Why does Ohio use levels 1, 2, 3 for snow emergencies when people have no idea what they mean?

If a warning system needs an instruction manual, is it really a warning system at all?

That’s the question posed by the Today in Ohio podcast crew Tuesday during their discussion of Ohio’s snow emergency level system, which left many scratching their heads during the recent winter storm.

The podcast hosts shared their frustration with the state’s numbered snow emergency system, which classifies winter weather situations as Level 1, 2, or 3 emergencies – a system that even the well-informed panel admitted they couldn’t explain without looking it up…

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