Icy roads and cold temperatures are nothing new for folks here.
"Today was average," Eric Brooks said. "It's not a big snowstorm, so we didn't go into the 24/7 mode, we just stuck to the regular salt crew call outs. We have 12 employees out plowing."
Even with crews working to clear the roadways, some businesses are still suffering.
"If the weather does not allow for patients or donors to get there, then obviously, there's very few blood collected," Eddie Corona, Administrative Director of Laboratories at Mount Nittany Medical Center said.
Forced to cancel several blood drives because of the wintry weather, the Red Cross donation numbers are down already. They worry about what impact that will have on hospital patients, and are even asking hospital employees to donate.
"Elective surgeries may need to be postponed because we want to make sure that there's an adequate blood supply for emergency patients or cancer patients," Corona said.
Corona says if donations don't pick up, those consequences could increase.
"Blood is not something that we can just get off the shelf or manufacture more on an as-needed basis," he said. "It's up to the community to say yes, we're going to give. That's the only way to keep an adequate supply."
If you're interested in donating blood, here are dates of upcoming drives:
Tuesday, January 29,2013
Altoona, PA: Noon to 6:00 p.m., American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 415 Orchard Ave
State College, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 135 S. Pugh St.
University Park, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Penn State University HUB, Hetzel Union Building
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Huntingdon, PA: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 525 Mifflin Street
University Park, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Penn State University HUB, Hetzel Union Building
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Du Bois, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., DuBois Nursing Home, 212 South 8th Street
University Park, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Penn State University HUB, Hetzel Union Building
Friday, February 1, 2013
Clearfield, PA: Noon to 6:00 p.m., American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 438 West Front Street
Hollidaysburg, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Blair County Court House, 423 Allegheny Street
Johnstown, PA: Noon to 6:00 p.m., American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 250 Jari Drive
University Park, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Penn State University HUB, Hetzel Union Building
Monday, February 4, 2013
Clarion, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Gemmell Student Center, Wilson Avenue
Clarion, PA: Noon to 6:00 p.m., Clarion American Legion, 530 E. Main Street
Du Bois, PA: Noon to 6:00 p.m., Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene, 569 Forsyth Road
Tyrone, PA: 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sinking Valley Presbyterian Church, 6444 Kettle Road
University Park, PA: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Penn State University HUB, Hetzel Union Building
