Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA steady snowfall sent crews and residents into winter mode across Washington County, where some communities reported as much as nine inches by day\u2019s end.Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 spent hours driving from Allegheny County into Washington County to see conditions firsthand, tracing the storm\u2019s impact from main roads to neighborhood streets. On Western Avenue near Paxton Farm Road in Houston, heading toward Chartiers Township, we encountered occasional slick patches, though many stretches were mostly clear. Plow trucks were out in force, and with the snow still falling, people were cleaning up.High school junior Noah Farley spent this part of his school break shoveling outside his mother\u2019s shop.”Normally we don’t get as much snow as we did this year,” Farley said.He described the snow as light and manageable.”It\u2019s, like, really powdery, so it\u2019s pretty easy to get with the shovel,” he said.Across town, the difference between cleared and uncleared walkways was easy to see. Roads were slushy in spots but largely passable, while residential areas showed more accumulation \u2014 prompting residents to grab shovels, not just for sidewalks but, in some cases, for the streets as well.”I just don’t want anybody to get hurt,” said Lindsay Nimal.Nimal, who grew up in the area, said her outlook on winter changed after moving north for school at Penn State Behrend in Erie.”I love it. I love it,” she said. “I didn\u2019t like it before I went to school, but since I went to school, I found a new appreciation. It\u2019s gorgeous. So I really don\u2019t mind doing this.”With snow still falling, residents may not be finished yet. Pittsburgh Action News 4 meteorologists say additional snow is expected, meaning more shoveling \u2014 and more caution \u2014 could be ahead.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A steady snowfall sent crews and residents into winter mode across Washington County, where some communities reported as much as nine inches by day\u2019s end.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 spent hours driving from Allegheny County into Washington County to see conditions firsthand, tracing the storm\u2019s impact from main roads to neighborhood streets. On Western Avenue near Paxton Farm Road in Houston, heading toward Chartiers Township, we encountered occasional slick patches, though many stretches were mostly clear. Plow trucks were out in force, and with the snow still falling, people were cleaning up.<\/p>\n
High school junior Noah Farley spent this part of his school break shoveling outside his mother\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n
“Normally we don’t get as much snow as we did this year,” Farley said.<\/p>\n
He described the snow as light and manageable.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s, like, really powdery, so it\u2019s pretty easy to get with the shovel,” he said.<\/p>\n
Across town, the difference between cleared and uncleared walkways was easy to see. Roads were slushy in spots but largely passable, while residential areas showed more accumulation \u2014 prompting residents to grab shovels, not just for sidewalks but, in some cases, for the streets as well.<\/p>\n
“I just don’t want anybody to get hurt,” said Lindsay Nimal.<\/p>\n
Nimal, who grew up in the area, said her outlook on winter changed after moving north for school at Penn State Behrend in Erie.<\/p>\n
“I love it. I love it,” she said. “I didn\u2019t like it before I went to school, but since I went to school, I found a new appreciation. It\u2019s gorgeous. So I really don\u2019t mind doing this.”<\/p>\n
With snow still falling, residents may not be finished yet. Pittsburgh Action News 4 meteorologists say additional snow is expected, meaning more shoveling \u2014 and more caution \u2014 could be ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CANONSBURG RIGHT NOW WHERE THE ROADS DON\u2019T LOOK TOO BAD. IT IS STILL SNOWING HERE THOUGH. IT\u2019S BEEN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[900,4329,5073,33182,38450,73,75,74,12883,38451,38448,32797,14834,38447,2439,10911,38449],"class_list":["post-74307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-action-news","tag-day","tag-end","tag-main-road","tag-neighborhood-street","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-resident","tag-residential-area","tag-school-break","tag-shovel","tag-snow","tag-snow-blanket-washington-county","tag-way","tag-western-avenue","tag-winter-mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74307","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=74307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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