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Snow Leads to Increased Number of Accidents All Over Virginia

The recent snowfall that hit south eastern Virginia has lead to 204 reported automobile accidents between the hours of 5 a.m and 3p.m. on Monday March 2^nd, according to VDOT, which also stated that it is normal to see fewer than 20 accidents during this amount of time.  The snow along with high winds was also blamed for the estimated 6500 Dominion power customers who were reporting power outages.  This has been the first time that the peninsula has received significant, more than one ince of snow, since 2004 when 5 inches of snow fell, National Weather Service meteorologist Larry Brown stated that, ” Snow in Hampton Roads is rare, primarily because the ocean keeps the air temperature here just above the freezing point”.

While we are glad to say that very few accidents led to injuries and as of now none of them have been reported as life threatening, we still believe it is still a good idea to only commute anywhere when the roads freeze if absolutely necessary, and when you do try to stay on main roads because those are more likely to receive more traffic which helps melt the ice, and the road crews are more likely to salt those roads first.

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