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Snowplows bury parked cars in Lake Ozark MO

February 02, 2011|by Jay Scherder, KY3 News | jscherder@ky3.com

LAKE OZARK, Mo. -- As snowplow operators cleared roads after a 20-inch snowfall, they had no choice but to push snow on top of cars parked on the roads.

“We're not really set up for this kind of snowfall in this area,” said Lake Ozark’s Director of Public Works Matt Mickalik.  ”I have enough guys that I can split them into two shifts and they work 12-hour shifts.”

Crews here were hard at it on Wednesday, pushing the snow anywhere they could.

“We're nibbling away at it.  Everything is going pretty good<” said Mickalik.

Their only hope is more snow doesn't come before they can deal with the mess that they already have.

There is no timeline as to when the snow will be cleared on all the roads in the area, but until that time people are still being asked to keep off the roads if possible.

“The problem we have is the snow is so heavy and so deep that after the trucks make a pass up or down the road, the wind rows get so tall that the trucks have a hard time moving it,” said Mickalik.

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The main roads were getting cleared but subdivisions and lake roads were causing some trouble.

“We did get a truck stuck on a pretty steep hill last night and it took us about 2 hours to get it out.”

The paralyzing snow is being pushed around but by no means is it going away.  The sun was out a majority of the day, melting some of the snow and ice on the roads and parking lots but, when the temperatures drop, that will all turn back into ice.

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