We went to the closest major waterway we knew in the area of cleveland, and what we found was that every day, because of what we do, the Crooked River dies. The Cuyahoga River, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories. Its channel filled with ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting and turning journey from its headwaters, is an exhausted stream, abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of Cleveland Akron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians, provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used river
the totals in a few minutes. the low is progressing toward new york. for us, we are on the back end where the heavier snow is currently sitting. west siders have seen the majority. the heavier pockets are south of norwalk. we have steuben, fairfield, bronson seeing a little bit of heavier snow. farther east, southern sections of cuyahoga and medina as well as summit and stark with pockets of heavy snowfall, too. for the most part this is light wind driving the wet heavy conditions on 71, 80, 77 and 271. for the most part it s still going to be in place for the evening commute. troublesome, yes. possibly slower, too. moderate snowfall on the east side of cuyahoga stretching the winds are quite breezy making it feel heavier for us. we have 2 to 4 with the winter weather advisory until 7:00 p.m. tonight. temperatures stay here hovering near freezing. we will talk about a warm up for the weekend in minutes. lorain schools are on a lock down. the district of lour cane tells us i