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Shrimp Ring to be iced?

With more than a foot of snow and frozen slush on the road hockey courts, and no significant thaw in sight, Sunday's Shrimp Ring Bowl may be the next game to be iced by winter weather.

The suburbs are still struggling after an unprecedented series of storms during Christmas week dumped more than a foot and a half of snow. Sidestreets, including those to access the road hockey courts, are still nearly impassable narrow tracks, with no parking whatsoever.

And with overnight temperatures still below freezing, and more rain and snow forecast in the next few days, it's likely conditions will worsen before they get better.

It's not the first time the Shrimp Ring Bowl has been in peril because of weather. Snow and ice nearly scuttled the game in 2004 and 2005.

If Sunday's game is cancelled, the annual Shrimp Ring festivities will be held Jan. 11.

Posted by jaysuburb at December 30, 2008 12:45 PM