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THE SNOW ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON
AND MANY PEOPLE SPENT THE DAY
GETTING READY FOR IT.
22NEWS STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST
NICK BANNIN FOUND A LOT OF
BUSINESSES PACKED WITH LAST
MINUTE SHOPPERS.
THE FIRST SNOWFALL IS OFTEN
TRICKY, IT COULD BE LATE AND IT
COULD BE EARLY. BUT IF YOU WAIT
UNTIL IT'S ON TOP OF YOU TO
PREPARE THEN YOU'RE LEFT
SCRAMBLING.
BEFORE THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES HAD
EVEN STARTED FLYING ON
WEDNESDAY, STORES THAT
SPECIALIZE IN WINTER GEAR WERE
QUITE BUSY. THAT INCLUDES
GENERAL SAW AND LAWNMOWER WHICH
QUICKLY SOLD 3 SNOWBLOWERS EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
"THEY'RE PANICKING AND IT'S ALL
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST
OCTOBER. YOU REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER. NOBODY
BELIEVED IT WAS GOING TO SNOW,
IT DID AND NOBODY WAS READY."
FOR SNOWBLOWER OWNERS, THE BEST
WAYS TO GET YOUR SNOWBLOWER
READY FOR WINTER IS TO CHANGE
THE OIL AND SPARK PLUGS, PUT NEW
GAS IN IT AND GET IT SERVICED IF
IT DOESN'T START UP. .
"WHETHER WE'RE FORECASTING A LOT
OR A LITTLE SNOW FOR THE FIRST
SNOWFALL, IT SEEMS THAT THE
RESULT IS THE SAME. A MAD RUSH
TO GET THINGS DONE BEFORE THOSE
FIRST FLAKES." AT TOWN FAIR TIRE
IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, LINES WERE
OUT THE DOOR FOR PEOPLE WANTING
NEW TIRES WITH BETTER TREAD.
THERE ARE EASY WAYS TO DETERMINE
IF YOU NEED NEW TIRES THIS
WINTER.
"WELL YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TIRES,
THERE ARE WEAR BARS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE TREAD, INDICATES
TO THE CONSUMER IF THEY NEED
THEM OR NOT. IF THE TREAD IS
WORN DOWN TO THOSE WEAR BARS
THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
REPLACED."
WHILE THIS SNOWFALL DIDN'T BRING
MUCH OF AN IMPACT TO WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS, IT SERVES AS A
GOOD REMINDER TO GET READY FOR
THE NEXT ONE THAT MIGHT CAUSE
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