The couple plans to visit Arizona again in 2024, for their 25th anniversary. "We came prepared with warm clothes, but not for the snow!" said Elena. Instead of going up there, we’ll just go home early," said Luipe. "Looking at the weather coming in and driving up there, we didn’t want to take the chance, so we just canceled it. The two are visiting Arizona for the first time, and had plans to spend the day at the Grand Canyon. They are visiting Arizona from Texas for their 24th anniversary. The storm has also disrupted travel plans for Lupe and Elena Hernandez. "You’re sliding around, and there’s a lot of wind, so you don’t want to get blown off of the road," said Tony. Tony, who drives the route on a daily basis, says the conditions were some of the worst he has seen. You couldn’t see the road, and I was done." "As soon as you start pulling into Stoneman and I went up to 315 and turned around and came back. It was very bad," said Tim.Īnother truck driver, identified only as ‘Tony,’ wasn't as lucky. Started to snow going up north, and on the way back, it was just impossible to see. It didn’t start doing anything until I hit Munds Park. "I went up about two o’clock this morning. Tim was among the lucky ones, as he made it into Flagstaff before the storm hit. "With the snow on the ground, it’s really hard to see," said one truck driver, identified only as ‘Tim.’ "I was only doing, like, 20 miles an hour coming down." The conditions so bad, truck routes and even some anniversary plans were canceled. With the winter weather also means dangerous road conditions. The month of March in Phoenix experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 35 to 28. Snow drifts in town stood over six feet tall, and crews are still working to clear it. Widespread and extremely heavy snow fell during the afternoon hours and into the nighttime hours. In Flagstaff, people have been dealing with yet another round of snow that have buried cars, shut down highways and caused schools and businesses to close. New winter storm blankets Flagstaff with snowįOX 10's Danielle Miller has more on conditions in Flagstaff, after a third round of winter storm in recent weeks moved into Arizona's high country.
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