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On Sunday evening, the newscasts from Washington were filled with somber meteorologists predicting up to a foot of snow in the Piedmont Virginia and Metropolitian D. C. area.
Monday morning, county residents awoke to sleet and rain, which had turned to wet, sticky snow by early afternoon. Schools were dismissed at noort, and highway department trucks canvassed the county’s primary roads, their chains clipping against the slick roads.
With temperatures hovering near freezing, and highway crews applying chemicals and abrasives, the evening ride home was slow but uneventful for most of the county’s residents. Sgt. M. I). Dowdy, State Police supervisor for the Warrenton Barracks, reported that there were a few fender-benders but no serious stormcaused accidents in Rappahannock.
As the snow stopped early Tuesday morning, with an accumulation of less than five incnes, the temperature plummeted to near zero. Although the highway department had main roads clear and most secondary roads plowed, the falling temperatures combined with the wet snow caused slick road surfaces throughout the county.
The danger from icy roads caused Superintendent Dr. David Gangel to cancel school on Tuesday as well. Because what little ice had melted during the day Tuesday was predicted to refreeze overnight into glare ice. by S p.m. Tuesday the announcement had been made that school was also cancelled on Wednesday.
Sgt. Dowdy urged all motorists to continue to use caution while driving, although most roads are now clear. He parSee
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