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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.[/quote]

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.[/quote]

Right now models are forecasting 8+ inches of snow for Sunday into Monday. The forecast is not set in stone yet, of course, we're too far out. However, if 8 inches materializes across MoCo, then you can count on at least a Tuesday closure if not a Wednesday closure and beyond. There is nothing to prepare, PP. The issue is not enough plows across the area to take care of that amount of snow in a short amount of time. Don't know where you're from, but MoCo does not often have such snows. With climate change, this area is turning sub-tropical. 
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This area has plenty of plows. You don't seem to drive after snow. Most places are plowed within a day, and many of the areas that aren't plowed just have to go a couple blocks to get to a plowed street.

The issue historically has been that MCPS isn't ready.[/quote]

Utterly wrong. Have you lived in this area for long? Last time it snowed 15+ inches, some streets didn't see a plow for a week. My husband had to catch a flight to say goodbye to his dying father right after the blizzard of 2016, and our street had not been plowed: a kind neighbor rented a snowblower on wheels and carved a path to the main street so he could get out to the airport.

So it depends on the amount of snow, PP. Please listen to the ones who lived through significant snow events in this area.[/quote]

We're not going to get 15 inches. We're going to get less than 8.

"Most people" is not everyone. Most streets are plowed in a day. Of the the ones that aren't, most people are within a couple blocks of a street that is plowed. You probably know of that happens to you. Park on a street that gets plowed.

It's amazing how helpless some of you are.
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Where do you live? It takes us at least 3 days to get plowed with more than 6 inches. Latest models calling for 16 inside the beltway. [/quote]

Midcounty. Roads are plowed quickly here. They might not come around again for a couple days, so there might be a few inches that fall on the cleared road, but you don't have to drive far to get to a road that is more frequently cleared.[/quote]

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