Recent snow and ice have been anything but convenient for Marylander’s, causing school and office closings, hazardous driving conditions and power outages.
Howard County was one of the many areas in Maryland to feel the unpleasant effects of the recent inclement weather.
In Howard County, heavy ice weighed down tree branches, snapped power lines and blew out transformers.
“It was a large explosion,” Linda Krug, a Howard County resident, said. “I’m thinking, ‘Oh, they said the electricity was coming on, but instead I’m hearing an explosion.'”
Krug said that she lost power early Tuesday morning. Hours later, she was still waiting for it to come back on.
“I don’t have a generator,” she said. “So try to figure out how to stay warm.”