CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Mother Nature can't make up her mind this winter as now the threat of some major rain is heading our way, after last weekend's snowstorm.
Areas across northeastern and central Pennsylvania saw several inches to a foot of snow.
In Carbon County, some neighbors were still cleaning up on Monday, as 10 inches were dumped on their doorstep.
"Well, it's January. It's the first snow of the season. I think we got somewhere about ten inches or more. It was real pretty for a while, now it's warm," said Jim Thorpe resident Jim Gilmore.
Those who waited to clear out in Jim Thorpe got a little help from the winter warmup on Monday.
"We were due for the snow," said Cletus Schilling of Lansford. "We had a nice warm winter so far. You can't beat the weather today. It's a great day to be out shoveling."
But now that snow is starting to melt, and all the fresh powder is turning into slush.
"It's a little heavy, but I wouldn't be shoveling if I couldn't do it," Schilling said.
It's day two of shoveling for Jim Gilmore, who has lived in the borough for 24 years. He says the biggest issue the snow brings is the fight for a clear parking spot.
"If I leave to go to Walmart, when I come back, someone who didn't shovel a spot out will be parked in my spot. That's a bad thing."
Down the road in Lehighton, crews are clearing out all the snow that has piled up over the weekend.
"They usually hit the downtown area first, our business areas, and around the parks, so there's parking for our businesses. Then they go around and post the town from that point on," Donald Rehrig said.
The weekend's storm brought some of the biggest snow totals this area has seen in years.
"It's expected. I mean, we've been lucky so far, but it is January, and we could be getting snow, rain, whatever."
Many are hoping Mother Nature will stay at bay.
"If we have two more snowstorms, that will be nice, but not a whole lot of snow," Schilling said.
With the threat of heavy rain on the way, this snow may be gone soon.
"They're calling for rain, and that's going to be quite a mess. Hopefully, it doesn't freeze over," Gilmore said.
Some are hopeful for what the rain will bring.
"Hopefully, it'll wash some of this snow away."
While others say it could cause a big mess for the borough.
"It all basically runs downhill to the Lehigh River. If people make a trough, the water goes right through. But if they don't, then we get big pools, and if it freezes. Then, we get big pools of ice," Gilmore said.
Less than five miles away in Lehighton, crews are clearing out all the snow that has piled up over the weekend before the rain moves in.
Donald Rehrig and his neighbors are trying to remind others to do their part by clearing out storm drains of snow and ice to keep flooding at bay.
"I take care of it in my own neighborhood, make sure the drains are open, and the water flows away. If not, it's in your basement, so look at the whole picture."
Folks in Carbon County hope to keep up with whatever Mother Nature brings this winter.
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