Live Coverage: Winter storm blankets Baltimore region in snow
Follow Baltimore Sun Media Group's live coverage of the record winter storm, with updates from throughout the region.
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At press conference with Mayor Rawlings-Blake, Commissioner Davis as fire chief Ford, DOT director http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZavaOTUkAEwKDq.jpg
by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:22:01 PM -
Mayor asking residents to stay home and remain patient as plows work to clear city streets.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:22:49 PM
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City transportation director says city remains in phase 2 of snow operations. Holding about 8,000 tons of salt for when snow stops.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:24:38 PM
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Davis says police are investigating a couple pharmacy break-ins last night.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:26:03 PM
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Rachel Lawrence & cockapoo Cece brave the snow to meet friends for brunch in Fed Hill @baltimoresun #blizzard2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZau7QrUMAAq-kk.jpg
by Sarah Meehan via twitter 1/23/2016 4:27:09 PM -
Fire Chief Ford said response time to fatal fire not delayed by snow.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:27:10 PM
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Davis said police made a 2 commercial burglary arrests. Calls overall are down.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 4:29:24 PM
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"Despite the high winds last nite we were still able to work says Dir. Johnson. "But we still have a long way 2 go http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZawPVwWkAAfpEN.jpg
by Baltimore City DOT via twitter 1/23/2016 4:31:29 PM -
Old Man Winter reminds us of just who he is. #Blizzard2016 #annapolis #annearundelsnow http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZau49kUYAA_EXh.jpg
by Tim Pratt via twitter 1/23/2016 4:33:33 PM -
I always feel a bit sorry for Gov. Howard on days like thisby Ian Duncan via twitter 1/23/2016 4:34:16 PM -
Details on blizzard warning from #NWS : ow.ly/XrdU6 ^EAby Emergency Management via twitter 1/23/2016 4:44:14 PM -
Snow-bound actors
Celeste Den and her dog watch videos with other Center Stage cast members. (Photo courtesy of Julia Coffee)
The blizzard’s casualties included the arts scene. The Baltimore Symphony had to cancel this weekend’s well-sold concerts devoted to music from Pixar animation, for example, and
theaters large and small went dark. Center Stage and Everyman Theatre had to
scrap the openings of new productions, leaving the actors idle. Some of them,
thanks to early decisions to cancel, had time to head back to their own homes
to wait things out.
For several members of Center Stage’s all-female version of Shakespeare’s “As
You Like It,” the only option was to hole up at the three Mount Vernon row
houses where the company provides housing for out-of-town actors. (The company
has moved its productions temporarily to Towson University while the Center Stage
venue on Calvert Street is under renovation.)
“Get a bunch of gals together, and we’ll think of a plan,” said Julia Coffey,
who plays Rosalind in “As You Like It.”That plan started Friday night with video-watching that will continue all
weekend, including a stack of movie screeners for the Screen Actors Guild
Awards (Guild members have until Friday to vote for the awards, which will be
televised Jan. 30). Among the screeners: “Carol,” the film about a relationship
between two women, “which is appropriate for an all-female cast to watch,”
Coffey said with a laugh.
Cast member Mattie Hawkins dug out a copy of a high school production of “As
You Like It” directed by her fiance, and that has been entertaining the Center
Stage actors.“The kids are so fabulous,” Coffey said. “We’re taking notes -- and maybestealing some bits.”The women also have a hearts card game tournament on the agenda, and there isextra entertainment from dogs that two cast members have with them.“One of them is Celeste Den’s -- she plays Duke Frederick and Corin,” Coffeesaid. “She’s from Los Angeles and is enjoying her first blizzard and posting
pictures of doggie’s first snow.”The actors have one more project in mind for their unexpected weekend off.“We’re going to make a video mocking the snow coverage on TV,” Coffee said.“But by Sunday, we’ll start brushing up again on our [‘As You Like It’]
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by Joshua McKerrow via twitter 1/23/2016 4:49:21 PM -
Baltimore's best Twitter reactions to #blizzard2016. bsun.md/1QkVZ2B http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa0kqAWQAAOj4u.jpg
by Jordan Bartel via twitter 1/23/2016 4:50:07 PM -
Karin Batterton (left) and Sara Batterton (right), who is 39 weeks pregnant, stand outside Sara's Washington DC home Saturday afternoon. (Handout photo)A visit to DC, and maybe a snow baby in the forecast
When a blizzard threatens, most people will head in the opposite direction. But Baltimorean Karin Batterton deliberately drove to an area that was forecast to receive even more snow than Baltimore, so she could be with her daughter, Sara Batterton, who is about to give birth to her first child.
Sara Batterton is due on Jan. 31, but her mother wasn't taking any chances. Karin Batterton left Baltimore mid-morning on Friday.
By Saturday morning, about 20 inches of snow had fallen outside Sara Batterton's home in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood, compared with roughly a foot of snow outside her mother's condo in north Baltimore.
"My daughter's neighbors have been phenomenal," Karin Batterton said.
"They were out at midnight last night and again at 6 am this morning keeping a pathway clear from her front door to the car in case she has to rush to the hospital. Her husband's boss loaned him a four-wheel SUV, which is parked out in front, just in case. The guy downstairs has a giant American flag on a 10-foot extension pole. He stuck it in a mound of snow in front of house so if an ambulance has to come, they will know which house is hers."
