A Brief History
To our North American readers, please be safe this week as we our currently being slammed by an historic winter storm.
Digging Deeper
In Ashland, Ohio, where I live, I woke to about half a foot of snow on my driveway and spent an hour or so working the snow blower as my father drove the tractor with the snow plow blade on trying to clear our country driveway. My morning class at Kent State University at Stark was also cancelled. In fact, some 165 closings and delays occurred in Northeast Ohio alone this morning due to Winter Storm Juno, part of the January 2015 nor-easter blizzard.
Those living on the East Coast are expected to get hit much worse. Yesterday, January 25, 2015, blizzard warnings were issued for areas of coastal New England, New York and New Jersey as high winds and heavy snow were forecast for the evening of January 26 and all day January 27, impacting a 250-mile area from New York City to Boston.
New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio warned residents to expect two to three feet of snow. He also cautioned his constituents to prepare “for something worse than we have seen before.” Moreover, some 1,200 flights are expected to be cancelled today, January 26.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
González, Juan. Reclaiming Gotham: Bill de Blasio and the Movement to End America s Tale of Two Cities. The New Press, 2017.
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The weather was pretty bad in Massillon/Canton area. My brother and mom had to drive out in the worst of it this morning. I was SUPER thankful that morning classes were canceled today. The only good side to the snow was that it looked stunning as it fell in front of our house lights last night.
I was so so relieved that classes were cancelled today. My mom told me that my sister, who goes to the Kent Salem branch went off the road bc they didn’t cancel their morning classes.
Dear Hannah, Is your sister okay? Sincerely, Dr. Zarzeczny
Professor, yes thankfully she is! she wasn’t going fast so she just sort of slid off the road into a ditch.
Thanks to the snow morning classes were cancelled my road had 4 inches of snow on it til about 11AM
My neighborhood still had a lot of snow on the roads when I left to drive into my afternoon classes.
The community that I live in did not do an exceptional job today before I left for my evening classes. I am truly thankful for growing up in these conditions… being from Pittsburgh, PA. I just wish that others would stay off the roads if they are uncomfortable driving in these conditions. Other drivers scare me! — DAVID WARDLE
Juno is a great movie! Hopefully the storm is pretty great too.
Lucky, I moved to the Canton area over the summer so my almost 45 minute to school turn to five. The roads here are so much better than they were up in Brimfield, where I grow up.
Unfortunately for me I was out during the start of the storm last night. Although the roads were not terrible at first, I could tell they would be soon enough. That being said, I did not expect the storm to last overnight and was surprised when I woke up to find out we did not have class this morning. By the time I left for my only class of the day at 12:30 the main roads were clear and I had absolutely no issues! The side roads could be better but that is to be expected. –Brittany Wade
I was out the night before and the roads were horrible but I didn’t leave my house until 1:00 on Monday and they were fine by that point.
Twice! Twice I got stuck in my driveway! Who’s got time to shovel??
On Sunday I had to be at work at 7pm and my travel into work was much longer than my usual fifteen minutes, fifty minutes. My shift was over on Monday at 7am and the roads were much worse. I was thankful that morning classes were canceled.
I got to experience this awesomeness at work; shoveled the walkway around the store at approximately 12:10a, and it was starting to cover by about 2a even after applying salt. Stuff was crazy fun to drive in, too.
On a brighter note, learned that Kent has an advisory texting service!
Having the day off was pretty nice. I only live about a block away from campus so for me if we had school it wouldn’t have been a big deal. I remember in October being told this was going to be the worst winter we have seen in a decade, I don’t believe that came true. It certainly can’t stay cold enough for the ponds to freeze so we can play some hockey. It’s only been cold enough for us to go out and play once so far this year.
I actually left NYC only a couple hours before the storm hit. Driving back to canton was a nightmare. Next time I take a trip I’m going to look at the full weekend forecast .
The weather was awful! I was afraid to drive down the road haha! I was very glad we had class off ! however around 12:30 they had it very much under control.
It took me 15 minutes alone just to clear all of the snow and ice off of my car that morning. But after noon, most of the roads were pretty much clear.
the backroads around where I live are awful!!!!
I do remember this storm, I didn’t leave my house for a week.