It’s been a week since the second blizzard of 2010 hit DC and we are still in recovery. On a typical four mile trek to the office, it now takes almost three times as long to get there due to the shortages of lanes. This past Friday, it took 45 minutes to get to four blocks, and traffic was going nowhere fast. Walking would usually be a better alternative, but most sidewalks are still knee- high with snow or ice, forcing pedestrians to share the road the cars.  I watched as a Georgetown snowplow make several attempts to clear a street path, only to give up as his plow wasn’t strong enough to move the ice/snow that was frozen on the ground.

Cars that usually line the streets of DC are forced to move towards the streets, parking haphazardly in sections that are now considered parking spots. For the less fortunate, their cars are yet to be uncovered from the snow mounds on the street. I imagine that they will have to wait for the snow to melt on its own time.

The good news is that progress is underway; several dump trucks have come in from Virginia to take the snow away. They are hitting the major roads and intersections and will eventually make their way to the side-streets that have been lacking any attention. Although the trucks have been known to hold up traffic, this is a step in the right direction in trying to restore DC to its pre-blizzard state.