In the photo, Charleston Post Office carrier Latonjia Brown proves true the old motto, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” as she delivers mail Tuesday morning on West Chestnut Street in Charleston.
The area received a double whammy of wintry precipitation within a span of a few days.
The first came late last week, when a cold front pushed through Thursday night, dropping temperatures from the 60s into the 20s and changing rain to freezing rain, sleet and snow. Tallahatchie County received only a light dusting of snow in that first round. The greatest hazard was some ice reported on roads and bridges.
Another arctic front barreled through Monday night into Tuesday, bringing roughly an inch of mainly snow and causing temps to plunge into the low teens Tuesday night. Northwesterly wind gusts pushed windchill factor values as low as zero to five degrees below zero Tuesday night.
Both the East and West Tallahatchie school districts and Strider Academy cancelled classes Friday and Tuesday. Many local businesses and most government offices also were closed both days.
In all but isolated cases, the mail was delivered as scheduled.
(Photo by Clay McFerrin)
