Winter Storm

As a winter storm dumped several inches of snow over Central Kentucky throughout Friday night and into Saturday, weather advisories continued to warn against travel due to the hazardous roadways. Area roads were covered from fresh snowfall that accumulated over the morning hours on top of inches of sleet from Friday night - some accompanied by thunder. By Saturday, police said it seemed locals were avoiding non-essential travel and heeding road advisories. Most road incidents were reported Friday night, according to police dispatchers, and Danville police said no injury collision calls came through on Saturday morning.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in hopes it will shed some light to the people in the surrounding areas. This tragedy that occurred during the winter storm could have been handled a lot better if the Inter-County Energy had been prepared. I run a barber shop and one of the topics always brought up is Inter-County Energy. My wife Debbi and I leave our thermostat on 72 degrees all the time, summer or winter, but still my bill fluctuates from $170 to $350 a month. I have had the electric company come and put meters on all my appliances for a week and was told everything is working great.

Jan. 10, 1982 It all started Saturday morning when near-blizzard conditions struck Winchester with nearly one inch of snow falling amid swirling winds that were nearly blinding. Temperatures fell throughout the day and by Sunday morning, stood at minus 11 degrees with a wind chill factor of nearly 50 below zero. It was the lowest reading in several years and the coldest Jan. 10 on record. Ms. Linda Sharp and son, Arthur, have returned from a vacation with her grandmother, Mrs. Lula Aldridge, in Leesburg, Fla. F. W. Clay, a member of the Clark County Hospital's board of trustees for nearly 30 years, was recognized Monday night at the annual meeting of the Clark County Hospital Association, Inc. Mrs. Janet Prewitt, board attorney, presented Clay with a plaque in recognition of his service to the board.

You may have survived all the department store stampedes and your weirdo relatives during the holidays. But don't forget, two months of winter weather remain. That can mean ice storms, slick roads and power outages. And as Gary Epperson, director of Winchester-Clark County Emergency Management, estimates, most people fail to properly prepare for winter conditions. To find out how to be ready, reporter Mike Wynn talked with Epperson this morning about winter weather preparedness.

For the second straight weekend, winter weather hit Jessamine County and much of Kentucky. According to the National Weather Service in Louisville, the Lexington area, of which Jessamine County is a part, received between 2-4 inches of snow overnight. The snow forced the cancellation of school in Jessamine County as well as school throughout the central Kentucky region. According to the NWS, another winter storm may hit the area Wednesday or Thursday. In Nicholasville, salt trucks and plows were out in force, according to street Superintendent Gary Goldey.

Winter weather looms for central Kentucky, and after a mild winter last year, Winchester-Clark County Emergency Management wants to remind Clark Countians how to prepare should ice storms or heavy snow return to Winchester. “There's no reason any of us should be surprised by weather anymore,” Winchester-Clark County Emergency Management Agency director Gary Epperson said. “With smartphones, televisions and radio, we've got so much information readily accessible for today, tomorrow, the next day.¿The forecast folks do a really good job.” But armed with all that information, residents need to know what to do with it. EMA suggests preparing now with tools and preparedness kits both at home and in family vehicles.

Clark County may have dodged the worst of a winter storm that paralyzed the northeast over the weekend. But with winter officially beginning today, local residents can expect three more months of cold, ice and potentially hazardous weather conditions. The Sun spoke with Gary Epperson, director of Winchester-Clark County Emergency Management, last week to determine how residents can prepare for the months ahead. In general when does the winter weather season start? "Well it has already started for us this year.

With another winter storm rolling into the area today, officials in some counties are eyeing their dwindling road salt supplies warily. Multiple snow and ice storms in December have caused counties throughout the area to use much more salt than usual. Some road departments are struggling with low supplies and expended salt budgets, but Boyle County and Danville officials said they’re in good shape. Boyle County Public Works Director Duane Campbell said the county road department received a new shipment of 200 tons of road salt last week, so Boyle is well-prepared for the coming storm.

It was around 7:30 on a cold, dark weekday morning and it was during a recent winter storm. With schools out and some businesses on a delayed schedule, there wasn't much activity on the roads or the sidewalks downtown. With one exception. On the sidewalk in front of First Baptist Church, Second and Walnut streets, a man was shoveling ice, sleet and snow. He wasn't doing it haphazardly or quickly. He was doing it in a very organized fashion, one quadrant of the sidewalk at a time.

A mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain hammered the central Kentucky region Monday night and Tuesday morning. In Jessamine County, the National Weather Service said anywhere from a quarter-inch to a half-inch of ice fell across the area. It was that ice which made travel treacherous. "It's still real bad," Nicholasville police Capt. Chris Cain said. "The main roads are just slush-filled, but the side roads, a lot of those roads are still ice. " Local and state road crews were out in force Tuesday morning attempting to clear streets.