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Flurry of preparations

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 12/19/09

At 10 a.m. yesterday, long lines had formed at the Giant supermarket on Bay Ridge Avenue in Annapolis, and cashiers frantically tried to keep up with the seemingly endless stream of customers.

Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital Ron Pindell of Parole checks out his rock salt options at the Home Depot in Parole yesterday afternoon. By about 3 p.m., the store had sold about 500 bags of the salt in anticipation of this weekend’s storm.
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By 3 p.m., it was difficult to even get a parking spot at the Giant in the Festival at Riva shopping center. And across the way at Home Depot, they'd sold about 500 bags of rock salt.

It was all in preparation for the 2 to 4 inches of snow the National Weather Service predicted for last night and the additional 1 to 2 feet predicted for today. Snow began falling in Annapolis at about 9:30 last night.

People were out in droves...

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