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Quinton Jennings didn’t mind that more snow was in the forecast.
The 11-year-old Bowling Green boy had finished building a snowman between flights of flurries Monday.
“I’m ready to build another one,” said Jennings, who decorated his artistic creation with sweet gum balls courtesy of Mother Nature and a hat and scarf on loan from his sister, Tristin.
Across the Hannibal region, people easily coped with a one-inch first round of snow and got ready for up to six more inches expected by 6 a.m. Tuesday. Many schools canceled classes.
“It seems like everybody is getting stocked up,” said Jeremy Snow, manager at C&R Supermarket in Palmyra. “A lot of bread is moving, a lot of milk is moving, a lot of bottled water.”
“It’s been a little bit busier this morning,” said Wes Meeker, manager of Orscheln Farm & Home in Shelbina. “We’ve sold a lot of ice melt.”
“Our crews are going to continually be working on the roads,” said Marisa Brown-Ellison of the Missouri Department of Transportation. “We should be able to keep up. The major roads probably aren’t going to be an issue. People are going to have to be careful on the secondary roads.”
The break between storms helped state and city crews get a leg up.
“We’ve got enough clear now that the temperature would really have to drop for things to get bad on the streets,” said Brian Ferguson of the Hannibal Street Department.
Up to six inches of snow “doesn’t bind” farmers in feeding livestock, said Al Kennett of the University of Missouri Extension in Ralls County. However, Kennett is concerned about continued wet weather and its effects on calves.
“The worst part of it is it’s so muddy,” Kennett said. “Your lots and pastures are totally saturated. There’s more chance for disease.”
Once the snow passes, the problems may not be over.
Strong northwest winds coming in behind the front will bring a chance for drifting and much colder temperatures. Highs Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid-20s, with lows in single digits.
Hannibal averages 7.2 inches of white stuff during the second month of the year, but the record snowfall for a single day of 12 inches also happened in February.
Since 1884, the winter’s snowfall was heavier only 27 other times than in 2008, when 26.3 inches fell. The 26th least snowiest year was the 12.3 inches that was recorded in 2009.
Quinton Jennings didn’t mind that more snow was in the forecast.
The 11-year-old Bowling Green boy had finished building a snowman between flights of flurries Monday.
“I’m ready to build another one,” said Jennings, who decorated his artistic creation with sweet gum balls courtesy of Mother Nature and a hat and scarf on loan from his sister, Tristin.
Across the Hannibal region, people easily coped with a one-inch first round of snow and got ready for up to six more inches expected by 6 a.m. Tuesday. Many schools canceled classes.
“It seems like everybody is getting stocked up,” said Jeremy Snow, manager at C&R Supermarket in Palmyra. “A lot of bread is moving, a lot of milk is moving, a lot of bottled water.”
“It’s been a little bit busier this morning,” said Wes Meeker, manager of Orscheln Farm & Home in Shelbina. “We’ve sold a lot of ice melt.”
“Our crews are going to continually be working on the roads,” said Marisa Brown-Ellison of the Missouri Department of Transportation. “We should be able to keep up. The major roads probably aren’t going to be an issue. People are going to have to be careful on the secondary roads.”
The break between storms helped state and city crews get a leg up.
“We’ve got enough clear now that the temperature would really have to drop for things to get bad on the streets,” said Brian Ferguson of the Hannibal Street Department.
Up to six inches of snow “doesn’t bind” farmers in feeding livestock, said Al Kennett of the University of Missouri Extension in Ralls County. However, Kennett is concerned about continued wet weather and its effects on calves.
“The worst part of it is it’s so muddy,” Kennett said. “Your lots and pastures are totally saturated. There’s more chance for disease.”
Once the snow passes, the problems may not be over.
Strong northwest winds coming in behind the front will bring a chance for drifting and much colder temperatures. Highs Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid-20s, with lows in single digits.
Hannibal averages 7.2 inches of white stuff during the second month of the year, but the record snowfall for a single day of 12 inches also happened in February.
Since 1884, the winter’s snowfall was heavier only 27 other times than in 2008, when 26.3 inches fell. The 26th least snowiest year was the 12.3 inches that was recorded in 2009.
