Early Morning Snow
Date: 1/12/2012 Album ID: 1394216
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
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The moderate snowfall is expected to taper off this morning, with flurries throughout the day. Accumulation could be anywhere from 1 to 3 inches. Black ice is the culprit for the hundreds of wrecks and traffic tie-ups, road crews say.
Terry Tonneas clears his driveway Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in unincorporated St. Louis County. We can't complain, we've had some decent weather, said Tonneas. Just a few days ago I was wearing shorts. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Terry Tonneas clears his driveway Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in unincorporated St. Louis County. We can't complain, we've had some decent weather, said Tonneas. Just a few days ago I was wearing shorts. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Barb Vasterling stops traffic and allows students to pass on their way to Bayless High School Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in St. Louis. The snow could have waited another couple of months, said Vasterling. It's horrible and cold.  Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis firefighters assisted tow truck operators with an accident on Interstate 44 at Jamieson Avenue Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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One motorist exited in reverse on eastbound Interstate 44 at Shrewsbury Avenue after the highway was shut down after numerous accidents Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Traffic backed up eastbound on Interstate 44 at Shrewsbury Avenue after the highway was shut down after numerous accidents Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis firefighters assisted tow truck operators with an accident on Interstate 44 at Jamieson Avenue Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Shrewsbury police officers block the I-44 eastbound on-ramp at Shrewsbury Avenue after numerous accidents forced a shutdown of a section of the highway from Webster Groves into St. Louis Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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An employee of Always Towing helps a motorist from the scene of an accident on Interstate 44 at Jamieson Avenue Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
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A St. Louis firefighter dons his cold weather gear as he works an accident on Interstate 44 at Jamieson Avenue Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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A flock of pink plastic flamingos sits in the snowy grass outside the Flowerama along South Lindbergh Boulevard in south St. Louis County  Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Tom Eilers, owner of ADR Towing in Troy, Ill., steers a van as it is hauled out of a ditch after it ran off the road and rolled over while traveling on Interstate 70 West at the intersection 55 North around 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.  No one was hurt in the accident.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tom Eilers, owner of ADR Towing in Troy, Ill., hauls a van out of a ditch after it ran off the road and rolled over while traveling on Interstate 70 West at the intersection 55 North around 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.  No one was hurt in the accident.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Tom Eilers, owner of ADR Towing in Troy, Ill., prepares to haul a van out of a ditch after it ran off the road and rolled over while traveling on Interstate 70 West at the intersection 55 North around 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.  No one was hurt in the accident.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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In the midst of a snow storm, students return to Hixon Middle School in Webster Groves on Thursday, January 12, 2012, after the school was evacuated while the fire department checked for a smell of gas. The students went to the Webster Groves Recreation Center during the brief evacuation. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch
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Casey Francis of D&L Towing in Valley Park hooks a pickup truck that overturned on I-44 westbound near the Lewis Road exit near Eureka Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.  This is my 11th call, said Francis, who began his day before dawn.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Casey Francis of D&L Towing in Valley Park hooks a pickup truck that overturned on I-44 westbound near the Lewis Road exit near Eureka Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.  This is my 11th call, said Francis, who began his day before dawn.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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In the midst of a snow storm, students return to Hixon Middle School in Webster Groves on Thursday, January 12, 2012, after the school was evacuated while the fire department checked for a smell of gas. The students went to the Webster Groves Recreation Center during the brief evacuation. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch
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In the midst of a snow storm, students return to Hixon Middle School in Webster Groves on Thursday, January 12, 2012, after the school was evacuated while the fire department checked for a smell of gas. The students went to the Webster Groves Recreation Center during the brief evacuation. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch
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Casey Francis of D&L Towing in Valley Park hooks a pickup truck that overturned on I-44 westbound near the Lewis Road exit near Eureka Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.  This is my 11th call, said Francis, who began his day before dawn.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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