January 4th 2025.
According to officials in D.C., they are well-prepared to handle the expected 5 to 9 inches of snowfall on Sunday night and Monday. However, they are constantly monitoring the situation and remaining flexible to ensure that resources can be deployed wherever they are needed.
In addition to this preparation, the city is also receiving weather coverage from various sources, including the efforts of kind neighbors who have offered to lend a hand and shovel when the snow arrives. Over in Fairfax County, the preparations for winter weather began as early as spring, showing just how seriously the city takes these potential snowstorms. And in Capitol Heights, one lucky resident was able to get a new roof just in time for the bad weather.
The person in charge of coordinating D.C.'s snow team is Warnique West, who is affectionately known as the "Snow Queen." In an interview with WTOP, she revealed that they have around 300 vehicles on standby and 800 personnel, both city workers and contractors, ready to spring into action. They also have four salt domes with a capacity of 42,000 tons of road salt and three locations for storing brine, with a minimum of 18,000 gallons of beet juice.
As a proactive measure, the larger streets have already been treated, and West expects the treatment of residential streets to begin at noon on Sunday. She also mentioned that the snow team has been working since October to anticipate weather patterns and predict the potential for snowfall this winter.
It's safe to say that this will be a busy month for city resources. In addition to the snowstorm, there is the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, a planned rally for Donald Trump on January 19, and Inauguration Day on January 20. This will certainly put the various government agencies in D.C. to the test. In fact, the Department of Public Works has already lent dump trucks to the U.S. Secret Service to assist with blocking traffic for President Carter's funeral. As a result, there are more contractors available than usual during this snow event, which is reassuring for the city's residents.
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