Sunday's blizzard was one of worst on record

Sunday’s blizzard will go down as one of the worst in recent memory for many Iowans, with major road closures across the state and tow bans in over 50 Iowa counties due to near impossible travel conditions. Here in Grundy County, things were just as bad.
 
“This is the worst [storm] in I don’t know how long,” Grundy County Sheriff Rick Penning said. “The past three weeks in general have been bad; it’s been one storm after another and we’ve had over 40 inches of snow this month.”
 
On Sunday, calls were pouring in from stranded travelers, but the Sheriff’s Dept. was short-staffed, as many of their deputies were stranded in different cities around the county. Whiteout conditions meant the county called off all plows and graders due to zero visibility on Sunday, as 50 to 60 mph winds whipped snow across the roads faster than the plows could keep up.
 
Penning said the Sheriff’s Office received calls about 20 to 30 cars in the ditch, but estimated there was closer to 40 or more cars in the ditch as a result of the weekend storm.
 

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