No Business Like Snow Business
I guess the last 24 hours of Bart Peterson’s administration aren’t going to be ticking by all that easily. If you haven’t heard the forecast for tonight, here it is:
From the Indy Star:
Much colder, windy weather and up to 4 inches of snow are in the New Year’s forecast for central Indiana..
The National Weather Service issued a snow advisory late this morning in effect from 6 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The snow could begin this afternoon and continue tonight, with a total accumulation by morning of 2 to 4 inches and west winds gusting to 35 mph.
Overnight lows should dip to the low 20s. Tomorrow’s New Year’s Day high may only reach to the mid 20s, with a 40 percent chance of snow showers and winds gusting to around 30 mph.
Wednesday’s high may only reach 19. Northwest winds of 15 mph could drive wind-chill readings to 6 below zero.
So Bart will have some shoveling to do before he leaves a little before noon tomorrow. Of course, the flip side to that is, Greg Ballard is immediately put on the spot to make sure streets continue to get salted and that road ways are taken care of. At that point all eyes will be on Ballard to make sure he’s up to the job. It looks like he will have his first real test just after he’s sworn in. So much for an uneventful transition.
Of course, the weather prediction has never been wrong has it?
December 31st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Ahh, that’s just the Ryerson Rag doing a setup so they can blast Greg tomorrow asking why the streets aren’t completely dry within 10 minutes of his inauguration.
I just wonder if Mr. Menon (Mayor Peterson’s DPW head) will stick around or if he’ll abandon ship with the Mayor.
December 31st, 2007 at 1:35 pm
BTW, NWS says it’ll be 3-5″ in North Central Indiana - to me that’s North of Kokomo. So here we’ll only get a dusting.
I’m not worried I have four wheel drive!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Why assume that Ballard will fail at this?
What if he succeeds?
December 31st, 2007 at 1:41 pm
I’m not assuming he’ll fail, I’m just saying he’s starting off with a real first test. I think he’ll be fine, I just know the scrutiny (read: Indy Star, lefty nutroots) will be there ready and probably hoping for him to fail just to have a story.
December 31st, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Awesome post Josh…
LMAO
December 31st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Ask (former Chicago mayor) Jane Byrne about the political capital of not clearing the streets after a snowstorm. It cost her the mayor’s office.
December 31st, 2007 at 2:34 pm
You mean, Chicago actually had a mayor not named Daly in the last 50 years?
December 31st, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Yeah, really. There was a short period between Daddy and Junior there were quasi-competitive races. Of course it was always Dem and Dember.
December 31st, 2007 at 3:56 pm
People (and not just in Chicago) never seem to care about corruption in government, so long as the government is competent.
It’s when the corruption and incompetence come together that seems to irritate them.