- Mary McCauley
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Also from presser, Davis said violent crime was "slim to none." Police had 224 calls for service between midnight and 5 a.m. which is low.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 5:09:50 PM
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Both @BaltimorePolice and fire department have personnel paired with @MDNG humvees to help respond to calls today.by Jessica Anderson via twitter 1/23/2016 5:13:56 PM
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.@NavalAcademy Chapel services and related activities are cancelled due to the inclement weather, Sunday, Jan. 24. #annearundelsnowby Christina Jedra via twitter 1/23/2016 5:15:16 PM -
From Sarah Meehan, reporting from Federal Hill
Federal Hill was starting to dig out Saturday morning as the snow continued to fall.
At Light Street Animal hospital, employee Bobby Trujillo was plowing the driveway and blowing snow away for nextdoor neighbors Jillian Biggs and Sheelagh Bates. He bought a snow blower Friday before the storm hit.
While plenty of neighbors had begun shoveling their stoops and sidewalks, others were already enjoying the snow day. With saucers in hand, Randall Street resident Luu Pham was taking his daughters, Liu and CT, to Riverside Park for some sledding. And Rachel Lawrence and her cockapoo Cece were arriving at a friend’s house on Randall Street for brunch around 9:30 a.m.
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Guess I'm not going anywhere for a while. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa8TuzVIAAYfCm.jpg
by Rachel Cieri via twitter 1/23/2016 5:23:12 PM -
Updated snowfall forecast. Hvy snow wl continue this PM. Drifting will be a big problem. Do not attempt to travel! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa9rBqWAAAskuD.png
by NWS DC/Baltimore via twitter 1/23/2016 5:24:13 PM -
17 inches so far in Hampden http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa9eAqW0AIm23b.jpg
by Carrie Wells via twitter 1/23/2016 5:24:45 PM -
Justin Wilson of Medfield made the snowy walk to Giant for soda and candy for his girlfriend #blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:25:17 PM -
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These guys came up from Laurel to make some money shoveling. Taking a break for RoFo chicken and fries #Snowzillaby Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:26:54 PM
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by Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MDMEMA) via twitter 1/23/2016 5:34:06 PM -
Help! I can't get out the door, lol. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa_UNAWAAAfsLY.jpg
by Andrea K. McDaniels via twitter 1/23/2016 5:34:58 PM -
who can recognize this usually busy intersection? #BaltSnow http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa_EZIUkAAXkLM.jpg
by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:05 PM -
She's from North Carolina & is loving the snow. He's trying to figure out how to get to work 2morrow. #Blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:08 PM
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This guy is getting gas for the snow blowers to dig out the Village at Cross Keys #dedication #Blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:09 PM
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These guys came up from Laurel to make some money shoveling. Taking a break for RoFo chicken and fries #Snowzillaby Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:11 PM
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Justin Wilson of Medfield made the snowy walk to Giant for soda and candy for his girlfriend #blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:14 PM
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Things I learned in #snowmaggedon2016: Giant & Royal Farms in Hampden are open. Some people outside just to check out city on pause.by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:35:16 PM
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This guy is getting gas for the snow blowers to dig out the Village at Cross Keys #dedication #Blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:37:42 PM
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She's from North Carolina & is loving the snow. He's trying to figure out how to get to work 2morrow. #Blizzard2016by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:38:05 PM
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who can recognize this usually busy intersection? #BaltSnow http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa_EZIUkAAXkLM.jpg
by Yvonne Wenger via twitter 1/23/2016 5:41:28 PM -
Grace Ford, 13, sleds down a hill in Glen Burnie. The Ford family's townhouse is on best hill in the neighborhood. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa_lP6WAAAEAH9.jpg
by Pamela Wood via twitter 1/23/2016 5:41:43 PM -
Just found an angel of an EMT trying to help homeless people find shelter and warmthby Karl Ferron via twitter 1/23/2016 5:42:42 PM -
The homeless are in desperate need of food and shelter, they say hospitals are turning them away. #snowmageddon2016by Karl Ferron via twitter 1/23/2016 5:42:43 PM
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The #ChesapeakeBay at noon. That's @chesapeakebay foundation HQ on the left. Send us your #annearundelsnow video!by Rick Hutzell via twitter 1/23/2016 5:43:08 PM -
Lacrosse convention downtown
The organizers of a major lacrosse convention in downtown Baltimore were not put off by the bad weather and are pressing on with the weekend-long event -- even a happy hour scheduled for Saturday night at Pickles Pub was set to go on.
Organizers had expected some 4,000 people to show up for the annual US Lacrosse Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center, spokesman Paul Krome said. Attendance was down because of the storm, but the people who were there were enjoying themselves, he said in a phone interview.
"Coaches and fans are walking around the expo hall," Krome said. "So far so good."
The organizers decided that with so many people coming in from out of town it didn't make sense to cancel the event and leave them stewing in their hotel rooms, Krome said. Some exhibitors and speakers weren’t able to get to Baltimore, but others have been filling in where they can.
But not everyone who had shelled out the $160-plus ticket price for the convention was happy, though. Several people posted to the LaxCon Facebook page questioning the organizers' decision.
"Please tell me you will do some sort of credit or refund for local people who don't have overnight accommodations!" one person wrote. "It would be severely dangerous for us to venture out and travel to and from during this major storm." -Ian Duncan -
Here are some updated morning snowfall reports, made to the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office:
21.5 inches in Eldersburg
19.8 inches in Reisterstown
18.8 inches in Columbia
18.5 inches in Chelsea Beach in Anne Arundel County
17 inches in Bel Air
15.5 inches in Catonsville
15.3 inches in West Baltmore
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When is it going to stop?
Intermittent, if not consistent, heavy snowfall is forecast to continue into late Saturday night. By midnight, it is expected to taper off, with some lingering flurries possible into early Sunday morning. A blizzard warning remains in effect through 6 a.m. Sunday.