Winter Weather

Southeast Missouri State students lose control while sledding down the hill next to Academic Hall saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Students of Southeast Missouri State University watch from above as a fellow student sleds down the hill next to Academic Hall Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

A young woman wipes out on the hillside next to Southeast Missouri State University claims Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Karley Thomas sets Spike the dog on the back of her mother Julie Thomas for a ride down the hill at Capaha Park Saturday, January30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Adam Shipley slides down the hill next to Academic Hall in Cape Girardeau on a deflated pool raft Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

A woman speeds around in the snow on her four-wheeler off Cape Girardeau County Road 645 Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Southeast Missouri State students start losing control while sledding down the hill next to Academic Hall saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Adam Shipley slides down the hill next to Academic Hall in Cape Girardeau on a deflated pool raft Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Karley Thomas and Zachary Nunn ride down a hill in an inner tube at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

A first person point of view while sledding at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau Saturday, January 20, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Adults and children take advantage of the snow Staurday, January 30, 2010 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. (Laura Simon)

A student of Southeast Missouri State University falls victim to the hill on the side of Adademic Hall Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Maddie Thomas runs after Zachary Nunn Saturday, January 30, 2010 after he jumped on her runaway inner tube at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Students of Southeast Missouri State University take advantage of the snow covered hills on campus Saturday, January 30, 2010 (Laura Simon)

Footprints and sleigh trails cover the hillside next to Academic Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Brianna Cooper holds on tight to her sister Alyssa Cooper Saturday, January 30, 2010 as they sleigh down a hill at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Christian Cooper pulls his little sister Dakota Cooper back up the hill in a sleigh at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau Saturday, January 20, 2010. (Laura Simon)

A couple sits on a bench in front of the Cape Girardeau Court House watching the sun set over downtown Saturday, January 30, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Terry Baker, left, and Danny Sisson salt the sidewalks in anticipation of more snowfall Friday, January 29, 2010 along Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

A FedEx home delivery van and a truck scraped sides while passing each other on a slick street near the entrance of Dalhousie Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

A truck delivers a load of rock salt Friday, Janaury 29, 2010 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Children's snow suits hang in the window of Annie Kate's Kid's in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Students of Southeast Missouri State University walk through the falling snow in front of Academic Hall Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Traffic flows in the snowy weather at Sprigg Street and Broadway Friday, January 29, 2010 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Snow and ice cover the outside of a windshield Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow blankets Old Sprigg Street Road in Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow falls at the end of the walkway over Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel along Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Icicles on driftwood at the Cape Girardeau riverfront Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. The river stage was 34.7 feet and rising. (Fred Lynch)

Members of Cape Girardeau Fire and Rescue and the police department respond to the scene of an accident at mile marker 93 on northbound Interstate 55. The vehicle was traveling northbound on Interstate 55 Friday, January 29, 2010 when it lost control in the slick conditions and hit a guard rail near the Dutchtown exit. The driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. (Laura Simon)

Snow covers Broadway in Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow blankets downtown Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Heavy snow falls around a street lamp in downtown Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow falls around the Main Street clock in downtown Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow blankets downtown Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow sit in the cracks of cobblestone along the flood wall in Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow flakes sit on the outside of an umbrella overlooking downtown Cape Girardeau Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Footprints in the snow are illuminated by a spotlight Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow blankets the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow covers Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus Park Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Snow blankets Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)