Two towns prepare for a winter storm
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
Maplewood and South Orange might have missed one winter storm this past weekend. But another was due to hit hard this week.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning, with snow fall totals estimated between 8 and 13 inches, although some areas could see more. Drifting was possible.
Richard Kastro with the National Weather Service at Upton, N.Y., said the main thrust of the storm was forecast to hit Wednesday around around 7 a.m., during the time commuters are going to work.
Through a spokeswoman, the school district said Monday that it had no plans to preemptively close this week.
So far this school year, the district has not had to use a snow day.
The two towns emerged unscathed from the weekend storm that blanketed the mid-Atlantic.
Fifteen plows were ready to go Saturday morning, ready for the winter storm to blow through the Maplewood as it did in places south.
“We were all set,” Eric Burbank, Maplewood Public Works director, said Monday. “We were waiting and waiting.”
Except the storm that knocked out power, cancelled flights and dropped more than 2 feet of snow elsewhere came in with a whimper.
Through the morning, the Department of Public Works monitored weather reports. As the day wore on, it became clear the towns would not see snowfall totals as much as forecasters had predicted.
The towns were to get 9 to 12 inches, enough to make for a fun day of sledding in Memorial Park. Instead, they got what best could be called a dusting.
“There wasn’t much here,” village administrator John O. Gross said
Maplewood and South Orange might have missed one winter storm this past weekend. But another was due to hit hard this week.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning, with snow fall totals estimated between 8 and 13 inches, although some areas could see more. Drifting was possible.
Richard Kastro with the National Weather Service at Upton, N.Y., said the main thrust of the storm was forecast to hit Wednesday around around 7 a.m., during the time commuters are going to work.
Through a spokeswoman, the school district said Monday that it had no plans to preemptively close this week.
So far this school year, the district has not had to use a snow day.
The two towns emerged unscathed from the weekend storm that blanketed the mid-Atlantic.
Fifteen plows were ready to go Saturday morning, ready for the winter storm to blow through the Maplewood as it did in places south.
“We were all set,” Eric Burbank, Maplewood Public Works director, said Monday. “We were waiting and waiting.”
Except the storm that knocked out power, cancelled flights and dropped more than 2 feet of snow elsewhere came in with a whimper.
Through the morning, the Department of Public Works monitored weather reports. As the day wore on, it became clear the towns would not see snowfall totals as much as forecasters had predicted.
The towns were to get 9 to 12 inches, enough to make for a fun day of sledding in Memorial Park. Instead, they got what best could be called a dusting.
“There wasn’t much here,” village administrator John O. Gross said
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