http://www.icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml icyroadsafety.com News Feed en-us http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml NOAA has finished compiling preliminary data for weather hazards during the 2009 season. http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml We're still in the heat of summer here in the USA, and it's hard to imagine the prospect of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. But it won't be long before the icy road threat begins its annual return. http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml The US icy road season is finally on its annual decline, thanks to warmer patterns keeping surface temperatures above the freezing mark for the majority of the country. http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml Exactly on pace with last year's toll at this time of year, the USA icy road death count for this winter has passed the 300 mark. http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml A light snow event over the weekend in Missouri and Illinois has claimed the lives of at least 10 people, including two quadruple-fatality crashes in Missouri - the two worst road icing crashes so far this season in the entire country. http://icyroadsafety.com/blog.shtml Life-threatening situation developing for holiday travelers: For the second year in a row, a far-reaching freezing rain event is beginning to unfold across the Plains, Midwest, Appalachians, Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge, Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and Northeast US just prior to the Christmas holiday.