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Roads expected to be hazardous
Pitt County School will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday because of poor conditions expected on county roads.
School officials said this afternoon they will continue to closely monitor road and school campus conditions.
Any closure or other changes will announced by 7:30 a.m. Thursday through the school system’s phone notification system, the local news media.
Parents also can check school’s Web site at www.pitt.k12.nc.us or call our information hotline at 830-3535.
Roads in the Greenville area remained hazardous this morning and officials were expecting them to be bad again on Thursday morning.
Police in the city responded to 50 calls on Tuesday because of wrecks and disabled vehicles. The State Highway Patrol responded to 10 wrecks in the county.
None caused injuries. The worst was an overturned van on Greenville Boulevard near Hastings Ford.
Authorities said snow and ice should melt into a slush on roads this afternoon, but that slush will refreeze tonight creating hazards tomorrow morning.
Several closings and delays were in effect today.
East Carolina University had announced that it would not open until noon. Officials later closed campus for the day. No word on Thursday yet.
People are encouraged to stay off campus today so that facilities services personnel can continue clearing sidewalks, roads, and parking lots.
Pitt County Schools were closed to students today because of a teacher workday. The schools this morning told teachers to stay home as well.
Greenville city buses were to start running at 8:20 on drivable routes. The City of Greenville said this morning it will open its offices at 10 a.m.
Tuesday’s sanitation routes were to be picked up today beginning at 8 a.m., road conditions permitting, the city reported. Pitt County government reports it operated on a two-hour delay, although many offices including those at the courthouse remained closed.
The National Weather Service reported that up to 4 inches of snow fell in the Greenville area as of 5 p.m.
The snow coverage was expected to stay through Wednesday morning as temperatures remain well below freezing, the Weather Service said.
Driving will remain very hazardous and residents are urged to travel only if necessary, the Weather Service said.
This morning, the Weather Service said hazardous conditions will remain at least through Thursday.
Untreated and secondary roads will remain icy and snow-covered as teperatures struggle to reach the freezing mark, according to a weather service warning.
Any melting that does occur will refreeze tonight and form layers of ice on roads. The ice will be difficult for drivers to see and makes for extremely dangerous driving conditions.
The high on Wednesday was expected to reach 36 degrees. The high Thursday was expected to reach 50.
Comments
By Jj
January 21, 2009 2:31 AM | Link to this
It says driving will remain hazardous on Wednesday so why is ecu opening at all? It should close all day I don’t want to be driving in it and what about all the commuters?
By Oakwood parent
January 21, 2009 8:44 AM | Link to this
For some reason beyond my understanding, The Oakwood school was on regular schedule. This was very surpising to me since some the teachers live outside the county and several of the Upper School kids drive themselves to school. Not only that, the school is on a rural road. The safety of the staff and kids were not considered when making this decision.
By m
January 21, 2009 9:14 AM | Link to this
Exactly! Why is ECU opening? Well hey ride the commuter bus and when it crashes, sue the hell out of them. I am scared to drive in ice but even more scared to ride a bus through ice when the bus is driven by another student
By ??
January 21, 2009 10:52 AM | Link to this
WITN said ECU is closed today…who is right/who is wrong???
By ECU
January 21, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this
ECU is closed today.
By Amazing
January 21, 2009 6:52 PM | Link to this
People all over the country manage to go about their business when snows build up far beyond the minimal level we have received here in the last 36 hours.
The simple fact is you need to exercise caution on the roads, reduce speed by 50%, but that is no reason for the entire eastern half of the state to shut down for what looks like two and a half days. Suck it up, go to work, go to school.
The only reason we have these closings is due to officials accurately evaluating their constituencies as too incompentent to deal with bad weather. Though I know we’ll never prove them wrong, quit complaining if the schools actually do open Thursday and go to them. Suck. It. Up.
By Jessica
March 2, 2009 11:49 PM | Link to this
does anyone know if the real estate school JY Monk is closed tomorrow for the start of next session Wed 03/03/09? I have registered and was told to be there at 8:30am but due to the weather and me driving from Wilson where we saw a bit more than Pitt County I haven’t been able to get in touch or find out any information.
If anyone knows that would be great!
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