Matt Murphy
State House News Service
DEC. 16, 2020...Gov. Charlie Baker held a press conference Wednesday to tell people to stay at home, and for the first time in a long time, it had nothing to do with avoiding COVID-19. We just got off a call with the National Weather Service and, except for the Cape and Islands, which may see lower snow totals, about all of Massachusetts tomorrow is likely to see at least a foot of snow, Baker said.
For a governor whose first crisis in office had to do with snow, the winter weather update had a familiar feel as Baker urged people to stay at home if they could so that plows could clear the roads. He encouraged businesses to let people work from home if possible, and warned of a possible flash freeze on Thursday morning after the snow tapers off.
BOSTON Gov. Charlie Baker held a press conference Wednesday to tell people to stay at home, and for the first time in a long time, it had nothing to do with avoiding COVID-19. We just got off a call with the National Weather Service and, except for the Cape and Islands, which may see lower snow totals, about all of Massachusetts tomorrow is likely to see at least a foot of snow, Baker said.
For a governor whose first crisis in office had to do with snow, the winter weather update had a familiar feel as Baker urged people to stay at home if they could so that plows could clear the roads. He encouraged businesses to let people work from home if possible, and warned of a possible flash freeze on Thursday morning after the snow tapers off.
Massachusetts non-emergency government employees told to work from home during winter storm
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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Non-emergency government employees in Massachusetts who aren’t already working remotely were sent home ahead of the winter storm that’s expected to dump at least a foot of snow across much of the state.
The Baker administration told state employees not to report to their workplaces on Thursday due to the snow. They will be expected to work remotely if they have the capacity to do so, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
A nor’easter is expected to hit Massachusetts Wednesday night, piling as much as 12 to 18 inches of snow in parts of the state until Thursday afternoon. The state is under a winter storm warning for what could be the biggest snow storm yet this season.
Fortunately for snow removal crews this time, many people have been working from home for months.
The timing of the storm, which is expected to start around 9 p.m. in western Massachusetts and 11 p.m. in eastern Massachusetts, coincides with the governor s COVID-19 stay-at-home advisory that asks people to be in their homes from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Baker said that by midnight snow could be accumulating one to two inches per hour, with most forecasts calling for 8 to 12 inches of snow, and potentially more in certain parts of the state. We have had a very mild fall. So we clearly haven t had to deal with something quite like this in quite some time and I think we should all remember we should respect this kind of weather, Baker said.
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