Snow Update from Medway Council
By jayenolan | Saturday, February 04, 2012, 13:57
It was literally a faint covering this morning at 7.30am (see picture) but having now read the BBC piece and received an update from the council, the advice is: Be Prepared!
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Early morning snow in Medway today; more to come!
The council say:
"Medway Council's gritters will be out keeping the roads moving over the weekend if we have snowfall.
Forecasts are predicting a turn in the weather on Saturday evening and council teams are out working in case that happens.
Gritting lorries will work overnight from tonight on major routes to treat the surfaces, and sweeping gangs will treat priority footpaths and car parks if there is significant snowfall.
The council salts primary and secondary road routes during severe weather. Find details of where these are, as well as salt bin locations, updates on weather forecasts, travel information, and advice on coping with the bad weather.
The authority's preparations include:
5,000 tonnes of salt stockpiled
Eight salting vehicles
388 salt bins
4x4 vehicles available to reach those in more rural areas"
Follow Medway Council on Twitter for live updates.
I suppose we should count ourselves lucky we don't live in the Czech Republic - it's -36 there!
Apart from seeing the streets and cars covered with the white stuff, I know there are lots of you out there always on the lookout for unusual snaps and it'd be fab to see the most unusual and creative snowy pictures - as I mentioned before, do post them straight on site, or send them to me for a gallery: [email protected] Full credit of course, if you let me know your website/blog/Twitter or other ID. :)
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