The Weather Channel Makes Its Own "Impact"

Cheers to the Weather Channel which recently correctly used impacted (a past participle of the infinitive to impact).

A warmly dressed meteorologist warned motorists of poor driving conditions because of snowstorms in the Midwestern and Eastern United States:

"More roads will be impacted" said the cheerful woman speaking from a warm studio. Once more, impact means to fix firmly by packing or wedging, either literally or figuratively. In this case, the road has literally been struck by the "impacting body" of the snow forming a thick and hazardous layer.

Drive carefully!