What's traditionally considered the tail end of the winter season has packed quite a punch for many sections of Kentucky. Lexington residents are weathering a historic snow event.
Mid February brought double digit snowfall to the Bluegrass . Now, less than three weeks later, central Kentucky has been walloped again. Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on Thursday gave a briefing on the city's response. "We fought off a 17 inch historic snowstorm with good planning and hard work," said Gray.
Gray says a 100 member snow removal team, including some private contractors, pushed mounds of snow to the street side. Streets and Roads Director Albert Miller says rain transitioning to snow creates certain challenges. "This one started out kind of wet of course and then we got the accumulating snow on top of it, so we got some bonding issues to the surface and hard pack, is what we call it," said Miller.
Relatively few car accidents and power outages were reported Thursday. City garbage collection was canceled Friday, with hopes of a make-up day on Saturday.
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