Big game, snowstorm preps equaled busy roads, empty shelves today
YOUNGSTOWN
As a big snowstorm bore down on the region from the West today, shoppers raided stores for supplies.
They got ready not only for the weather, but for the Super Bowl, which begins at 6:30 Sunday evening as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots in Glendale, Ariz.
The best place to be then is in your recliner with your bag of chips and your remote. But if you’re going out, be careful: By late afternoon today, meteorologists predict, there may even be some sleet and freezing rain mixed in with the snow.
21 WFMJ-TV meteorologist Andrew DiPaolo and the National Weather Service in Cleveland concurred that the snow would begin between 4 and 6 Sunday morning and would be light at first.
The snow will be heavy at times from late in the afternoon well into the evening, the National Weather Service said.
Sgt. Michael Wilson of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield Post said people who are going to be out driving need to follow all the old common-sense rules.
Saturday, inside the stores, managers noticed the rush.
At the Giant Eagle in Austintown, a grocery-department manager said the store was " swamped.”
At Marc’s in Boardman, an assistant manager reported record-breaking sales.
At Home Depot in Boardman, shovels, snow blowers and salt were big-sellers and salt was sold out.
Read more about the situation in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.