The word’s just come down that for the third day in a row, Cobb schools will be closed on Friday.
The Cobb County School District cited “hazardous road and travel conditions throughout the county,” and that includes a number of areas of East Cobb.
The major roads are clear for the most part, but along roads without the direct sunshine that helped the melting process today, there’s still a lot of ice and slush. That’s expected to freeze over again tonight as temperatures drop down into the mid-to-low 20s.
When we went out earlier this afternoon, we noticed this too, especially along Robinson Road near Fullers Park, and along Robinson on either side of Old Canton Road.
That’s one of a couple dozen or so icy patches in East Cobb that remain treacherous. Earlier today, some social media postings included a lot of ice on Hembree Road near Pope High School, and around Walton High School.
This is just a small part of Hembree Rd (Pope) that’s frozen… @CobbSchools pic.twitter.com/EajLS9yQYm
— Kyla Smith (@kyla_smith16) January 18, 2018
Neighborhoods and Roads iced all over Eastern Cobb County.
Walton District is #ICEDOver. #NOTSafe @CobbSchools pic.twitter.com/SFQpJnYcVx— Peter D. Minetos (@PeterMinetos) January 18, 2018
Other areas where ice has been an issue include:
- Sandy Plains Road at Wigley Road and north on Wigley Road;
- Several areas along Mabry Road;
- Ebenezer Road;
- Several spots along Bells Ferry Road;
- Barnes Mill Road;
- Roswell Road near Barnes Mill;
- Post Oak Tritt near Johnson Ferry Road;
- Shallowford Road east of Johnson Ferry;
- Johnson Ferry Road at Oak Drive;
- Sewell Mill Road near Old Canton Road;
- Johnson Ferry at the Chattahoochee River;
- Several areas along Powers Ferry Road.
Cobb County government will have normal working hours on Friday.
Mt. Bethel Christian Academy will be holding classes as normally scheduled on Friday.
The Walker School also announced it would be trying to make a go of classes on Friday, tweeting out this message not long after the Cobb announcement:
Due to lingering conditions from this week’s winter weather, we will have a delayed school start time of 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19. Carpool will begin in all divisions at 10 a.m. Middle & Upper School students will report to their E block class at 10:35 a.m.
— The Walker School (@TheWalkerSchool) January 18, 2018
On Friday, warmer weather is expected to stick around longer, with highs into the low 50s and lows in the high 20s, with the chance of ice returning again Friday night.
It’s going to get gradually warmer over the weekend, into the low 60s by Sunday.
It’s also expected to be mostly sunny, with partly cloudy skies on Sunday and rain on Monday.
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