Weather closes Arundel roads
Justin Mulcahy, spokesman for the Anne Arundel County police, sends along the following advisory:
Good Morning,
Below are some weather-related closures in the county this morning.
We have road closures at:
Furnace Branch Road at the Rt. 97 overpass due to flooding (Barricades in place and County Roads on scene)
Nursery Road at Rt. 648 due to flooding (Barricades and 1 officer in place waiting on State Roads)
5255 Sands Road closed due to tree across road and pole down..undetermined time for road opening
RT 450 closed at Huntwood Road and at St. Stephens Church Road for high standing water..undetermined time for road opening
Andover Road @ White Avenue closed and County Roads on scene
Justin Mulcahy
Public Information Officer
Anne Arundel County Police Department
Comments
Why No MARC updates this morning? There were some terrible delays beginning very early. I usually take the 415 from Halethorpe but didnt get on a train until about 9. It was an awful rainy wait. At least they tried to keep us informed
Posted by: Stuck | September 30, 2010 11:48 AM
Numerous trains were cancelled and/or delayed today. The emails from MARC blamed equipment problems for several of them (as opposed to high water) on the Penn Line.
So, let's see...
1) MARC can't run in the heat
2) MARC can't run when it snows
3) now, MARC can't run in the rain.
Here's a great slogan for Mr. Wells:
"MARC-your fairweather railroad!"
Posted by: Ralph Woods | September 30, 2010 12:57 PM
I was surprised that it actually didnt appear to be the rain that caused the issues. there were just two trains that simply broke down that bottlenecked the whole system. The sad thing is that the MARC has been running better, but this morning's trouble was the pretty serious. The perception was only made worse by the fact that riders were standing for over an hour in the rain waiting.
Posted by: Stuck | September 30, 2010 2:23 PM