10/13/12 - As the weather gets chilly, the Livingston County Road Commission will begin its preparations for the coming winter months. Managing Director Mike Craine tells WHMI that cold weather preparations so far are similar to those made in previous years. He says that includes inspections and making sure all equipment is tuned up and ready to go while also holding winter readiness meetings with staff and getting the barn full of salt. But after that, Craine says they do what everyone else does and wait to see what will actually happen with mother nature. He says the National Weather Service is predicting that this winter will have average levels of precipitation and above average temperatures, but warmer weather does not exclude the possibility of snow and could actually make it wetter and heavier. He says the NWS looks at conditions in the Pacific to make long-term forecasts, but repeated that making any predictions that far into the future is unreliable. The road commission will begin stockpiling salt in the coming weeks. (JM)
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