Outside the Beltway

HURRICANE BLOGGING IV

James Joyner · Thursday, September 18, 2003 · 2 comments

Apparently, things are a bit worse a few miles down the road, according to this WTOP report.

What always amazes me at times like these is stuff like this:

Northern Virginia residents who normally have trash collected on Fridays are being asked not to put their trash out this week. That includes Fairfax County, Arlington County and Alexandria City.

Officials say the collection has been canceled to prevent the trash from being blown around neighborhoods, prevent damage from blown trash cans, prevent storm drains from being clogged with trash and protect the safety of the neighborhoods and trash collectors.

So, if there’s a hurricane passing through, don’t put your trash out until it’s over? Hmm. I don’t know what’s worse: government thinking people are that stupid or that fact that they’re right.