Some of the homeless will try to spend the night in a car or something like that, and it isn t worth it, said Billy Hobbs, Faith City Mission executive director. The rough weather had at least some people smiling, though. Kids, being kids, made the best of it. In Lincoln, Neb., Lincolnland Towing manager Jim McWilliams said his company had all 14 of its trucks on the road Monday morning helping to free stranded motorists, and said he had dozens of calls pending. Ron Scattergood, assistant manager at the Lowe s home supply store in Springfield, Ill., wasn t too upset by the snow, either.
Sales are enormous.
The first storm of the year, they panic, he said.