We hope everyone had a great holiday season! With potentially heavy snow next week with some forecasts calling for more than 5 inches, here are a few things to keep in mind.
(However, we are near the boundary to snow-sleet so the actual outcome could be very different.)
1. Please remember not to block the gutters or storm grates (ideally leave a shovel's width of clear space at the curb).
- After heavy snows it's important to leave a channel for the melt-off to reach the drains, or else we can end up with large puddles in the street that freeze over at night.
2. It's also important not to block the streets so emergency vehicles can get through.
- We need to remind everybody that the Howard County Fire Marshal made the traffic islands "No Parking" zones (and they are marked as such).
- This is to allow the emergency vehicles to get through, and also because it's necessary for the fire trucks to set up outriggers to stabilize them to reach the third stories.
This can be a critical safety issue, so please don't block the ambulances, fire trucks, and snow plows!
3. If we do get a heavy snow, trash and recycling collection may be impacted, and might get delayed and slide to another day.
Everyone stay safe and stay warm!
