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February 11, 2010
The commute into d.c. all but impossible. i had to strap on cross-country skis just to break out of my neighborhood where many drifts are running chest high. well, you can see how getting out of the neighborhoods going to be tough at best. my skis are being buried in the snow. and theyre not real trail breaking skis. so im going to keep slogging down this hill up here. then a bunch of uphills to go to maybe make to it the metro about three miles from here. the snow has closed schools, offices, m...
February 11, 2010
Were pulled off of the streets for safety now and then. and the impassable roads made the commute into d.c. all but impossible. i had to strap on cross-country skis just to break out of my neighborhood, where many drifts are running chest-high. well, you can see how getting out of the neighborhood is going to be tough at best. my skis are being buried in the snow and they are not real trail-breaking skis. so, im going to keep slogging down this hill up here and then a bunch of uphills to go, may...
February 11, 2010
It, certainly the timing of it, as well, is going to go down in the history books. at one point the massive storm produced two inches of snow an hour. two blizzards in one week. dropping a staggering 40 inches of snow in the nations capital. government offices shut down for a third day. costing $100 million a day in lost productivity. at times, it may have been beautiful to look at or play in. but the snow did do damage. 22 roof collapses reported in d.c., including this one at the smithsonian s...
February 11, 2010
Three miles from here. the snow has closed schools, offices, museums, even some white house staff members are working from home. the weight of the snow has caused some roofs to collapse, including one at a smithsonian storage facility. overburdened trees have broken, taking down power lines and leaving tens of thousands without electricity at various times since the snows began. we were without power for four days. you can see how buried a lot of these houses are. they really just have snow, in ...