Game On For Bears, Ravens
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Dec 20, 2009 5:20PM
While the Bears had a bit of trouble even getting to Baltimore thanks to this weekend's huge East Coast snowstorm, the team arrived as planned around 11 p.m. Baltimore last night and this afternoon's game is on, if a little delayed. The game, originally slated for a high noon kickoff (Chicago time) is now slated to start at 3:15 (the Eagles-49ers game suffered the same fate. Workers at Baltimore's M&T Bank Field were still working this morning to get snow off the field and out of the stands to improve game conditions. The 700 workers at the stadium even got a helping hand -- from 125 inmates being used to help clear snow from the field. [One has to assume that's not an inmate handling heavy machinery in the photo above.] The storm dumped 21 inches on Baltimore, the seventh-highest snow total since records starting being kept in 1883.
Meanwhile, here at home, yesterday's slush fest has now frozen over for slippery conditions and Tom Skilling says an Alberta Clipper will move through the area this afternoon, bringing another 1 to 2 inches of snow. So be careful out there whether you're traveling, doing some last second shopping, or heading off to watch the Bears.