Friday, February 8, 2013
Palmer Township issues a snow emergency through 6 p.m. Saturday.
Palmer Township has declared a snow emergency in the wake of Winter Storm Nemo. Township Manager Christopher Christman said Friday morning that the snow emergency is in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday. "The obvious thing here is there is no consensus on how much we are to get dependent on where that line ends up," Police Chief Larry Palmer said. "Regardless, the luck here is that the snow really shouldn’t affect things too much until after rush hour." The chief said it helps that Easton Area School District students are already off for an in-service day and that Nemo is occurring near a weekend so more people than usual should be able to stay off the roads. "Obviously, if it hits us big we would encourage people to move their vehicles off the…
Palmer and Forks townships were prepared for a major winter storm, but the National Weather Service downgraded accumulations late Friday afternoon.
A major winter storm that was expected to rip the Northeast and New England Friday night into Saturday may not pack such a wallop in Palmer and Forks townships. The National Weather Service scaled down snow accumulations to 3-5 inches after initial reports suggested 6-10 inches of snow. The worst of the storm was expected to hit Friday night with heavy blowing snow expected. How much snow did you get? Tell us in the comments section below and post your snow photos to this article. Still, both townships issued snow emergencies with Palmer's effective until 6 p.m. Saturday. Forks Township Police Chief Greg Dorney issued a storm emergency until noon Saturday. Snow emergencies, which are usually declared by a town's high-ranking official such …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Forks Township will have up to 15 trucks out combating the storm that's supposed to strike Friday afternoon.
"So, are we ready for the storm?" It was the first thing Forks Township Supervisor Dan Martyak asked during supervisor remarks at the Board of Supervisors' work session meeting Thursday night. "The trucks are loaded," Public Works Director Mark Roberts said. "We're ready to go." Roberts, though, is hoping the storm -- now dubbed Winter Storm Nemo -- won't be in the neighborhood of a foot in the Lehigh Valley that some forecasters are predicting. It's supposed to get going sometime Friday afternoon. "It's been an expensive year," he told Patch.com after the meeting. Roberts said that combating Nemo will be the 11th time out for his crews. And the costs continue to mount. Roberts said snow removal costs now stand at $64,000 -- almost triple …
Alan Singer
4:44 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
I also live in Palmer off of Freemansburg Ave. we got about 4 inches. more ›