We just wanted to aggregate some recent information for you. Updates are in red below.

National Weather Service Special Alert

…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS

AFTERNOON FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION…CENTRAL AND WESTERN

MARYLAND…SOUTHERN MARYLAND…AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST

VIRGINIA…

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

EARLY EVENING. THE MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IS URGING

ALL MARYLAND DRIVERS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS DUE TO THE EXTREME

WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE HAS IMPLEMENTED PHASE III

OF THEIR SNOW PLAN…WHICH MEANS THAT ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE

ALLOWED ON THE ROAD.

WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE AREA…COUPLED

WITH FALLING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…PRODUCING WHITE-OUT

CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THESE

CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY

SUBSIDING AFTER 8:00 PM.

WHILE ALL REGIONS IN THE AREA ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

CONDITIONS…BALTIMORE COUNTY…THE CITY OF BALTIMORE…AND ANNE

ARUNDEL AND HARFORD COUNTIES IN MARYLAND ARE EXPERIENCING

PARTICULARLY PERILOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 3:00 PM.

PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED NOT TO PANIC…BUT TO SIMPLY STAY

INSIDE…ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE INDOOR ACTIVITIES…AND RIDE THIS STORM

OUT…THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING LATER THIS EVENING.

IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE…DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY

TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE…YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN

WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS

EVENING…SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE.

PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR

HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK

YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH

TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA OR WINDOW TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM

TIME-TO-TIME…MOVE YOUR ARMS…LEGS…FINGERS…AND TOES TO KEEP

BLOOD CIRCULATING.

Schools

Baltimore City has announced that schools will be closed through Friday.

Baltimore County has announced that schools will be closed through Friday.

The following is a selection of private schools that will be closed on Wednesday:

• Boys’ Latin School
• Bryn Mawr School
• Garrison Forest School
• Gilman School
• McDonough School
• The Park School
• Roland Park Country School

With most schools closed on Monday for Presidents Day, some lucky children have been given an impromptu 11 day vacation.

Mail Service

The US Postal Service officially announced on Saturday that they were suspending mail service for Saturday.  We have not received mail since Friday.  If anyone has any updated information, please let us know.  The Sun is reporting that the US Postal Service has suspended mail delivery today.

Public Works

Baltimore City has suspended trash and recycling pickup for Wednesday and bulk trash collection for the remainder of the week.

Snow Emergency Rules

According to the City’s snow page:

Phases I and II of the Snow Emergency Plan are still in effect in Baltimore City. This means that all vehicles traveling on city roadways must be equipped with snow tires, all weather radials or chains. In additon, parking is prohibited along designated Snow Emergency Routes. Vehicles that are parked along these designated routes will be ticketed and towed. Citizens with questions concerning the location of their vehicles should call 311.

As of 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake has ordered Phase III of the city’s snow plan. This means that all non-emergency vehicles are required to stay off the road. Emergency vehicles include police and fire vehicles, ambulances, snow plows and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. vehicles.

Phase III is scheduled to be lifted at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday. Phase II will be reinstated at that time.

Neighborhood Events

The Luckman Park meeting has been canceled for this week and will be rescheduled if/when the snow stops.

As of now, the Mardi Gras Dinner & Party at St. John’s is still on for Saturday night, February 13, from 6 pm to 8 pm, so if you are going stir crazy, this is something you can look forward to.

Lawn Chairs

Lawn-chair-parking-spot-savers should be delighted with our new mayor’s stance on the practice.  In a interview with Dan Rodricks on WYPR yesterday, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made a pledge to not enforce the law making space-saving illegal.  She then said:

Some things are tradition in Baltimore, and blocking your parking space is certainly one of those traditions. I said to someone the other day, it’s like telling people they can’t say “Hon.”

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