(Radio Iowa) – The forecast is calling for a big winter storm to hit the state tonight (Friday). D-O-T Winter Operations director Craig Bargfrede says they have crews standing by. “Typically when we have an event like this that is forecasted and going to impact us over a holiday or over a weekend, we will shift people. We will have staff on board, bring folks in to deal with the event,” he says. He says something like this is part of normal winter operations. “It’s a natural thing that we do, especially with our full time staff,” Bargfrede says. “Volunteers from a winter seasonal position standpoint, we have those folks on board to help augment. And a lot of times they are really good at stepping in where we need to to fill in people.” Bargfrede says most winter operations workers have been through something like this already.
“Mother Nature doesn’t follow the nine to five type of Monday through Friday routine. Our staff are fully aware of it. Many have been through these…..