UPDATED: Snow Emergency Called For Dedham
The National Weather Service issues another winter storm warning for Dedham.
It just never ends, does it?
Days after the last winter storm warning for the town, Dedham faces its third in two weeks this morning.
The National Weather Service stated that the area could receive up to another 8 inches of snow. The warning began at 2 a.m. and is scheduled to last until 3 p.m.
"Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible and roads will quickly become snow covered and slippery," the warning stated.
The Town of Dedham has issued a snow emergency alert through 5 p.m. Friday. Residents are asked to park in their driveways, if they have one, or on the odd side of the street.
Several cars were towed Tuesday and following last week's storm because plows couldn't pass through, according to police logs.
Winds are expected to range between 10 and 20 mph with temperatures in the mid-20s. Visibility will be a quarter-mile at times, according to the NWS.
With snow accumulating on top of roads blanketed with ice from Tuesday's freezing rain, Dedham Fire Chief William Cullinane said commuters who need to get to work should be careful on the roadways.
Bob Taraschi
7:53 am on Thursday, February 3, 2011
Winter storms have left us scratching our heads and wondering where the heck we're going to put the snow from the next storm. Yet, as much as we wonder, we find a place and in finding it our roads have become more narrow, our sidewalks impenetrable. Some residents and businesses make it a personal matter of public safety to clear their sidewalks, other do not. And the town of Dedham seems to deaf to the pleas of parents whose children stand in busy intersections waiting for school buses to do something meaningful. One intersection is the corner of Spruce and Washington Streets. If you're not familiar with the location of Spruce Street it is the first street past the Ames Schoolhouse, who as a matter of information, never, and I repeat never, plows or clears their sidewalks from snow or ice, and waits for spring like their other neighbors to melt the snow. Presently, the intersection looks like this: approximately eight inches of frozen water, sidewalks with six to eight feet of snow and ice mounds and a narrow opening for cars who must slip and slide and creep out into a busy Washington Street. It is on this street in the wee hours of the morning ten to fifteen children wait for their school bus.
This is an accident waiting to happen.