Montgomery County gets several inches of snow

King of Prussia, Pa. (WTXF) - The storm brought nearly 5 inches of accumulation to King of Prussia, Montgomery County, which is a total consistent with most of the suburbs west of Philadelphia.

As the sunset Thursday, the temperature dropped into the teens, the winds whistled and ice-slicked Dekalb Pike glistened.

Alex Vuotto was filling up his snowblower for an evening of work. His assessment of the back roads?

"Not plowed," said Vuotto. "You figure secondary roads, they don't get to them real quick. Icy and real snowy."

Those who plow full-time said 4 to 5 inches of snow, brutal cold and high winds weren't the toughest hurdle out on the roads.

What is?

"Battling with traffic," said PennDOT plow truck driver Bob Rockett. "It is what it is-- I mean, they've got to let us do our job and give us room to clear the road."

At the Wawa on DeKalb, cars were lined up to "air up." Each drop of 10° costs you a pound per square inch of air pressure in your tires. That air isn't escaping it's condensing inside.

"Pressure went down in my car," Mike Shaw, of King of Prussia, said while searching a snow drift for a lost tire valve cap. "I've been driving today so it definitely went down."

Stores throughout King of Prussia were mostly deserted, with contractors clearing the parking lot for customers willing to brave even colder weather Friday.

Kelly Ellis and her friends were food shopping at Target. They've got a house full of cheerleaders on Friday.

"Definitely some snacks for tomorrow.," Ellis explained. "The kids are off from school already."

Just around the corner, at the King of Prussia Beer Outlet, customers were stocking up for the weather and for the weekend.

"People go out and they buy their bread and they buy their milk and they buy their beer," owner Joe Elia said.

With beer being the most important? "For many of them, yes, absolutely!"