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Motorists in germantown trying to calculate prospects for commute and school tomorrow. If im early, ill beat everybody else. By the time i leave 5 00, nobody on the road. Im a teacher. Weave just been out a weve just been out a couple weeks almost. So were a little excited maybe there will be some snow. Reporter the maryland state Highway Administration an afternoon weather prediction of bands of light snow to begin hitting the baltimore beltways at 4 a. M. To 5 a. M. And continue until noon. Were only going to see 1 to 3 inches. The issue will be if it hits during rush hour. All the trucks will get stuck in the same traffic as you and i and they wont be able to treat the roads. Reporter salt brine was mixed in volume today and you can see the telltale lines left behind where trucks had treated roads during the sunny weather today to jump start the response for tomorrow morning. So this is all shaping up to be a really tou ....
Richard reeve is in leesburg with the rush to be ready. While road crews across the metro area are gearing up. One to three. Many of us are bundling up. Getting ready for this a repeat of last novembers snowstorm, the first winter blast of 2015. It was so cold this morning. I couldnt find anything warmer than this. The sunshine ineffective against muns bitter cold roller coaster ride with temperatures going downhill fast. The weather is crazy. Dont know whats going on with the weather, man first its warm, 60 65. And then its 40, 30. Chilly wakeup call for road workers and drivers. Maryland will have 650 trucks on the road. D. C. , 200 snow plows and 500 in northern virginia. When it gets more than three or four inches, everybody should stay off the road unless you have an s. U. V. And you know how to drive. Meanwhile area road contractors are stirring up what they hope will be the best snow fighters. District uses beet juice and brine to keep melting materials sticking. Maryland uses a ....
Roads around the i95 corridor. Different in different places. Ill break it down. Thanks, doug. Now to the situation in ferguson, missouri, 1,500 Additional National guard members now in that area, hoping to head off more violence. Last night that violence erupted after the grand jury declined to indict a pole officer who killed Michael Brown. At least 12 buildings burned. Tonight lawyers for the brown family say the grand jury process was unfair, and that it was rigged from the start. Nbcs jay gray has our report. Reporter in this battered, burnedout city, the concern is no longer what a grand jury will decide, but instead what will happen next. Were just cleaning up the mess from last night. Trying to make it look nice again, and, you know, bounce back. Hope it doesnt happen again tonight. Reporter last night, hundreds poured into the streets of ferguson, outraged that a ....
In frederick. Winter weather advisory for north and western suburbs. Rain goes to snow before noon. Again 1 to 4 in the metro. A lot of people are trying to get a jump on the weather by hitting the roads and airports one day early for their holiday destinations. Mola lenghi joins us live. Folks are bracing for a huge influx of holiday travelers. Reporter this is one of the busiest travel weekends of the entire year. Messy weather conditions can make for messy traveling conditions. Here at Reagan National airport, it was a relatively busy day. Folks trying to get an early jump on the holiday weekend. Airport officials are only expecting it to get busier here as well as at Dulles Airport tonight, tomorrow, and thanksgiving morning. Right now theyre saying they dont expect widespread delays and cancellations because of the incoming weather. Still, they do advise you to try to g ....
Reporter john towson of aaa midatlantic says theres proof behind the theory. Right now is the busiest time to be driving. The second busiest . Tomorrow starting at 11 00. Then it gets worse at 3 00. Reporter what makes tomorrow extra tricky is rain and snow making roads slippery. I want to avoid the rain and snow tomorrow if it comes. Reporter john isnt the only one thinking that way on this line to pick up honey baked hams in Silver Spring. The line must have been a mile down the way. Reporter this giant is packed. Tell me what its like in there. Crazy. Reporter the best day to drive is the actual holiday. Leave on thursday anyway. Just wait it out. Let the storm pass over, pass through. And then its better to be safe than to be sorry. Reporter or just do what jen mercer of potomac does. Stay local. We dont leave town on thanksgiving ever. Reporter not a bad idea. Im not going to leave town either. I know it looks like this traffi ....