The region is still digging out from last Sunday’s snowstorm; streets are frozen solid after days of brutal cold, and now — just to keep things interesting — another round of snow and ice is on the way.
And as DC, Maryland, and Virginia brace for what’s next, firefighters across the region are making one thing clear: if your fire hydrant is buried, dig it out — now.
Last week’s storm dumped heavy snow across the DMV, and the National Weather Service says the deep freeze that followed kept it from melting, turning neighborhoods into iceboxes where snowbanks hardened, and hydrants disappeared from view…