One Iowa and PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) have decided to postpone their panel slated for tonight at First Unitarian Church in Des Moines.
This is one of many events that will either be canceled or postponed due to the blizzard conditions in Iowa today. Most of the schools in eastern Iowa are also dismissing early.
Before you head out -- and the roads are fairly slick at the moment and expected to get worse as high winds create drifting -- be sure to check with your local news station to see if your intended destination is closed. Here in eastern Iowa, I depend on KCRG's cancellation list.
4 p.m. Update -- The Iowa Department of Transporation has pulled snow plows in Sloan, Onawa and Soldier from roadways due to blizzard conditions. Visibility is described as "marginal" and road crews cannot keep up with the blowing snow that is causing drifting.
Additional snow plows in other parts of District 3 -- Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux and Woodbury counties -- will be pulled off the roadways at the change of shift this evening.
Winds in excess of 45 mph are being reported in this area. No travel is advaised as roadways are likely to become blocked -- the area includes portions of I-29 in northwest Iowa.
Plows will not return to work until the conditions are safe and the workers can make a dent in the snow.
According to the road conditions map available from IDOT, most of Iowa roads are now considered difficult for motorists.
This is one of many events that will either be canceled or postponed due to the blizzard conditions in Iowa today. Most of the schools in eastern Iowa are also dismissing early.
Before you head out -- and the roads are fairly slick at the moment and expected to get worse as high winds create drifting -- be sure to check with your local news station to see if your intended destination is closed. Here in eastern Iowa, I depend on KCRG's cancellation list.
4 p.m. Update -- The Iowa Department of Transporation has pulled snow plows in Sloan, Onawa and Soldier from roadways due to blizzard conditions. Visibility is described as "marginal" and road crews cannot keep up with the blowing snow that is causing drifting.
Additional snow plows in other parts of District 3 -- Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux and Woodbury counties -- will be pulled off the roadways at the change of shift this evening.
Winds in excess of 45 mph are being reported in this area. No travel is advaised as roadways are likely to become blocked -- the area includes portions of I-29 in northwest Iowa.
Plows will not return to work until the conditions are safe and the workers can make a dent in the snow.
According to the road conditions map available from IDOT, most of Iowa roads are now considered difficult for motorists.
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