UPDATE 5:15 pm 02/09/10 WTOP radio is reporting that as much as 25 percent of the District’s snow plow fleet is down and they’re having trouble getting replacement parts.  They also report that DC is now rationing their salt supply.

02/09/10 DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, speaking from the “DDOT Snow Command/Salt Dome,” provides an update on snow removal and readiness efforts in preparation for a second anticipated winter storm in less than a week. Meteorologists predict 10 to 20 inches of snow to start falling this afternoon and end on Wednesday evening.

[Mayor Fenty chats with snowplow operator T. Greene.]