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Urging residents of the state to simply stay home as of yesterday because, again, that precipitation continues to come down. the big challenge in pittsburgh, laura, has been to try to keep the streets clear. we had a major snow event at the beginning of the month here and the city recognized their response fell short. many side streets became a frozen mess. they did not anticipate a refreezing event so the big challenge and focus is trying to keep these roads and highways clear should the temperature of course plummet as we expect to see throughout much of the affected areas. the big issue here has also been an aging fleet of snow plows and snow removal equipment. the city said on friday they have well over a dozen vehicles already ordered to try to keep up with snowplowing and snow removal operations but those haven t come in but they re on back order due to supply chain ....
In terms of pittsburgh, they realized their last snow event came up short. they did not expect or anticipate a refreezing event that took place after that snowfall and making many of those side roads basically impassable and just a frozen mess. so what they ve done, according to the mayor in an announcement made on friday, they tried to improve their response, we saw it on sunday with plow trucks and snow removal equipment out and about on the streets and sidewalks. forecasters here expect up to a foot of snow in and around pittsburgh so the main concern is monday morning, though it is a holiday. school was not scheduled for today. there are folks who have to get to work, so authorities are concentrating on roads and highways. let s go to meteorologist tyler malden he joins me on the latest with the winter weather conditions. what are you seeing? ....