If this was a test run for this weekend’s snowstorm, we didn’t fare well.
Though a thin coating of snow fell across the Arlington area, many drivers found that roads were slick at best, treacherous at worst. Traffic piled up across the county as early as 7 p.m. this evening, and plenty of drivers told us they encountered unsalted, untreated roads.
“Skid fest on Rosslyn hill,” said one reader. “It seems Arlington failed to treat the roads for tonight and an ice layer built on the surface of the road, uphill Rosslyn.”
Another wrote us earlier tonight and said: “The ground is frozen solid. The weather forecasts all predicted an inch or so of snow this evening. Why weren’t the roads treated?”
Here’s a snippet of what some other ARLNow readers reported on Twitter throughout the night:
https://twitter.com/allisonlwallach/status/689981131496779777
https://twitter.com/tweedyBard/status/689982908988260353
https://twitter.com/KRiffert/status/689988958718132224
https://twitter.com/kevin_byrne12/status/689991687754637312
https://twitter.com/dpmckenzie/status/689991682855694336
https://twitter.com/T2Va/status/689998820235698176
https://twitter.com/momactivist/status/690001643727904770
@ArlingtonVaPD @ArlingtonDES @ArlingtonVA @ARLnowDOTcom 3 of the 5 cars blocking 26th st n @ Wakefield pic.twitter.com/7jbxdW9Jdp
— Steve S. (@mydigitallife) January 21, 2016
.@ARLnowDOTcom Possibly the best way to sum up this evening? #snowmaggedon2016 pic.twitter.com/A6zW9hqygz
— Lisa Gibson (@LisaCGibson) January 21, 2016
29 and Culpeper st. Cars being pushed one by one carefully down the hill toward George Mason @ARLnowDOTcom pic.twitter.com/KiWxCqqV6M
— Michael Quigg (@MQUIGG44) January 21, 2016
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Photo via Michael Thomas