It has been snowing here since 3 a.m. It changed to all rain, then sleet, then rain, then snow, then thunder and LIGHTENING and still snow! Very weird weather. The snow is so wet and heavy, there is only 2-3" on my deck. I think if this snow had been dry, it would have been 10" by now, but it's melting as it hits or something, very strange. I'm just hoping it continues like it has been, but supposed to snow until early morning hours. Glad I have a 4WD truck! Snow plows are out on township roads. Going to need to hit them again after midnight, but glad they are trying to keep them cleared as much as possible. Someone said Interstate 57 was closed at Effingham, but don't see that on the DOT or IL State Police websites, so must have been an accident. There are 2 major interstates that cross in Effingham - 70 that runs E and W across the US, and 57 that runs N and S across the US. So, Effingham is known as the "Crossroads of the US". Anyhow, they have been working on widening to 3 lanes where the 2 interstates cross, and that construction has been going on for 4 years now, and I think they are predicting it to take another 3. I suspect someone got sideways and had an accident in the construction areas, and that's why it's closed. Temps are hovering right around 32-35 degrees all day, up to 38 this morning when it changed to rain, then dropped back to 34 within about 30 minutes. As I said, VERY strange weather.
