From ‘Life of a Snowgirl’ to ‘Slick Sleddin’,’ Arlington’s snow plows are back with an essential message

Particular of Arlington County Virginia's plow trucks sit waiting to be deployed during a snowstorm in January Courtesy Arlington County Particular of Arlington County Virginia's plow trucks sit waiting to be deployed during a snowstorm in January Courtesy Arlington County After being overwhelmed with the response last winter when Arlington leaders appealed the district for ideas to help name their snow plows they decided to do it again But the county had more than double the number of responses to review arranging them in categories such as celebrities and references to life in Northern Virginia The impact is a finalized list of names for the snow plows which also function as salt trucks This is kind of our effort to bring attention to all the work that goes into Arlington County snow preparations and our snow response noted Kiara Candelaria Nieves communication specialist with Arlington s Department of Environmental Services The idea Nieves explained isn t unique Cities in Minnesota Massachusetts and as far away as Scotland have launched similar contests In Arlington the selected names appear on the digital Snow Activity Map It becomes ongoing when there are or more inches of snow and allows users to track the plows with a slight delay for safety purposes Related stories Prince George s Co neighborhoods wondering where the snow plows are More snow puts the Uber of snow plows back on the road Why Montgomery County wants snow plows and you to cut down on salt this winter It offers a way for people when they re at home due to the snow they re able to follow along in almost real time just to see the progress that has been done as the plows go through the county and make the streets passable Nieves noted Of the names are for county-owned plows and are for contractors In the event of a major cleanup effort there are names on the list as backups During January s large snow event the county had to solicit extras This year s top name is Slick-Sleddin a spinoff of the popular phrase - Plowy McPlowface Blizzard of Oz The Big Leplowski and The Life of a Snowgirl round out the top five Others include Snowlumbia Pike and Flurriana Grande it certainly feels a lot heavier for people across the country Nieves commented We just requested to once again provide a bright spot for folks especially in our Arlington group While the concept typically gets a lot of positive feedback on social media Nieves declared it s a way to communicate the importance of the work that makes the roads passable The full list of plow names is available online Source