Robert Dewey
EF5
Found this kind of interesting:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1133 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ042-052>055-057-501-
502-WVZ052-053-102200-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-LOUDOUN-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-KING GEORGE-
NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...
WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...
WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...LEESBURG...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...
FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...WARRENTON...MARTINSBURG...
CHARLES TOWN
1133 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
...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.
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LEE