WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — Along Route 296 between Waymart and Hamlin, much of the road was snow-covered on Tuesday morning.
Snow drifts in South Canaan Township are higher the top of the car.
Roads in Hamlin were snow-covered, and very few vehicles were on them, mainly those with four-wheel drive or plow trucks.
Ken Stevens wanted to check the road conditions to decide whether or not to open the store he manages. He felt the amount of snow and conditions weren't safe.
"I've lived in this area my whole life. I'm going to be 44, and I've seen a lot of snowstorms, but this one's pretty rough."
Snow totals in Hawley were significant — 30 inches according to the National Weather service. People we spoke with said this storm is one for the books.
"I haven't seen this much snow in probably 20 years. I'm only 30 years old, but yeah, I don't remember this much snow in my lifetime," Antonio Whitty said.
"It caught me by surprise! I thought there would be maybe a foot of snow or something like that, but there was a lot more. I came out to three to four feet in my backyard. I have a four-foot fence, and it's completely covered," said Marat Khramtsopskiy. "I haven't seen anything like this yet, and I just moved back from Colorado just a year ago. And we didn't even get anything like this over there."
Keeping up as the snow fell continuously made it difficult for people to dig out. Glen Hoffmann was out plowing several properties around Wayne County and has been working nonstop in what he calls an old-fashioned normal winter.
"I started yesterday. I went out and did the first round, and then I went back out last night to the second round. And now I'm on the third round," Hoffman said.
"I shoveled today, two times yesterday, and it doesn't look like I did anything today. I came out to another 12 inches," said Briana D'Entremont.
D'Entremont says she loves the snow and wanted to get the work done before she and her cat Zuko could have some fun.
"I want to build a snowman, but I don't even know where to build it because there's nowhere to do it."
Travel is still very treacherous in much of Wayne County.