Snow struck Muncie Sunday afternoon accumulating throughout the night but the worst is over, said NewsLink Indiana weather anchor Nicholas Ferreri.
"Today won't feel as bad as yesterday," Ferreri, meteorology minor, said. "It looks like the wind chill will be dying down, but that could still make it feel like it's 10 degrees cooler."
However, he said snow flurries could linger throughout the day with the bulk of the snow coming late tonight.
Tonight's snow could add one to two inches to Sunday's three-inch accumulation, Ferreri said.
Snow drifts created by strong winds are the main problem facing Ball State's grounds crews, Supervisor of Grounds Mike Planton said.
"We don't have control over the wind and snow drifts," he said. "We were just lucky to keep a path going yesterday."
Ball State's 15 to 17 member grounds' crew patrolled from 3 to 10 p.m. on Sunday. The crews began again at 3:30 a.m. today.
Because the snow was a dry snow, Planton said he decided not to use salt on McKinley Avenue.
"We used the brooms that everyone calls the snow polishers," he said. "It works best for dry snow because it will brush off the snow. If the snow had been a wet snow, we would have used the plows."
The Muncie and state crews had a different approach to handling the snow.
Muncie crews started putting down salt and sand mixtures around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Bridge Foreman Tony Harris said.
During their 16 hour shifts, he said the 14 truck crews focused heavily on busy roads like Jackson Street, Wheeling Avenue, Walnut Street and Centennial Avenue.
The snow crews plowed University and Riverside avenues as well, he said.
If the city crews had not plowed the streets near Ball State, the Ball State grounds crew would have, Planton said.
Harris said the crews will continue to patrol Muncie through Tuesday.
The Indiana Department of Transportation in Albany patrols state highways 332 and 32 and I-69, Radio Operator Bo Duncan said.
The state crews put salt and sand mixtures on the roadways early Sunday morning and continuing into today, he said.
"As long as there's a flake in the air," Duncan said, "we'll be there. We won't go home."
Duncan said motorists can help keep safe by driving slowly and watching for snow drifts.
Not everyone's fearful of the snow drifts at Ball State.
Wearing about three layers, Mike Davis, junior, and two of his friends decided to embrace LaFollette Field's snow for some late evening fun on Sunday.
"We're conditioning for the polar bear olympics," he said. "At least we haven't found any yellow snow yet."
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