February 11, 2010 | ARLnow.com

Arlington Releases Extraordinary Snow Removal Stats

Published February 11, 2010 at 9:39PM

We learned that the county received emergency support from the state in advance of Wednesday’s blizzard. Eight front end loader and 16 operators arrived from Richmond Monday night.

We also learned who was driving all those dump trucks and other heavy equipment, seen on main corridors during the height of the storms. Starting on Friday, on the eve of Snowmageddon, the county contracted with the following companies to provide snow removal services: DHC Corporation, Bell Brothers, Inc., Rock Hard Contracting, Inc., Sagres Construction, Inc., Martin & Gass, Inc., and DRC Emergency Services, LLC.

News

Arlington Delegate Makes a Funny About Antichrist Bill

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2010 at 5:55PM

Almost missed this one. While we were in the midst of yesterday’s blizzard, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would ban the forced implantation of microchips in people.

RFID chips are already being implanted in humans voluntarily for use as portable health records. Some groups have objected to the use of implantable microchips due to privacy concerns. But some fundamentalist Christians — and at least two Virginia lawmakers — believe that the microchips may be used as the antichrist’s “mark of the beast,” from the Book of Revelations.

Events

To Do Tonight: Local Music for a Good Cause

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2010 at 1:48PM

IOTA Club and Cafe in Clarendon is hosting a benefit concert for Haiti tonight. Remember Haiti? It’s the place we were feeling sorry for before we had three feet of snow dumped on us.

The concert will feature local acts Will Rast and the Funk Arc, DC Traffic, Rico and The Lighthorse Band. Proceeds will benefit the Red Cross.

News

Bike Law Being Considered in Richmond

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2010 at 1:10PM | Updated January 16, 2018 at 2:50PM

Update: The bill has narrowly passed the House Transportation Committee. The Virginia Bicycling Federation is calling on supporters to call their local delegate in advance of an upcoming vote before the full House.

From 2/9/10:

Weather

County Plows Heading Back into Neighborhoods

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2010 at 12:53PM

Arlington’s snow removal crews are heading back into the neighborhoods to finish what they started (and what they did not start) on Monday. From the county’s web site:

Arlington’s snow crews worked overnight following yesterday’s blizzard conditions to clear primary and secondary roadways. Today, trucks are beginning to move into neighborhood streets. The snow operations team will work to prioritize streets that were not plowed or treated following the February 5th storm, but please note crews must pass through and clear some previously plowed streets in order to reach these unplowed streets.

Weather

Digging Out, But Not for the Last Time

By ARLnow.com

Published February 11, 2010 at 12:34PM | Updated February 11, 2010 at 1:33PM

Above: A pile of snow nearly reaches to the second floor of an abandoned motel in Crystal City. This was one of the county’s dump sites, described in this post from last night.

With brilliantly clear skies today, and a dry weekend predicted, the roads may actually get fully cleared before Monday, when our next batch of snow is expected to arrive.