Most Weekend Snow Went North of Us

WE GOT OUR SNOW…AND, AS PREDICTED, WE DIDN’T GET A LOT OF IT.

BURLINGTON RECEIVED UP TO AN INCH…FORT MADISON 1.3…MUSCATINE GOT AS MUCH AS 2 1/2 INCHES…BUT MOST OF THE OTHER REPORTING STATIONS IN OUR LISTENING AREA RECEIVED AN INCH-AND-A-QUARTER OR LESS. NEW WINDSOR IN MERCER COUNTY RECEIVED 1.2…AN INCH FELL ON GOOD HOPE IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND NEAR CAMBRIDGE IN HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS…EIGHT-TENTHS-OF-AN-INCH IN VAN BUREN COUNTY’S VILLAGE OF CANTRIL…AND POINT-4 INCHES IN THE COLUSA AREA.

 

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF WEATHER-RELATED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ALREADY, SOME SERIOUS AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH…AND BURLINGTON POLICE CHIEF DOUG BEAIRD SAYS YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN…INCREASE YOUR FOLLOWING DISTANCE…AND DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 753-8119 DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

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