{"id":106927,"date":"2026-02-06T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106927\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:41:09","slug":"erie-county-issues-level-2-snow-emergency-only-those-who-believe-it-is-necessary-to-drive-should-be-on-the-roadways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106927\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County issues Level 2 snow emergency: &#8216;Only those who believe it is necessary to drive should be on the roadways&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being under a Level 1 for about an hour early Friday morning, the Erie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office escalated to a Level 2 &#8220;due to black ice on the roadways caused from freezing mist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road crews are out, however, please use extreme caution if you must travel this morning,&#8221; according to a Facebook post from the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Their Facebook post also includes an image with the following caption: Roadways are hazardous due to blowing and driving snow and\/or ice. Only those who believe it is necessary to drive should be on the roadways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OhioDepartmentOfTransportation\/posts\/pfbid0Y8jKML9gGvNEVd8PrcVNzxrGEqyJMFVfKqcHt4sP1iJmUYQ67mcc7QQ7bM1Vbf2Jl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">In a Facebook post shared last month<\/a>, the Ohio Department of Transportation noted the following: &#8220;ODOT does not issue snow emergency levels. Your local sheriff&#8217;s office holds jurisdiction over issuing them. Stay informed about the status in your county on social media or on the news. Adhere to the levels for your safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After being under a Level 1 for about an hour early Friday morning, the Erie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-106927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}