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Feb
21
Snow & Ice Causes 130 Accidents In NWI
Filed Under I-94, weather | 2 Comments
Lake effect snow, black ice, and other driving hazards caused about 130 accidents, reports the Post-Tribune.
A multi-car pile-up in Michigan City dominated the radio traffic reports after a huge crash that blocked I-94 yesterday.
Heather Augustyn writes about the I-94 pile up for the Northwest Indiana Times:
But in Wednesday morning’s snow, his was one of 27 vehicles involved in a pileup that plugged Interstate 94′s westbound lanes near Michigan City for seven hours. …
Twelve semitrailers and 15 cars piled up about 7:10 a.m. in the westbound lanes just east of U.S. 421, an Indiana State Police trooper said. Whiteout conditions from lake-effect snow caused the wreck, the trooper said. The accident blocked all westbound lanes from the Michigan state line to the accident at the Johnson Road overpass. Police and tow trucks finished cleaning up the wreck about 2 p.m.
Feb
8
Global Warming Alert for Saturday evening.
Polar air invading the Chicago area Saturday night will plunge temperatures into the -1°F range and cause wind gusts of up to 40 MPH, reports the National Weather Service in Chicago.
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES TO 40 MPH WILL SEND WIND CHILLS PLUMMETING TO 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
