# Unpleasantly Large Mid-Atlantic Snow Event Coming **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612 "2016-01-19T19:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/221 "2016-01-26T18:06:57Z")
Well, my parents’ street still hasn’t been plowed. Same for my girlfriend. My street was plowed, but not by the county. It might have been local guys doing it on a volunteer basis, or the neighborhood HOA paying somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/222 "2016-01-27T00:02:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Got back to work at the grocery today. The store managed to stay open the whole storm with a few close-by living employees working long hours. > > The roads are still dicey, but I think the cabin fever is getting to people. Heck, we had one guy come in today and just buy a single can of _shoe polish_. I kept thinking about why anyone would brave the elements for shoe polish… but my guess is he just wanted a break from being snowed in with the family. I imagine they did the same at my son’s store - certainly when he called on Saturday to say he couldn’t get there, a human answered. I don’t know how many of the store employees are walkable - there’s a large-ish housing development very near, as well as thousands (literally) of townhouses and suchlike not much further - but with roughly 2 feet of snow it was NOT walkable. I told my son it was up to him as to whether he should try to walk to work, but I discouraged it. If he had, I was going to call some acquaintances who live much closer and say “Hi, you have never met my son, but can he sleep on your couch tonight?”. We were extremely fortunate, plow-wise. They came out and cleared our street Sunday. Since we’d cleared the driveway Saturday, there was much less snow that had to be cleared from that, and we were able to get out by 1:00 or so. My son had already called his store to say he couldn’t make it, but I encouraged him to call them after that and say he was now liberated. He wound up working longer hours to cover for folks who were still snowbound. A Target near us was open Sunday - I think they were even open Saturday. They put employees up at a hotel a block away to accomplish that. I haven’t been in the car today but yesterday, the main-ish roads near us were fine. Some of the tertiary roads, not so much from what I hear. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/223 "2016-01-27T01:30:06Z")
How are the roads in the district? I’m finally supposed to fly back tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/224 "2016-01-27T01:40:38Z")
The main roads are ok, the side streets are hit or miss. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/225 "2016-01-27T02:15:31Z")
I’ve been at work the past two days but the patients are MIA. Staff made it in today at least but had little to do. I didn’t know the Fed was closed again today until now. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/226 "2016-01-27T03:34:55Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > Well, my parents’ street still hasn’t been plowed. Same for my girlfriend. Your girlfriend hasn’t been plowed? You better get on that. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/227 "2016-01-27T03:41:49Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Your girlfriend hasn’t been plowed? You better get on that. Oh believe me, as soon as I can get to her house …😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612/228 "2016-01-28T22:36:57Z")
The store I work at was closed Saturday, so I lost some time and money. Sunday I walked 5 miles on the paved streets to open. Good thing, too, cause I was the only cashier there. Of course, I let everyone know how dedicated (and demented) I was to get there. Fortunately, the buses started running around noon and I was able to get one home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpleasantly-large-mid-atlantic-snow-event-coming/743612.md?page=11)