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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there's a good chance that they close tomorrow regardless, but I actually think it's likely commutes will be fine tomorrow. Snow in the district is getting wetter and may switch to sleet. If they can stay on top of plowing until it stops (to prevent a sleety mess from freezing overnight and really making things difficult) it might actually be possible to have a relatively normal commute tomorrow, or just a 2 hour delay.

I know this is not what people want to hear. But we're look at around 6 inches total for most of the city, and most of it falling in the morning with lots of time for clean up and recovery. The idea that roads will be impassable until Wednesday or Thursday is sort of silly.[/quote]

DC has lots of snowplows and does a lot of prep work beforehand, and yet we act like we're in Savannah and we've never seen snow before.[/quote]

They used to be worse at this, so I think some people just assume the worst because there have been some snowstorms with very lackluster plowing/salting. But they've vastly improved the system in the last 8 years or so and now they over prepare just in case. Which often leads to hilariously salted roads and sidewalks for like a dusting of snow. But the response is pretty much designed for this exact scenario.

I live on a regular residential street and it was fully salted yesterday before the snow started and a plow went through around 5 or 6 this morning and cleared a significant amount of snow. When we went out to shovel our sidewalk around 7:30, there was only about an inch of snow on the road and at this point it's only about two inches. If they plow one more time this evening, I think our street will be basically dry tomorrow. Not on a snow emergency route or near a commercial area or anything -- just a regular residential street in the middle of a mostly residential neighborhood.[/quote]

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