WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A concern on many minds with the winter storm is travel conditions. Conditions since Saturday afternoon have been slightly snowy and a little slushy.
As of about 11:00 p.m. Saturday, the roads were mainly wet and there was a break in the action.
Earlier, 28/22 News Reporter Gianna Galli was in Scranton where drivers tried to dodge the worst of what mother nature would bring.
Steven Bitondo stopped at the Exxon on Meadow Avenue in Scranton Saturday afternoon to cross off another item on his to-do list during the winter storm.
"One last thing to do is fuel up then head home," said Electric City Trolley Museum Train operator Steven Bitondo.
Bitondo was supposed to return back home to New York during the first half of the weekend but decided to ride out the winter storm and leave a day later instead.
"I have it very well planned to go back to the hotel, relax, and wait for this whole thing to pass, and I'll make it to the trolley tomorrow morning, and I'll be there while all of this hopefully dissipates and melts," Bitondo explained.
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Saturday's storm started as snow early before changing to freezing rain and in some places, plain rain.
To tackle the wintry mix, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) crews were out salting state roads to help prevent them from getting icy.
"I depend on them. It's always snowing when I come here," Bitondo added.
Unlike Bitondo, these weather conditions are just right for one driver to be out traveling and to make an extra buck.
Logan Rowell is a DoorDash driver.
The Scranton man says due to the increase in deliveries during the bad weather, he'll make an extra two to four dollars a delivery.
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He was out completing one of his first deliveries when the rain started to come down and roads became slushy.
"It's a little slick nothing crazy. I've driven in worse," Rowell stated.
As a New Yorker, Bitondo agrees.
He says it always comes down to keeping a few things in mind.
"The northeast is really the northeast. You have to pick and choose your roads and the time you leave," said Bitondo.
PennDOT has previously reduced speed limits on several highways.
