‘Long overdue’: A taste of snow arrives to some in Pa. after unseasonably warm winter

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — What a distinction a number of days could make.

Snow rapidly blanketed the Lehigh Valley Monday night time, making for some slick circumstances.

It is the winter climate some have been ready for all season.

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“That is lengthy overdue,” mentioned Curtis Wetzel of Bethlehem. “However that is only a tease. This a tease. Hopefully, we get one thing good.”

“Up right here, we get a variety of it, often. We’re fairly excited for this storm,” mentioned Jennifer Wooden of Bethlehem.

It took no time for again roads to refill with snow in Hellertown.

The white coating was simply sufficient to present a style of winter we have been with out this season.

For a lot of the world, it has been unseasonably heat with none measurable snowfall.

“That is loopy, 60-degree climate what number of weeks in a row, now we get caught with this?” mentioned Josh Starner. “I do not work tomorrow, so let it snow.”

PennDOT says crews started treating the roads early.

They’re working all through the area pre-treating the state roads with liquid salt brine.

Vans and operators are additionally working 12-hour shifts.

Whereas the top of February snow is a welcome sight to many, not everybody is worked up to see previous man winter return.

“The roads are literally not nice. I slid a pair occasions,” mentioned Jackie Boyko of Slatington, Pa. “I am prepared for spring. We did not have any winter climate, let’s simply hold it that means.”