just see the blanket of snow. but as reynolds was mentioning, it's not that fluffy powdery stuff. take a look. the look is beautiful, but it's really hard and crunchy. that is what people had to shovel through to get through their cars and driveways this morning. and that was enough to actually shut down the federal government for a while. a all offices were delayed about two hours. so slowly we're seeing a lot of people get to work right now. and the good thing, carol, as you can see, this major street along the national mall is open, and it's clean. plows have been coming through. the snow is no longer sticking on the street right here. but keep in mind, d.c. has its fair share of practicing, as you mentioned, because last year-around this time, there was a snowpocalypse. the streets are open, but a lot of public schools are closed. government offices had to close