jaybird210
04-07-2003, 09:45 AM
Hinckley awoke this morning to find a fresh fall of wet heavy snow on the ground. After listening to the dire reports from the National Weather Service, and local weather reporting, most Hinckley residents had stocked up on essentials, including water, milk and bread. However those few that didn't, rioted this morning in front of the lone grocery store. Several injured parties had to be flown out, as the one major road out of town, US Hwy 30, was closed due to blowing and drifting snow.
"I haven't seen it like this, ever," one local public offical was quoted, "This is the worst display of humanity I have ever seen."
People were seen trying to clear the snow off of roofs and overhangs, for fear that they might collapse under the crushing weight of the late winter blizzard. Nothing is moving. Thousands are without power.
The Village Board President is considering calling the governor and requesting the National Guard, to assist with the removal of the white stuff. "We had the full complement of our public works department out since the snow began," the President said, "but the two of them just couldn't keep up." When asked why the Village didn't call any of the part-time snow plow help to assist, he abruptly ended the news conferrence and walked out. Members of the media immediately began drawing comparisons to the Michael Balandic fiasco in Chicago in 1979, in which Jane Byrne was swept into power, partly due to the city's moribound response to the famous blizzard of that year.
It is not known when the Village will be reopened to the outside world. Hinckley was dead-center in the estimated "heaviest snowfall band," which ran roughly from the Quad Cities on the Mississippi, through Chicago.
Special help had be called in to measure the stuff, as local officals were not equipped for such a large measurement. After consulting with climatologists from nearby Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, several local experts were able to calculate the grand total.
After the snow finally ended this morning, a grand total of three quarters of an inch (3/4") had fallen.
Thankfully, no more snow is expected today. High temperatures in the 60s are predicted for later in the week, and local officials are now making plans to deal with the expected flooding runoff. Stay tuned for flood reports. :rolleyes:
"I haven't seen it like this, ever," one local public offical was quoted, "This is the worst display of humanity I have ever seen."
People were seen trying to clear the snow off of roofs and overhangs, for fear that they might collapse under the crushing weight of the late winter blizzard. Nothing is moving. Thousands are without power.
The Village Board President is considering calling the governor and requesting the National Guard, to assist with the removal of the white stuff. "We had the full complement of our public works department out since the snow began," the President said, "but the two of them just couldn't keep up." When asked why the Village didn't call any of the part-time snow plow help to assist, he abruptly ended the news conferrence and walked out. Members of the media immediately began drawing comparisons to the Michael Balandic fiasco in Chicago in 1979, in which Jane Byrne was swept into power, partly due to the city's moribound response to the famous blizzard of that year.
It is not known when the Village will be reopened to the outside world. Hinckley was dead-center in the estimated "heaviest snowfall band," which ran roughly from the Quad Cities on the Mississippi, through Chicago.
Special help had be called in to measure the stuff, as local officals were not equipped for such a large measurement. After consulting with climatologists from nearby Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, several local experts were able to calculate the grand total.
After the snow finally ended this morning, a grand total of three quarters of an inch (3/4") had fallen.
Thankfully, no more snow is expected today. High temperatures in the 60s are predicted for later in the week, and local officials are now making plans to deal with the expected flooding runoff. Stay tuned for flood reports. :rolleyes: