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Snow Snow Everywhere, And Not A Place To Walk

People are dealing with the snow in any way they can.  Some going crazy from frustration, while others pitch in together to make a difference.

ABC New 7 reports on the frustration of being surrounded by meters of snow.

SILVER SPRING, Md. – It’s a big dig out frustration we’re hearing from all over our area. People spend hours shoveling sidewalks and bus stops, only to have road crews cancel out all the effort with new piles of snow.

Imagine coming home from out of town, and finding a mountain of snow and ice on your driveway.

“I’m not capable of shoveling all of this,” said Ann Stiehler. “My driveway is 12 feet wide, and I’m 6 feet tall.”

When the county plowed, it pushed all the snow here. Unable to get into her home, she called police.

Volunteers worked yesterday to clear snow around schools The Washington Post reports.

Conceding that they had reached their snow-clearing limits Monday, local officials made a remarkable appeal to residents to spend the federal holiday shoveling sidewalks and school bus stops so that hundreds of schools could reopen Tuesday.

The unusual request came as school systems surveyed bus stops still piled with snow, sidewalks still slick with ice and school parking lots still not fully plowed and weighed whether to stay closed for yet another day — a decision certain to be debated by parents as the interruption to the school year entered its second week.

In Anne Arundel, Fauquier, Frederick, Howard, Prince George’s and Prince William counties and Alexandria, officials said Monday that not enough progress had been made to reopen safely. But the District planned to reopen on time Tuesday; Loudoun County announced plans to open one hour late; and Arlington, Calvert, Charles, Fairfax, Montgomery and St. Mary’s counties said they planned to open two hours late.

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