many bucks county farmers are swamping the farm in milford township with orders for hay. in a fragile farming economy, they cannot afford to lose animals in a snowstorm. >> they want to make sure they have the hay in the barns so they don't run out when the snow comes. big panic, they are always worried about that. >> reporter: this family is also splitting firewood and making corn feed to help their neighbors. >> we have a lot of crop in the barn we put away in the summer to support these farmers that don't have hay and horse farms that need hay to survive. >> reporter: not far away, the milford township public works guys broke out the big stuff. >> getting the chains on our grater and getting the big equipment because of the wind coming behind it. that's going to be one of the toughest things we have to fight. >> reporter: new 4,000-ton salt shed will keep them from running out like they did the last two winters. >> we've had a hard time just getting the salt, and this just changed everything for us, so it's one big relief. you know, if this storm comes, one less thing

. >> joins us from milford township tonight. doug? >> reporter: well, you know, penndot says they believe they have a solution that just debuted this week for people who have no choice but to drive in snow events or snowstorms. penndot has brined, salted or plowed was a guessing game unless you happened to get behind them. but this week penndot started its 511pa.com website and app that tells you where the plow and salt crews have been, where they haven't, and where they are going. >> maybe some snow on that road or ice that hasn't been treated, so you go slower, or if it was just treated, they know i should go because i know the road has been treated. >> reporter: the rare sighting of snow triggered the reflex of what we should have been doing if this wasn't a warm winter. normally george would have bought the salt spreaders weeks ago. >> one day putting your boots on, next pushing asphalt around, next couple days later you're pushing snow around. >> reporter: the snow means albright's hardware has to stock everything now. >> sold mu

. >> reporter: yeah, it really was, and we had just enough snow for a dusting here in milford township, bucks county, and it was just enough snow to finally trigger the winter reflex among drivers and just about everybody else. they are finally selling what they are supposed to be selling during winter at albright's hardware in south whitehall township. >> i have my errands, two state snow blower ready to rock, ready to go, fuelled up. >> reporter: it took a while to get here, but the snow reminded penndot crews and drivers that the warm winter will end when you least expect it. >> we had ice in areas where the winter rain goes up on the roads, because the ground is getting colder, especially at night, so we want people to get in the winter mindset. >> reporter: they were thinking the very same thing at albright's hardware. >> weber grill stuff is out for planting, you know, staying on top of things and getting ready for spring, but still looking at winter, as well. >> reporter: well, just this week penndot unveiled a new website that is designed to help drivers plan their travels duri

township, snow showers. better than any of the flurries we've seen so far. this continues east. milford and anderson will see an uptick in snowfall intensity. for the last half-hour, new richmond has seen a decent snow band. that will be to quick accumulations. it will drift slowly eased eventually impacting williamsburg. there is a decent burst out close to mount orb. light to moderate snow showers continue across bracken county, mason county, maysville seeing moderate snow showers. county. forecast models for the evening, watch north of cincinnati. are there but nothing is widespread up in butler county, warren county, clinton county. river to the east and south, they had better snowfall potential and a higher snowfall chance from the system. by 10:00, still the eastern push in the snow. if you are north of cincinnati, your potential to see accumulating snow is small at this point. maybe a little bit if we get some of these isolated bands. the better focus is east of town and to the south. maysville has a 6 inch potential. a winter storm warning continues through tomorrow morning at 7

milford, also to atlantic city, it will be in philadelphia soon, the heaviest part. over an inch an hour, that's heavy rainfall. it is moving toward philadelphia area. washington township seeing heavier rain. across philadelphia, light to moderate rain. heavier bands through the lehigh valley. temperatures are still above freezing. we are not worrying about icing tonight. the poconos could see a little snow. and we will watch areas farther north and west. future weather by midnight. rain extends the area. by 2:00 a.m., most areas above freezing. by 6:00 tomorrow, a lot of it moving out. poconos could be dealing with snowfall. a closer look at this and a much colder air mass moves in by the weekend. >>> rain is coming down now could make matters worse at this collapsed home in frankford neighborhood. several families had to evacuate. the homeowner made it out with moments to spare before the house came tumbling down. >> the weather is raising more concerns. >> reporter: that's right. that heavy rain could cause the house to collapse further. they put up a fence in case. they have caution tape surrounding the property. neighbors have been forced to evacuate as precaution