snow tires on your cars in the winter. My 06 Mustang GT goes anywhere with the snow tires on it.. It went nowhere with all seasons on it before. I love Blizzaks!

[TigerCoach]

Sunny and 74 in Palm Springs! :tonguewave:

[Kamd50]

Sunny and 74 in Palm Springs! :tonguewave:

It isn't April Fool's yet:rolleyes:

[Rushfan]

Nothing will top the Blizzard if '78. What we're getting this weekend is a long,heavy snowfall. Winters were always like this when I was a kid;we went out and played in this stuff,got soaking wet,came in and went down to the basement by the furnace and changed into dry clothes,then went up and chowed down at dinnertime because playing outside in the cold gave you a huge appetite.

[gotigers1]

Has anyone seen how full the Q is for today's Cavs game? No WAY would I be there if I had tickets today.

[heliogunner]

I wasen't living in Ohio in 78,I moved up here from florida in 92. I think this is the most snow I have seen come down in one day. The roads are so bad that my Guard Unit cancelled our drill weekend this morning. Of course they waited till I was almost there before I got my phone call about the cancelation.

[MTiger]

You guys really ought to think about putting snow tires on your cars in the winter. My 06 Mustang GT goes anywhere with the snow tires on it.. It went nowhere with all seasons on it before. I love Blizzaks!

It wasn't so much the lack of traction, but rather the drifts that were the cause of my problems this morning. Good thing I tossed the shovel in the car this morning.

And yeah, Blizzaks are sweet tires!

[caseybaby]

ok i know its bad out there now wally world closed tonight....heard on scanner after massillond pd went down for kids sliding in the parking lot .....behind a truck of some sort it was pulling them...when red center ask them if wal mart was open cop told them sign on door said closed tonight at 7 pm

and we got to give our men and women at massillon pd a big hand all day long i heard them helping people out that got stuck in the snow....

way to do pd :vcop:

[Indiana95]

just saw weather channels weather report for fla.......its supose to rain tomorrow down there :lol:

It sure did rain today....HARD! But I didn't have anything to shovel afterwards..LOL Seriously, I do miss the snow, but not the clean up and driving that comes with it. Forecast for this week in So FL......mid-70's to low 80's and sunny.

[DAWGH8R]

. ............ My 06 Mustang GT goes anywhere with the snow tires on it...........


I'll bet that looks KEWL !!!!::smartass:

[npaflas]

Nothing will top the Blizzard if '78. What we're getting this weekend is a long,heavy snowfall. Winters were always like this when I was a kid;we went out and played in this stuff,got soaking wet,came in and went down to the basement by the furnace and changed into dry clothes,then went up and chowed down at dinnertime because playing outside in the cold gave you a huge appetite.

I thought. it was in 1977 i was in it.

[Paul Brown]

I'll bet that looks KEWL !!!!::smartass:

It looks cooler than being in someones front yard.. which is where I was this January. j/o

[TigerVic]

I thought. it was in 1977 i was in it.

We had one in '77 and '78. But '78's was the worst, as I recall (100 mph winds).

[Rushfan]

I thought. it was in 1977 i was in it.

'78 was an actual blizzard. '77 we had a deep snow and a record low temperature. If I recall it was something like 54 straight hours of below zero temeratures.

[npaflas]

Just heard it was pouring down rain in Malvern - at 26 degrees!

Thunder and lightning all around here from 4:00-6:00am. Weird snowstorm for sure.

Are you ok 26 and raining come on now it should be snow. Never in my life time heard of that.

[Dr Strangemind]

Are you ok 26 and raining come on now it should be snow. Never in my life time heard of that.

There was thunder and lightning, but no rain that I know of.

[npaflas]

There was thunder and lightning, but no rain that I know of. Now i heard of that

[Ron Halter]

Rushfan: In 1979 or 1978 we had our record low temperature at the sewage treatment plant on the official National Weathe Bureau thermometers. The reading was - 29 o F.

I have a copy of the page from the operators log book that recorded it. It is in a file down in my basement. When I dig it out, I can give you the exact date,time and year.