“I know people who love the snow. But I hate it,” Yankech said Sunday, Feb. 14, as he walked from the university’s student recreation complex.
The National Weather Service predicted that as much as nine inches could fall before the precipitation tapers off Monday night. A chance of snow showers is predicted on Tuesday and into Wednesday.
Tony Curington is feeling relief. The Dayton resident, a former Delphi Corp. autoworker and a United Auto Workers union officer, commuted for nine months to a job in Columbus as a customer service representative for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. But in September he was able to transfer into a similar position at the Job Center on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard in Dayton.
Now, instead of commuting three hours a day, he drives about 15 minutes each way between work and home. One snowfall a year ago shut down traffic on Interstate 70, forcing Curington to break off his commute at Springfield and return home.
“I’m kind of glad about that,” Curington said of the shorter drive time. “My wife is, too. She used to hold her breath with that commute on I-70.”
Temperatures are forecast for the mid-20s during the day today before falling back into the high teens overnight into Tuesday.
Because today is Presidents’ Day, a federal and state holiday, fewer motorists are likely to be involved in morning and evening rush hours.
Nick Buha, a senior at UD who is from St. Louis, said he can’t recall seeing this much accumulated snow here since his college career began. He said he gets around without problems in snow, but has helped three women whose cars were stuck on slick streets during the recent snowfalls.
“They couldn’t drive in it,” Buha said.
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