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Road commissions mobilized snow plows and salting teams as heavy snow started to fall before daybreak and worked throughout the day to clean up the mess.Macomb County has about 70 salt trucks on the roads, Oakland County has mobilized 120 trucks, and Wayne County has sent out 140 trucks.The predicted snowfall total would threaten a record for the date set in 1973, when 8.7 inches fell at the airport.Check Current Snow Totals
The city of Detroit and many other metro Detroit cities declared a snow emergency Friday morning, which prohibits parking on marked emergency routes used by fire trucks and ambulances to allow proper snowplowing.See Complete List Of Snow Emergency Cities
The whipping winds weren't strong enough to help qualify the storm for blizzard status. That requires a three-hour storm with frequent 35 mph wind gusts and visibility at a quarter-mile or less, said Rich Pollman, a weather service meteorologist.In many parts of lower Michigan, snow fell at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour.Areas of fog added to the driving difficulties near Grand Rapids in southwestern Michigan."I live for days like this," Bruce Bitely, director of maintenance for the Kent County Road Commission, told The Grand Rapids Press. The commission dispatched 125 drivers to work on the roads Friday morning."Everybody we have is on the road. Every available person we have in the engineering and mechanical divisions is out there driving trucks."In extreme southwestern Michigan, freezing rain and sleet combined with snow to knock out power in some areas and make driving even more hazardous.Stay with Local 4 News and ClickOnDetroit.com for the latest updates.Stay ahead of the winter storm by using these links:Watch Live Radar
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