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New snow and it's eerily quiet, even for 4:10amCT The Adair County Way is working in a seemingly flawless manner, as we cope again this morning. In Campbellsville, Larry Smith at the Big Dawg, 99.9 FM sends an early cue that new snow, to be followed by extremely frigid wind-chill factors, present a new challenge - one that may be around for days to come. Through yesterday, emergency response and road snow clearance work by City, State and County Roadwork, augmented by Good Samaritan private pitch in work in the tradition of Grover Gilpin - and now by Stotts Construction, Barry Stotts and his dog - has made this extraordinary weather phenomenon almost routine A note: We're on standby to post Closings for today. And, during today's new emergency conditions - a number of normally paid commercial announcements are being "waved through," posted at no charge, as we have staff to do so at ColumbiaMagazine.com. By Ed Waggener After City, County, and State Road crews did such a magnificent job clearing the roads yesterday, this Wednesday morning we're waking up to a whole new layer of fresh snow, and, in the dark, it looks like "deja vu all over again," as new snow has covered streets and roadways. At just before 4amCT, when I stuck my head out the door, there was an eery quiet on Jamestown Hill, the soundcheck I do to assess if something big is or is not happening. Our short stretch of City Street, Fortune Street - one of the few overlooked by the City Street Department, is covered again, even though Good Samaritan Barry Stotts of Stotts Construction pitched in to help on a few of city streets the crews didn't get to - is covered again, but we're still able to get out easily, even with the new snow. When Barry Stotts showed up with his front end loader and his dog, the first thought was a memory of another Good Samaritan, Grover Gilpin, who made it a point to clear driveways of his friends - and I guess non-friends, if he had any - without depending on the overworked street crews. When snows fell, while Grover was alive, he went into action, at no one's beckoning, it was just a thing he did. Too much thanks would often get a gruff Grover reply - not a terse Keltnertown cussing, which he could deliver in so memorable a way - but it was just one of the many, many ways he quietly contributed to the community. In the hours ahead, we'll be hearing of other Good Samaritan actions, we hope. People caught doing good, and neighbors telling on them. I think it's still that way, that we've got an extraordinary number who go into emergency mode, on an individual basis, without waiting for a government response.. And so far, there have been just a few notices of neglect, arriving at CM, during the blizzard. First drive for us was a pleasant surprise of what had been done, routinely On what was actually a first drive around the area yesterday afternoon, Linda and I were surprised at how much had been done, routinely, while we stayed snug in our house. Most city streets were easily passable yesterday, and we saw that most parking lots at businesses had been pushed. So far, we haven't heard of dire emergencies not being met. Guess that would come as the quarterbacking is conducted after this snow is over. The one thing we'd missed and wondered about, was who people with semi-emergencies were calling. And didn't find one at hand. At CM, we act as a conduit for those requests, but we're not the Lemme Doit of the golden age of the Courier-Journal. Our colleague Larry takes care of a lot of that on the radio. For us, we were a bit timid about calling any emergency numbers, like 911, knowing they would be taxed, but finally did call a store, Jeffries Hardware, about home deliveries of some supplies we needed. At noon David Pyles and another person I know but couldn't put a name with a face (hope David sends it) showed up at our doorstep with the winterizing material we needed. I'm sure many other businesses, local and chain, were doing otherwise. What a blessing. The drive around town, about 30 minutes worth, had grand moments. We got to see the geese walking on the frozen Cundiff/Sapp Lake, with the beautiful old Cundiff Farm House, with ACEs peeping over the horizon. We saw the glow of the Holloway Wellness Center, now a part of our subconscious, but the lights seen from Lowe's Lane, were really reassuring. We saw the progress being made on the new addition to the Adair County Extension and thought about how it will be such a grand new venue when complete later this year. As we passed by Grover's place at the foot of Lindsey Hill, and saw that the streets were cleared, we wondered - is there a new Good Samaritan like Grover? did the City get Maple Street cleared already? or was this the work of the unsung heroes of the Lindsey Wilson College Plant Operations, staffed by people under the direction of Mike Newton, who just "pitch in" for the community whether it's college or town responsibility. That's the way it is in this town, that's the Adair County Way. If a failure in the system is brought up, it isn't criticism. It's just a way of reviewing, going forward, how we coped with this storm. Most emergency response units will be doing this, as Judge Stephens has indicated he will do. That's the way it ought to be. One thing which stood out yesterday afternoon: Downtown parking places in Columbia were perfectly clear. Hardly a speck of snow. Don't know who to thank but guess the attention is thanks to Mayor Hardwick. The mountains of snow were reminisent of the first winter in the administration of Mayor Coy Downey - I think that year the Daily Statesman may have given a name to the mountain at the on-it corner of Jamestown and the Public Square. Don't think that went away until summer arrived, but that may be, as the late James Howard Keltner used to say, "Remembering Big." This is a actually a Huge Weather Event. And Larry Smith has already reported from the Big Dawg 99.9 in Campbellsville that it is really "mountainous" over there. Mountains of snow pushed aside are now covered with a fresh layer of snow, the effect of which he's just assessing. "We might as well get settled in and cope," he said. "The frigid cold is a factor. And we'd better get our minds set that extreme caution is going to be necessary for may weeks or longer." This story was posted on 2015-02-18 04:48:39
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