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.
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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King penguins explore the snowy outdoors with keeper Cyndie Gitter on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the St. Louis Zoo. Keepers decided to use the wintry weather as part of the penguins' daily enrichment activity by letting a few selected penguins walk outside of the Renguin and Puffin Coast area. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Many vehicles were on the side of westbound I-64 Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012, when the snow made driving slick and hazardous. This view looks west from Chesterfield Parkway.

Photo by J.B. Forbes,  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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A St. Charles paramedic slipped while she was helping push a car that was stuck on the inside lanes of eastbound I-64 near Clarkson Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012. The paramedic did not appear to be injured as she continued to push the vehicle back on to the roadway.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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The pastoral scene of a horse in the snow near Ossenfort Road and Brookhaven Drive in west St. Louis county Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012, contrasted with the slick conditions the falling snow caused to early morning commuters throughout the St. Louis region.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Two women wait for help Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012, after their car spun off the on-ramp to westbound I-64 from Highway 141 in Town and Country.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Traffic was bumper to bumper on northbound Highway 141 at Manchester Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012, as the snow made driving conditions slick and hazardous.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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