Another great bit of information from Gaithersburg Alerts:

Region’s Fire Chiefs Encourage Residents
to Take Safety Measures as New Winter Storm Arrives

Highlights:
1) Evacuate the building if you notice any of the warning signs of potential roof collapse. Call 9-1-1 if your roof collapses.

2) Do not attempt to clear the snow off your roof; do clear downspouts and drains.

3) Clear snow away from fire hydrants.

4) Take precautions to prevent fires, including unplugging appliances after power outages.

As heavy snow continues to accumulate on flat roofs of buildings, the National Capital Region’s fire chiefs encourage residents to watch for the warning signs of a potential roof collapse. If your roof collapses, call 9-1-1.

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At 7:30PM today, Montgomery County Public schools announced that school would not only be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, February 10th, 2010), but the rest of the week as well.

Montgomery County Public Schools are closed Wednesday, February 10, Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12, due to emergency weather conditions. All school activities and community activities in school buildings are canceled. Administrative offices are closed on Wednesday February 10.

• Montgomery College will also be closed tomorrow, though no word on the rest of the week.
• Ride On bus operation will stop tonight at 10PM, and will offline tomorrow as well.
• Metro will be limiting their services to underground trains, which started earlier tonight, and will continue through tomorrow.
• Montgomery County Government will also be closed tomorrow.
• Update 7AM: MARC trains won’t be running today either.

As always, you’re urged to stay off the road if possible.
Stay safe and see you after the storm!

A special thanks to irina slutsky for the wintry photo.

I just received the following the email from Gaithersburg Alerts, which has been an amazing source of information of the past few days, and I highly recommend you sign up. Assuming you have internet that is.

A couple things that were not noted in the email include:

Montgomery County School and Montgomery College will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9th 2010.

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It’s been a while since I’ve had time to update Gaithersburg Local with more news concerning Gaithersburg, Maryland, but what better to return with than info about the 61st Annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair!

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6th District Weekly Crime Summary – July 1, 2009

You can get your dog or cat a free rabies vaccination on Sunday, July 19, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Head down to the Montgomery County Animal Shelter between these times at 14645 Rothgeb Drive in Rockville.

The only requirement for a free vaccination is that your pet must have a city license, which are as cheap as $5. It’s required by law to have a City License anyway, so go do it.

For more information call the Montgomery County Humane Society: 240-773-5960

Elections for Mayor and City Council are less than 5 months away, and you need 100 Gaithersburg residents to sign your petition of nomination if you want to run. More details in the press release from the City:

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This is one of those stories that really warms the heart. There were a total of 250 dogs rescued from a puppy mill ins Pennsylvania.

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About 6 months ago we reported on the newly installed speed cameras that many of us are used to seeing all over the county. Captain John Damskey explains the policies and benefits of the speed cameras and states his case for why he thinks we really do need them. Followed by questions from Council members.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Free tickets are available for active duty and retired service members, Department of Defense civilians and their Families to attend one day of the AT&T National PGA Tour event June 28 through July 5 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.The Army’s Information Tickets and Reservations Office at the Pentagon will be distributing most of the 30,000 complimentary tickets donated by the Tiger Woods Foundation. Tickets also will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis at designated ITR offices within a 100-mile radius of Washington.

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