Tag: major snowstorm
A Solid Forecast For Snow
Area To Expect 5 To 8 Inches As the latest winter storm heads into the area, it seems like we will be expecting from 5″ to 8″ of snow beginning at midnight tonight and continuing through noon tomorrow. According to Foot’s Forecast, a dangerous and high impact winter storm will affect the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast [...]
Officials Ask For Help
Residents Asked To Clear Snow Mayor Joshua, J. Cohen, County Executive John R. Leopold and School Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell are asking residents of the City and County to pitch in to help clear the sidewalks and fire hydrants. In a joint press release issued today, the three stated that while crews are continuing to [...]
NWS New Forecast 20″ To 30″
Revised Forecast The National Weather Service has just revised its forecast for the area and is now saying to expect between 20″ and 30″ on snow accumulation before this is all done. Apparently New Jersey is to blame for this as the front has stalled off the coast. Expect to see accumulating snow until 8:30pm [...]
BGE Update
Almost 4000 Out In County Currently there are more than 9000 BGE customers without power and approximately 3700 in Anne Arundel County. While BGE has been able to restore power to another 3700 customers, they are preparing for the worst and expect more outages as this storm progresses. To see a current list of outages [...]
SHA Warning
50 MPH Winds Expected Baltimore City has initiated Phase III of their snow plan which prohibits vehicles other than plows, emergency vehicles, and BGE vehicles from the streets. Additionally, SHA is reporting rapidly deteriorating road conditions and wind gusts up to 50 MPH as snow continues to fall. BGE is reporting 15,000 outages and they [...]
Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh
The snow had been dug, dug, dug, and dug again. You likely will dig it some more in a few hours. Hopefully the refrigerator is stocked with food and the liquor cabinet is stocked for this 10-day vacation the kids are getting from school. What’s left to do? Probably nothing but just laugh.
Annapolis Snow Routes To Close At Noon
Here We Go Again As we brace for another potential 20″ snowfall, Annapolis Mayor, Josh Cohen is asking residents to clear their vehicles from the Emergency Snow Routes by noon today. Again, the Mayor is threatening to two any vehicles remaining on the routes to the parking lot at City Dock at the owner’s expense. [...]
Safeway Update
No Collapse We received a comment on the original post from Greg Ten Eyck with Safeway regarding the roofs at the Edgewater and Gambrills stores: The roofs of the Safeway stores in Gambrills and Edgewater did NOT collapse. There was leaking, so the company closed the stores out of an abundance of caution. The roofs [...]
Storm Update #15: AA Schools Closed Tuesday
School’s Out Due to inclement weather, all Anne Arundel County Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, February 9.
Storm Update #14: Annapolis Parking
Free Parking No Council Meeting From the Mayor’s office: Free parking has been extended until further notice for city residents who parked their vehicles at City garages because of the snowstorm. Mayor Joshua J. Cohen has postponed tonight’s City Council meeting to an undetermined future date in light of safety issues related to this past [...]
Another Foot Expected This Week
Blizzard 2.0? From our friends (soon to be ex-friends if they keep predicting this stuff) at Foot’s Forecast, we are expecting another 12″ of snow on Wednesday. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, another major winter storm is in the Mid-Atlantic pipeline. Ready for Snowpocalypse 2.0? With Winter [...]
Storm Update #13: County Update
County Urges Caution From Dave Abrams, Anne Arundel County Spokesman: Just as a reminder, County Offices are closed today. A force of 248 plow vehicles and construction equipment is presently working on clearing arterial, collector and residential roadways. Approximately 4,658 tons of salt have been loaded for spreading on County roadways. The Department of Public [...]
Storm Update #12: Annapolis Resumes Driving
Mayor Releases Restriction From the Mayor’s Office: Mayor Joshua J. Cohen is lifting the driving ban for all vehicles within the City limits as of 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8. Even after the ban is rescinded, drivers should use common sense and avoid driving if at all possible. Those who do drive need to exercise [...]
Storm Video #2
Video 1 was a walk along Edgewood Road to the 7-11 at the corner of Bay Ridge and Edgewood on February 6, 1010 around 230pm The next video was driving on the roads, Forest Drive, South River Bridge, Central Avenue, and a small street by Port Annapolis Marina.
Storm Update #11: Schools Closed Monday
Anne Arundel Closes Schools Schools will be closed on Monday, February 8, 2010. This is the fifth snow day used this year in a calendar which had planned for four. The district has requested an exemption from the State for two days used in December but has not received notice. If an exemption is not [...]
Storm Update #10: Annapolis Partially Lifts Restriction
4WD Vehicles Allowed On Roads This just in from Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen: Mayor Joshua J. Cohen has lifted the driving ban only for four-wheel-drive vehicles within the City limits as of noon Sunday, Feb. 7. Also, parking will again be allowed along the emergency snow routes beginning at 9 p.m. The driving ban remains [...]
Storm Update #9: No Annapolis Transit Sunday
Annapolis Transit will have no service on Sunday, February 7, 2010.
Another Storm On Tuesday
Image via Wikipedia Early Indications Of 4″ Or More Yes, another storm is predicted to hit the area on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. It is doubtful that the roads will be completely clear by that time and allow our governments to do a “reset” on the snow. Foot’s Forecast (who has been dead on [...]
Storm Update #8: BGE Update Service Restorations
Most To Be Restored By Monday From BGE: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG), today announced it expects to have electric service restored to the vast majority of customers affected by the weekend snowstorm by Monday evening with some restoration activity extending into Tuesday. As of Sunday morning, [...]
Don’t Forget Your Roofs
Collapses Possible As you dig out from the storm, please remember your flat roofs. There were three collapses reported early yesterday (in our #4 update) and the Baltimore Sun is reporting that the roof of a school in Hollywood, MD collapsed destroying six classrooms, their library, their computer lab, and some offices. If you have [...]
