Roads are HORRIBLE!

Interesting... I now see those maps have been updated and they're both saying 6-12" for us now. but we're much to close to the 12"-18" band for my liking.

 

Waxpool is HORRIBLE! Came from Ashburn Village Blvd and saw several people stuck as well as a dump truck being towed from a snow bank. Doesn't look like its seen a plow. Definitely take Ashburn Farm Parkway instead!

Thanks Flynnibus - will be headed that way tomorrow.

 

That little stretch of Asbhurn Village Blvd from Waxpool up to the IHOP/Bertuccis area at Ashburn Farm BLVD is NASTY. Avoid that if you can!

 

While you're avoiding things, 28 S of the Dulles Access Road is bad - at least up to Westfields (which is even worse!). Going southbound this morning it was all packed/slushy with brief spots of clearing. Coming back north this evening was a bit bettter - the left lane pretty clear, the center lane pure slush and the right lane alternating slush, clear, hard-pack wash boardy. Sure gave the shocks a good workout today! Oh and for once I felt like I got my $4 worth on the Greedway - it was clear & mostly dry this morning. That part of the ride was great!

 

28 South from the airport to Chantilly was horrible. 28 north from the airport to Ashburn was totally clear with all 3 lanes open. Makes you wonder how there can be such a difference on the same road.

 

I think the big difference is what was in Loudoun county vs Fairfax county. I drove that road several times today and it seemed to change at the county line. Plus when you add in the exact same thing on rt 50 (Fairfax side horrible and Loudoun completely dry)

Staci

 

I see another update has happened and that 12+ band has moved farther away from us.

 

Thank God...That's good to know. So, we are going to get < 12", Right?

 

sharse: I agree with Mr. Linux on Accuweather. I usually go by NOAA/NWS predictions, it seems Weather.com just regurgitates NOAA's data.

Back to the roads, Waxpool absolutely sucks rotten eggs. Shellhorn & LoCo Pwky not so much. I just got back from Wegmans and had several white knuckle moments, especially exiting from the shopping center & the road that runs along the back end of the Verizon campus...honestly at one point I asked myself "what in the Holy H I was thinking and did I really need that yogurt that badly", thankfully 1) I didn't have lil pea with me & 2) people kept their distance when I put my hazard lights on.

 

I like wind....we have tons of snow in our roof, hopefully it will all fall down if not already frozen

 

My concern is the trees that still have a lot of snow on them from last time. More wet snow and the added weight may take them down in the wind. We have two very large evergreen trees laying across our deck thanks to the recent snowfall. So knock off all the snow you can now before more builds up and the weight and wind cause the trees to topple.

 

I would easily say that probably 95% of the drivers on Rt 28 south of the Toll Road this morning were going at or above the speed limit. Pretty close to a normal work day, just lighter volume of traffic.

 

As long as you dont block the sidewalk.......

 

Also, not only cars, it could fall on our head while passing garage or while shoveling the new snow later today.

I had to break a huge and wide icicle that formed in our roof which was about to fall anytime. I was able to reach that from our guest bedroom window. just opened the window, used a small plastic shovel to push it a bit and fell down with a big bang. I am glad I did that.

But I would strongly recommend to take an extra caution if you have to do the same.

 

Compared to yesterday morning...Waxpool Road was a lot better this morning.

 

Thanks so much for this tip, we did the same thing this morning (after I read your post). Thanks again.