Wet and slushy roads cause vehicle delays on hills, Schuylkill County PA
TrafficRadio operators report wet and slushy roads and hazardous winter driving conditions on hills near Hill Road, Pennsylvania. Some secondary roads are closed due to vehicles stuck on hills, causing delays and advising drivers to use main roads only.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Amateur Radio
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I've been out on the service for a while, but just giving an update.
00:05
It's coming up on Leibis, (number withheld), it's (number withheld) southbound, and 33 out there.
00:14
Roads are wet.
00:15
You've got to be careful, snow in the middle, but, you know,
00:20
it's not dry, but wet, you know, a little bit of slush on it.
00:27
Traffic, (name withheld).
00:28
Anybody out in the road?
00:31
Scott, people are going to normal speed.
00:37
Yeah, it's raining, definitely here.
00:41
So I'm not sure how much longer it's supposed to last,
00:44
but it's almost coming up on 2 o'clock.
00:48
I'll wait a little bit longer.
00:51
I'll do just a little bit of decorating it and go out and take care of the driveway.
00:58
I know Steve N3 UAZ he mentioned going out and shoveling this.
01:04
I don't know.
01:06
It could be a little rough shoveling, especially with a heavy crust on it.
01:18
To stay on the main road, stay off the secondary roads.
01:23
There's quite a few roads that are closed with some vehicle or other stuck on a hairpin curve on a hill or whatever the record gets there.
01:35
So I did run into a number of instances like that on the back roads.
01:43
All right, I'll be interested to know how Clamp Town Hill is right there at Archie Club Road to see if there's anybody still sitting waiting to get pulled out.
01:54
Let me know when you get there.
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Hill Rd, Pennsylvania
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