Thrusday, December 24, 1998
Travel advisory: Be patient
Watch for delays, slick roads to south
BY PHILLIP PINA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Holiday travelers should prepare for delays and treacherous conditions as a cold snap grips much of the nation.
Drivers heading south from Cincinnati, in particular, may hit some slick roads.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued its first winter storm warning of the season Wednesday for south-central and southeastern Kentucky.
Icy roads there made travel dangerous, and the forecast called for an additional 2-4 inches of snow.
“It's going to be a major ice storm, with maybe an inch or so of ice and then snow on top of that,” said Don Kirkpatrick of the NWS in Louisville.
Icy weather in other parts of the country may mean airport delays, too.
In Memphis, Tenn., Northwest Airlines canceled 64 departures and 68 arrivals Wednesday morning. In Nashville, two of four runways were closed. The need to de-ice planes caused flight delays and cancellations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
“Check with your flight agents and arrive early,” advised Ted Bushelman, spokesman for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Cincinnati temperatures should be in the low 20s today.
Wednesday's chilly weather forced the city to declare a winter shelter emergency, opening up the Over-the-Rhine Community Center, 1715 Republic St., as a temporary shelter.
Other homeless shelters reported capacity crowds.
“We are just overcrowded,” said Denise Crew, shelter coordinator at the Drop Inn Center in Over-the-Rhine. “People slept on benches, tables and anywhere there was space.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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