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even in this storm the local VDOT office was able to get roads .open ahead of their required schedule.
He noted that there are no motels in Rappahannock where equipment operators can be put up and get food. They relied on cots brought in and food they had brought. “We were under very adverse conditions. There was a plan, and it was carried out. We responded to any emergency that came up with fire and rescue. I feel when someone is ready to criticise, he should follow the old adage and walk a mile in my shoes.”
Sonewall-Hawthom District representative Robert Anderson asked, “Where was the snowblower?”
Mr. Moore said there were two, but one had a mechanical breakdown and the other was in Fauquier County.
Milton Thacker said, “This wasn’t the usual event. Our equipment is designed for a 10 or 12-inch snow. He said VDOT had spend $150,000 on snow removal in Rappahannock County with bills still coming in.
Hampton District representative Mike Massie said, “This storm was as bad as I’ve ever seen. It was a white out. It wasn’t a Storm you could work with.” '
Mr. Moore agreed saying VDOT was in a “defensive mode until Tuesday. We are fortunate the wind did not blow longer and power did not go out.”
Mr. Estes made several specific suggestions. He said that clearing Routes 1002 and 1003 in Sperryville should be one of the first priorities so Potomac Edison workers can get to the electric substation in Sperryville. He said opening up roads to the fire and rescue squad buildings should also have a high priority as well as keeping the road open to the Sheriff’s Office and the Medical Center on Gay Street.
He noted that the schools are able to feed 1,000 students and could feed that many others in an emergency. He said the roads to the schools should also have a high priority with VDOT.
Mr. Estes also suggested opening up an east-west corridor through the southern part of the county as an alternative to U.S. 211 in the northern part of the county as another priority.
“We have to make a priority list,” he said..He suggested Col. Knuepfer and Mr. Moore get together to work out such a list.
The supervisors also agreed to an addition to the county’s legislative agenda to support an- amendment to the state’s budget so no school district receives less funding this year than last year.
The supervisors heard a report by Mr. McCarthy on the fire at the landfill and postponed until February a request by Jackson District representative Ron Frazier that the Huntly dumpster site be closed immediately. Mr. Frazier reported that outsiders are using the dumpster and that too many heavy appliances and tires are coming into the landfill from the dumpster sites.
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