and that is not a cheap prospect. one official estimate it is costing $100 million every day in lost productivity. but the simple problem is, right here in front of the capitol even, even for people who want to get to work, there's just no way. as the blizzard ripped through, dropping at times two inches an hour, even snowplows 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 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, i'm going to keep slogging down this hill down here and then a bunch of uphills to go, maybe make it to the metro about