Update: East Lansing has also called a snow emergency. Here are closings around the area.

LANSING - Things are starting to get nasty out there. Snow keeps falling in mid Michigan and L

ansing Mayor Virg Bernero has declared a snow emergency for the city.

Here's what a snow emergency means:

Non-essential commercial, private and public travel on city roads is prohibited.

Parking on all city streets is prohibited.

Non-essential city government facilities and services are closed Jan. 6.

All City of Lansing sponsored events or meetings are cancelled.

City trash collection services will be delayed by 2 days from the normal schedule.

What driving is considered essential?

Anything you need to do,

according

to

Bernero's executive assistant Randy Hannan.

I

f you have to go to work or class, that's considered essential. If you are out of food and need to go to the grocery store, that's essential as well.

The emergency designation will continue as long as it's deemed appropriate, Hannan said.

Michigan State University is closed on Monday, as well as most public schools in the Lansing area. Lansing Community College and Potter Park Zoo have also announced they're closing.

Emergency warming centers will also be open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. They are located at:

Foster Community Center 200 N. Foster

Gier Community Center 2400 Hall Street

Alfreda Schmidt Southside Community Center 5825 Wise Road

Letts Community Center 1220 W. Kalamazoo Street

Most flights at the Capitol Region International Airport have been canceled or delayed.

Why declare an emergency during the snow when there wasn't one during the ice storm?

"No emergency declaration would have made the power come on faster," Hannan said.

While there is no ice storm emergency declaration on the books, the city did, however, put it's emergency operations in place to respond to the storm.

"It was treated as an emergency in every way," Hannan said, "but not subject to an emegerency declaration."

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