Tuesday morning could be coldest day in D.C. in 20 years
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VDOT seemingly ignoring Washington Blvd. Doesn’t bode well for non-county roads when conditions worsen.
@DismalScientist 75250 wrote:
Do you rich suburbanites think you deserve salted roads, or something?:rolleyes:
It looks like the county did treat all the side roads. Besides, I know all the detours around Washington Blvd.
It would appear someone treated the hell out of a short stretch of Glebe between Rt 1 and Potomac this morning. Must be some really rich suburbanites about.
On my ride home last night, I came across a work van that had fishtailed into a ditch, and the towtruck trying to pull it out was blocking both lanes of the road, with a line of cars on both sides waiting for things to clear. I slowly filtered to the front to see how things were going and see if I could squeeze by. The cop supervising turns around, sees me, and the following conversation occurs:
Cop: “Man, you’re crazy!”
Me: “Hey, I’ve got studded tires on this thing, and plus I’m not the one in a ditch”.
Cop: (laughs) “Good point! Go ahead and squeeze by if you want”.I did so, under the jealous gaze of all the motorists waiting in line.
@jabberwocky 75357 wrote:
On my ride home last night, I came across a work van that had fishtailed into a ditch, and the towtruck trying to pull it out was blocking both lanes of the road, with a line of cars on both sides waiting for things to clear. I slowly filtered to the front to see how things were going and see if I could squeeze by. The cop supervising turns around, sees me, and the following conversation occurs:
Cop: “Man, you’re crazy!”
Me: “Hey, I’ve got studded tires on this thing, and plus I’m not the one in a ditch”.
Cop: (laughs) “Good point! Go ahead and squeeze by if you want”.I did so, under the jealous gaze of all the motorists waiting in line.
I had a similar conversation near the pentagon last week. The Cops had stopped the connecter road that runs by the power plant for 2 large semi-trucks towing 2 vary large super secret tarp covered concrete piers to stop, turn around and back into the driveway for the powerplant. I filtered up near the front. The cop asked where I was going, and said, just jump over on that sidewalk and go around through the parking lot on the corner. I did and avoided the 5 min backup.
Has anyone else noticed that on the days it is really, really cold it is always really, really coldest at 7am during prime commuting time? Grrrr (or maybe brrrr)!
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