Patch rode along with a MnDot plow driver as he cleared I-94 in St. Michael and Albertville Sunday afternoon.
Staying ahead of the storm and clearing what Mother Nature drops on the area is what Brad Vance does 12 hours a day. Vance is a plow driver for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, District 3. The district includes St. Michael, Albertville, Rogers, and Monticello. Patch rode along with Vance Sunday afternoon between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., when the snow started to fall fast, and then tapered off. The video above shows how Vance worked on Interstate 94 as a left lane plow driver, circling his route between Monticello and Rogers both east and west, over and over. For ten years, he's been clearing state roads, salting icy patches, and keeping an eye out for unsafe areas. In his truck, he constantly communicates with other plow …
Visibilities are dropping to below a mile to a half mile, and freezing drizzle is possible tonight in the St. Michael area.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook Wednesday morning for Wright County and the Twin Cities area. A weak storm system is spreading light snow across St. Michael and Albertville. Light freezing drizzle is possible tonight through Thursday morning. A short-term forecast for the area was released in the following statement: VISIBILITIES ARE DROPPING BELOW A MILE IN LIGHT SNOW TO A HALF MILE IN MODERATE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE MOST OF MINNESOTA AND JUST BEGINNING OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE TRAILING EDGE IS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA MOVING AWAY FROM ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO AND ALBERT LEA...TOWARDS LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...THE WESTERN TWIN CITY METRO AND ROCHESTER BETWEEN NOON AND 100 PM. A TRACE …
MnDOT continues to clear roads, and the majority of metro Roads Remain in 'Difficult Driving' condition. Some are frustrated, others say it takes time to remove that much snow.
Five days after the storm, Minnesota Department of Transportation plows are still clearing snow off roads and highways five days after a blizzard dumped as much as 26 inches of snow in some parts of the state. The St. Michael-Albertville area got more than a foot of snow totals Sunday when a blizzard hit the area. Residents shared photos of their view outside their home during the storm. The Twin Cities metro area got up to 19 inches of snow. STMA roads were declared having the worst driving conditions in the metro during the Monday morning rush hour. But this snowfall brought frustrations with the slow pace of cleanup — day after day, snow and ice were still plastered to roads. "In the metro, the majority of metro area roads remain in …
MickeyD
3:38 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Oh, so that's how it all works. Here I thought ya'll just drove around randomly making snow castles and spraying people along the way......=) more ›