{"id":27976,"date":"2023-10-18T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:59:04","slug":"no-snow-isnt-in-the-near-forecast-its-just-a-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/travel\/no-snow-isnt-in-the-near-forecast-its-just-a-practice-20231018","title":{"rendered":"No- Snow Isn&#8217;t In The Near Forecast; It&#8217;s Just A Practice!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are out and about Thursday, do not think you missed an update in the weather report. MODOT (Missouri Department of Transportation) is planning a practice day for winter weather. They will have plows out running routes as they train new drivers.<\/p>\n<h3>Why?<\/h3>\n<p><mark class=\"wordtune-highlight pt-[2px] pb-[3px] text-inherit bg-bg-brand-light-default\" data-color=\"primary-lighter\">In preparation for winter, a winter operations drill by the Missouri Department of Transportation will occur on Thursday, Oct. 19<\/mark>. During the drill, motorists may see more MoDOT vehicles on state routes. It begins at 8 a.m., in rural areas, and at 9 a.m., in urban areas. As time permits, the exercise should be completed by 3 p.m. This day is more crucial than ever for driver training, as turnover rates are high, and many positions are still open.<\/p>\n<h3>Fake Snowstorm<\/h3>\n<p>The Missouri Department of Transportation has over 3,000 employees who clear roads and bridges when winter weather hits. An entire state-wide snowstorm will be simulated during the drill. Winter operations involving all department employees will be coordinated through the department&#8217;s emergency operations centers. Additionally, emergency communications systems will be tested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MODOT is planning a practice day for winter weather. They will have plows out running routes as they train new drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[243,211,201,264,205,263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27976"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27986,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions\/27986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}