{"id":97319,"date":"2026-01-26T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/97319\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:49:07","slug":"washington-county-digs-out-after-pennsylvania-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/97319\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County digs out after Pennsylvania snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs the snowstorm subsides, those in Washington County are beginning to dig out and manage the aftermath from Sunday’s storm.It will be a long few days for Raymond Penland and his family, as the pipes in their Greene County home burst, forcing them to deal with Sunday’s storm at a hotel 40 minutes away in the city of Washington.”We’re here just to stay out of the weather,” Penland said Monday morning.Penland was found shoveling a walkway for hotel guests yesterday, and today he was seen dusting off his car and clearing paths for others.”The employees need a little bit of help once in a while. You just ask them for the shovel and a broom, and you got to do what you got to do,” he said.It was an example of neighbors helping neighbors, even at a hotel.”That’s all it is,” Penland said. “If you’re staying here for a week or longer, this still counts as your house, no matter what.”For the most part, he has been staying off the roads. That’s pretty typical for most people in the area.Washington County public safety director Gerald Coleman said county offices and many businesses were closed Monday, which helps keep people off the road.”Staying off the roads helps immensely. I have to thank everybody for their cooperation. That helps us do our job,” Coleman said. “Our citizens stayed at home, stayed safe, stayed warm and let the folks out there do their job, and they kept our call volume down, I believe.”Penland echoed that same message. “Anybody out here in the weather, if you’ve got to chance it, chance it. But if you don’t want to wreck your car, I don’t recommend it,” he said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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As the snowstorm subsides, those in Washington County are beginning to dig out and manage the aftermath from Sunday’s storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will be a long few days for Raymond Penland and his family, as the pipes in their Greene County home burst, forcing them to deal with Sunday’s storm at a hotel 40 minutes away in the city of Washington.<\/p>\n

“We’re here just to stay out of the weather,” Penland said Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Penland was found shoveling a walkway for hotel guests yesterday, and today he was seen dusting off his car and clearing paths for others.<\/p>\n

“The employees need a little bit of help once in a while. You just ask them for the shovel and a broom, and you got to do what you got to do,” he said.<\/p>\n

It was an example of neighbors helping neighbors, even at a hotel.<\/p>\n

“That’s all it is,” Penland said. “If you’re staying here for a week or longer, this still counts as your house, no matter what.”<\/p>\n

For the most part, he has been staying off the roads. That’s pretty typical for most people in the area.<\/p>\n

Washington County public safety director Gerald Coleman said county offices and many businesses were closed Monday, which helps keep people off the road.<\/p>\n

“Staying off the roads helps immensely. I have to thank everybody for their cooperation. That helps us do our job,” Coleman said. “Our citizens stayed at home, stayed safe, stayed warm and let the folks out there do their job, and they kept our call volume down, I believe.”<\/p>\n

Penland echoed that same message. <\/p>\n

“Anybody out here in the weather, if you’ve got to chance it, chance it. But if you don’t want to wreck your car, I don’t recommend it,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the snowstorm subsides, those in Washington County are beginning to dig out and manage the aftermath from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2663,47760,47761,31966,1820,11947,15747,19184,28,30,29,46473,47759,6014,14834,6740,1837,437,1133],"class_list":["post-97319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-car","tag-clearing-path","tag-county-office","tag-hotel","tag-job","tag-monday-morning","tag-most-people","tag-neighbor","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-snowstorm","tag-raymond-penland","tag-road","tag-snow","tag-storm","tag-sunday","tag-washington-county","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}