By Gary Lloyd
JEFFERSON COUNTY — It happened again.
Jefferson County residents abandoned their cars. The motorists who continued to brave the icy roads did so with icicles attached to side mirrors and tailpipes. Residents walked a couple miles or more for milk.
Snow covered the northeastern Jefferson County area for a second consecutive January. Snow accumulated Jan. 17, 2013 and on Tuesday.
Schools let out early, basketball games were postponed and meetings were canceled.
ABC 33/40 chief meteorologist James Spann said “hundreds and hundreds” of motorists were stranded on major highways. He said that Alabama citizens should not blame school systems or city workers for the conditions of the roads and timing of schools being let out.
“This was a huge forecasting error,” Spann said.
At one point, Spann called U.S. Highway 11 in Trussville a “big, big fat mess.”
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