Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:58     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:How are roads out there? Any chance of closure?


The website message now says MCPS will stay on a two-hour delay today.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:39     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
How are roads out there? Any chance of closure?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:31     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
There is NOT a delay for DC, right?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:29     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does the state of Maryland not own salt trucks? Do you pre-treat the roads? I live in a state north of you, but this never ending weather talk is fascinating.


Just read another post that said they can’t really treat the roads when it starts as rain, because it’ll just wash away.


This area has made the decision not to invest in the kind of infrastructure to keep things moving in the snow. It’s cheaper to shut everything down a few times a year than keep the necessary infrastructure on hand. They pave the roads with summer tarmac here, not the winterized stuff. In addition, our geographical location makes us more prone to ice events than big snow events. Lots of rain before a storm, so the salt doesn’t stick, and am refreezing.

The only thing that I see down here that is truly stupid (but again may be related to capacity) is that they wait until there’s a buildup of snow to plow. Up north they stay ahead of it - when I lived in NY, the trucks would make passes in front of our house during storms and it seemed like they were often scraping the street. For a typical 6-8 inch storm, the streets - including residential streets - were good to go once the storm is over. Here, that’s when they start thinking about plowing the side streets, so your out of commission for much longer.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:22     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Reason the south never made it past Mason Dixon line it was too chilly
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:07     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:Does the state of Maryland not own salt trucks? Do you pre-treat the roads? I live in a state north of you, but this never ending weather talk is fascinating.


Just read another post that said they can’t really treat the roads when it starts as rain, because it’ll just wash away.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:07     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:Does the state of Maryland not own salt trucks? Do you pre-treat the roads? I live in a state north of you, but this never ending weather talk is fascinating.


Do you commute to our area?

why the fascination with us if you're north?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 06:02     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Does the state of Maryland not own salt trucks? Do you pre-treat the roads? I live in a state north of you, but this never ending weather talk is fascinating.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 05:04     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
There is a two hour delay! Yay!

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/index.aspx
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 04:56     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ummm-- haven't you guys checked in on WTOP, all you are delayed tomorrow.


So far only PG:

Prince George's County Public Schools
2 Hour Delay Wednesd


Those teachers in PG deserve this delay!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 01:45     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They are fine


They roads are fine, they said. Little ice can not harm you they said..



You don’t understand black ice. Some wet roads with warm undergrounds and barely freezing temperature does not produce icy roads.

This is ridiculous
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 01:43     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:PG has a delay.


It literally only rained in Pg today. LOL
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 01:20     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2020 00:38     Subject: Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:Ummm-- haven't you guys checked in on WTOP, all you are delayed tomorrow.


So far only PG:

Prince George's County Public Schools
2 Hour Delay Wednesd
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2020 23:33     Subject: Re:Jan 8th delay? How are the roads up in northern MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:They usually don't announce these types of delays until 5am. The county has all night to treat the roads and school parking lots. They'll send some folks out around 4 am to check the roads in the worst spots and then make the call. They've done much better at this the past few years. I remember 5 or 6 years ago they started all the bus runs and then at 6:30a called a delay because they were slipping.


I remember one year about 20 years ago when I was in HS, they opened on time and all the HS buses started skidding all over the road and they realized there was black ice everywhere. So they called a 2-hour delay for MS and ES, just as some of the MS bus routes had started. My younger brother's bus was already halfway to school but Transportation radioed and told everyone to pull over. He ended up just sitting on the bus on the side of the road for like an hour. I just remember being bitter that he'd gotten a delay and I hadn't, even though he spent most of it on the shoulder of a side street in Rockville.