The first snowstorm of 2025 punched above its weight in Bethesda Monday, shutting nearly everything down from government to schools to even U.S. Mail delivery in many cases. Snowfall totals were around 7", but varied by area. Plows began reaching residential neighborhood streets Monday night, but followed Montgomery County's bizarre practice of recent years in plowing only one path up most secondary streets. This is a ripoff of taxpayers in providing only a half-complete job, and forcing residents to shovel the other 50% of the public street. It is also a safety hazard, turning every encounter with a car struggling the opposite direction into a Mexican standoff. Plows should clear the entire street, maneuvering around parked cars as needed.
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| Plows did a much better job in downtown Bethesda than in the residential neighborhoods |
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| State snow removal efforts left something to be desired on MD 355 |
4 comments:
I see that someone does not understand the concepts of triage or prioritization of scarce resources during an emergency.
It was beautiful in my neighborhood. Early morning silence without even noise from the main road and then later, the sounds of delighted children and dogs.
Wow! An action sequence with a cybertruck makes it seem like it’s going backwards. What a doofus.
The caption about downtown streets being better plowed conflicts with most of your photos of downtown streets that do not appear plowed. Some context about when the photos were taken would be helpful in the context of what the streets look like when you published the article.
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