Thursday, January 7, 1999
More snow, ice coming
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A third winter storm in less than a week could drop 2-4 inches of snow on the Tristate tonight.
The snow - mixed with sleet and freezing rain - should move in after midnight, according to the National Weather Service. There's also a possibility of light snow late in the afternoon.
The snow will change to rain Friday and then may switch back to snow by Friday evening.
About 2-3 inches of snow fell Wednesday night on top of the 3-4 inches we got over the weekend.
Wednesday, about 600 Cinergy customers lost electricity about 8:30 p.m. after road slush shorted out the system in Miamitown, company spokeswoman Kathy Meinke said. The outage lasted about an hour.
A lightning arrester, equipment atop a utility pole that absorbs lightning strikes, located along Route 128 and below the Interstate 74 overpass, was splashed by a vehicle passing overhead. The salty slush shorted out the system, Ms. Meinke said.
Cold, snow and slippery roads have claimed at least 102 lives throughout the Midwest — including three weather-related deaths in the Tristate.
Last weekend's storm shut schools throughout Ohio and covered parts of Michigan in almost 3 feet of snow. The cold front stretched as far south as northern Alabama, where an inch of snow fell.
Grocery companies said the weather has not affected delivery of goods to Cincinnati, though at least one union representative said slick conditions may have slowed things down.
Officials for Kroger, Bigg's and Thriftway said snow and ice have created few shipping problems, though the public's stockpiling instinct during bad weather may create temporary shortages.
Meanwhile, the City of Cincinnati could file charges as soon as today against a landlord for failing to provide heat in a Mount Airy apartment complex, officials said Wednesday.
Castlerock Properties Inc., which owns property in the 5100 block of Hawaiian Terrace, would be ticketed for failing to provide heat, said Donald Mercer, assistant director of the city's Department of Buildings and Inspections. The company could face a $5,000 fine. City council unanimously approved spending $2,000 to cover lodging costs for the displaced families.
An attorney for the company, Scott Kadish, said workers are trying to remedy the problem: “My understanding is that the heat is up and running in some places.”
In southeast Indiana, schoolbuses, motorists and some casino patrons were still hindered by thick patches of ice on rural roads and side streets.
Many schools remained shuttered Wednesday, but some superintendents expected classes would be in session this morning — weather permitting.
“We've had a long Christmas vacation and we've made it longer,” said Todd Rudnick, superintendent of Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation.
Lori Deaton, spokeswoman for the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, said Wednesday she saw more than 20 weather-related injuries reported to the area Alliance hospitals, but that number was down from 35 such injuries on Tuesday.
Enquirer reporters Michael D. Clark, Lisa Donovan, Lisa Biank Fasig, Rachel Melcer, William A. Weathers and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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