Snow holding off for now in central Maryland
At the State Highway Administration's operations center in Hanover,where there's a good view of traffic conditions around the state through the agency's network of road cameras, traffic appeaqrs to be moving normally on wet but not snowy highways in most of Maryland.
The exception, as usual, is Western Maryland. Near-whiteout conditionsappear to be prevailing at Cumberland and at the interchange of Interstate 68 and Route 219.
Traffic is backed up in some areas, but it appears to be typical rush hour congestion.
Any minute now, Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to give a briefing on the state's snow preparations.
Comments
Friend stuck on 70E in Carroll County. Been parked on highway for over an hour without moving.
Anywhere where we can see what traffic is completely stuck?
Posted by: terphilus | January 26, 2011 8:43 PM
Husband stuck on JFX northbound past Cold Spring. Road not moving for over one hour and a half. What's the reason?
Posted by: J Miller | January 26, 2011 9:13 PM
was a snow emergency not declared?! What supervisor of what division doesn't know how to read the National Weather Service Advisory on NOAA that was posted yesterday? Fools.
Posted by: TimoniumTina | January 26, 2011 9:25 PM
My husband started out from College Park to Ellicott City at 4 pm -- still not home. Almost everything was either a parking lot or crazed drivers on the way home. WHERE were the salt trucks??????
Posted by: Sheila Young | January 26, 2011 9:36 PM
I wish they had something like that. My GF left work at 5:30 and I don't know where she is at. Traveling from Columbia to Owings Mills.
Posted by: Mike | January 26, 2011 9:38 PM
my wife has been stuck on route 40 in catonsiville for three and a half hours. i'm in the hospital, having just had knee surgery. my daughter who is 18 has called the fire dept/police dept and emergency numbers. her car is turned off because she only has ten miles of fuel left. there are hundreds and hundreds of cars in this one spot alone, and they're seen no one coming by to help. has the governor declared a state of emergency. this beyond dangerous. believe me, i'm not a reactionary, but warning people to stay off the roads is not enough. a state of emergency keeps all but official cars from getting on the roads......people are going to die if the govt. doesn't wake up and wake up fast
Posted by: mlj | January 26, 2011 10:19 PM