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Winter Preps in the Poconos

STROUDSBURG — With winter-like temperatures forecast in the not so distant future across northeastern and central Pennsylvania, some folks are getting rea...
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STROUDSBURG -- With winter-like temperatures forecast in the not so distant future across northeastern and central Pennsylvania, some folks are getting ready for the cold, and of course, the snow that comes with it.

Contractors are busy in the Poconos, preparing for another round of winter with Mother Nature.

On Main Street in Stroudsburg, a roof is getting some much-needed repairs.

"Last year's snow, there was so much of abundance of everything, that it just kept sliding off the building and making everything unsafe down here with the ice," said George Transue of Transue Contracting.

Right outside our Pocono Newsroom last winter were icy patches, dangerous enough to restrict parking through this area of downtown Stroudsburg.

"The worst I've ever seen, so like I said, there were icicles almost down to the sidewalk," said Transue.

Now contractors are busy installing metal devices called snow birds to help prevent the snow from causing a commotion down below, as it melts off the metal roof.

A project these contractors say anyone with similar issues should take care of now.

Roof repairs aren't the only way that folks are getting ready to deal with winter, some are preparing for when all that white stuff hits the ground.

At Stroudsburg Electric Motor just outside of Stroudsburg, workers are busy getting snow throwers back up in operation.

"Well, generally what fails on generators and things that have been sitting, snow blowers, is the fuel fails," said David Smith of Stroudsburg Electric Motor.

It takes a couple of weeks usually for this shop to get a unit fully serviced and ready to get rid of snow.

And now is a pretty good time to start thinking about taking yours in

"We generally don't like to see the snow blowers until right around November about this time because they'll do the same thing, they'll take it home and they won't use it. But we've probably seen about six or seven already this year," said Smith.

Workers say if you wait until the first flakes fall to think about revving up your snowthrower, you might push your luck.

"Prepare, don't wait till the time you need it to start," said Smith.

Unless you don't mind shoveling your way out instead!

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