Storm Slams Mountains, Valley
by John Weckerle
Another Update: According to NM-Roads, at 12:55 p.m.: I-40 is closed from mile marker 165 to Moriarty.
Update: Moriarty-Edgewood Schools will close at 1 p.m.
Highway Camera at Sedillo Hill, 11 a.m. Today
Your editor just took a drive to Edgewood, and the situation is not good. Roads are snow-packed and icy and, perhaps predictably, there was no evidence of any plowing, sanding or other response from either the Town of Edgewood or the New Mexico DOT. Visibility was less than a quarter mile coming north on 344.
As this photo from the Sedillo Hill highway camera shows, I-40 is in bad shape and, based on what we’re seeing here at New Mexico Central headquarters, it’s probably getting worse rather than better. According to KOB.com, Mountainair Municipal schools will have early dismissal at 11:45 a.m., and Estancia Schools will have dismissal at 1:00 p.m. If you’re home and can stay there, we suggest you do so. If you’re not home, you may want to consider heading there now rather than later.
2 Responses “Storm Slams Mountains, Valley”
How did you get these images? Did you just screen capture from the nm roads site? due to the flash design of the nmroads site ive been looking for a more direct way to view the camera via Iphone (non flash devices)
Unfortunately, the only way I know of to post the images is to screen capture them. It would be very useful to be able to link directly to the cameras, but given that the IT aces at the NMDOT have not yet figured out how to get their site to work with Firefox, I doubt they’ll be getting things to work with iPhones any time soon.