Scenes from the morning after the ‘Bliz in Baltimore
On Kirk Avenue, tons to shovel, but at least it was sunny.
story and photos by FERN SHEN
On a sunny Sunday, Baltimore shoveled out from under one storm and braced for the next one. Another five inches of snow is going to fall on Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.
Meanwhile, the city is still not entirely ready for prime time. A brief sampling of some north Baltimore neighborhoods suggests it’s not just side streets that are a mess. Major north-south arteries like Calvert Street were extremely clogged Sunday with chunky bits of snow and parked, snow-covered cars. Only a single lane, at best, was passable on Calvert.
The Jones-Falls Expressway (I-83) is in good shape –the trick is getting to it.
As for mass transit Monday morning, the picture is bleak . The MTA website Sunday night said it all:
The website is your portal to all kinds of bad news, such as the current status of the MARC train schedule. (The Penn line will be running on an “S” schedule Monday. The Camden and Brunswick lines will not be running at all.)
Here are some scenes from Sunday.
On Calvert Street Sunday, things were still pretty jammed up.
Typical snow-clogged Baltimore side street. This is 29th, from Kirk Avenue.
These women booted up and headed out on Charles Street, near Hopkins.
The city asks people to clear snow away from hydrants that look like this.
Rooftop shoveler on Kirk Avenue.
Good samaritans help a stuck cabbie near the Colonnade.
City College High School on Sunday afternoon.
University Parkway entrance to the Hopkins Homewood campus.