31 days ago
POTOMAC, Md. (WUSA) -- People across the region have been calling for plows and calling for power, and many are still waiting.
You could call it Survivor: Beltway. If they ever filmed the reality show in the cold and snow, they could do it right here.
Along Hunt Club Drive in Potomac, Jay Foroutan was bringing his father-in-law back to his cold house to pick up a few things.
"We don't have electricity for four days," he said.
They didn't blame the power company, but they did wish the county had done more to get the elderly to warm shelters.
"They don't give you a ride to go anywhere. They just open the shelter. That's not the right way," said Foroutan.
Down the street, 89-year-old Geoge Snowden and his 85-year-old wife were camped out and reluctant to leave their ice cold and powerless home.
"All the other streets have electricity. We have a separate circuit," he said.
"They're going home with us," insisted his son-in-law, Tom Rogers.
"My son-in-law speaks with authority," Snowden finally agreed.
It was a story repeated again and again.
"We heard today, it might be Thursday or Friday," said an older man in overalls in Bethesda.
"I'm so sorry," a neighbor told him.
"It don't bother aid me."
"It sure bothered me," replied the woman with a laugh.
When life gives you lemons, some people make lemonade. While waiting for the plow on Chandler Street in my neighborhood, some of the dads built a luge run that attracted thrill seekers from across Bethesda.
"As long as we have coffee and food," explained Cris Abramson.
"Do you wish you had a plow," 9NEWS NOW'S Bruce Leshan asked his wife Alyson.
"No. Then my husband would have to go to work."
But just then, they heard a plow.
"Go away. Go away," screamed the kids.
"I hope they plow us out. Look what I'm going to give him," said one of the moms, holding up a bag of cookies.
Some people were happy. Some people were not.
"Why did you have to get them to plow out our street," my daughter asked.
Written by Bruce Leshan
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