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The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce has sent its members an email, asking them to consider sending their employees home on "a staggered basis" over the next four hours because of the storm.

The Chamber sent the email late this morning after a conference call with Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency officials, Governor Carcieri, Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts, Mayor David N. Cicilline, representatives of the Rhode Island State Police and the National Weather service.

While the state's highways are currently in good conditions, heavy snowfall is forecast for this afternoon, the email said.

The email added that major employers who have workers coming in on the 3 p.m. to 11p.m. shift should consider making alternative arrangements.

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