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1st snow of the season hits DC region
WTOP ^ | November 15, 2018 | William Vitka

Posted on 11/15/2018 6:57:48 AM PST by EdnaMode

WASHINGTON — Say it ain’t snow! The weather outside really is frightful Thursday, and staying home for a lot of school kids in the Washington area is surely delightful.

But D.C.’s first snowfall has created conditions that are cold, wet and dangerous for many commuters. It isn’t just snow either. There’s also sleet and freezing rain to contend with.

Check out photos of winter’s first slap of the season below.


TOPICS: Local News; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: climatechange; dc; globalwarming; maryland; snow; snowstorm; virginia; washingtondc; winter
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To: rdl6989

jack-knifed semi on US 31 took out power to part of my county

I’m staying in and making some 15 bean soup today


21 posted on 11/15/2018 7:21:24 AM PST by digger48
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To: Paladin2

Until the Almighty levels the place with a direct hit from a Cat 5 hurricane it isn’t news.


22 posted on 11/15/2018 7:22:24 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: COBOL2Java

...toilet paper, bread and milk were gone within an hour ...

LOL. That still happens?


23 posted on 11/15/2018 7:26:20 AM PST by McGruff
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To: Jamestown1630
"It’s also very difficult to predict weather here."

Weather is unpredictable but climate change is settled. Anyway, why don't we just allow the weather/climate to chose to identify itself as it, "feels"?

24 posted on 11/15/2018 7:26:46 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt

I think that’s what weather usually does ;-)


25 posted on 11/15/2018 7:27:20 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: digger48

That sounds like a great idea.


26 posted on 11/15/2018 7:32:03 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: McGruff; COBOL2Java

Always stock up on milk, bread, and toilet paper. And if they are out of toilet paper?... buy more bread.


27 posted on 11/15/2018 7:34:15 AM PST by trublu
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To: McGruff
LOL. That still happens?

Yep. Another time when bad weather threatened, my grandson was manning the push broom through the Safeway aisles when some guy walked up, got in his face and barked "Flashlights!".

Grandson politely said "I don't think we have flashlights, sir, but if we do, they'd be by batteries. Here, let me take you there, over in aisle..." but before he could finish, the guy stormed off on his own. Shaking his head, grandson went back to sweeping the floor.

A little later, the guy stormed back to where he was sweeping, and yelled "You people ought to do a better job of stocking the things people need!" And stomped out of the store.

Some people ought to switch to decaf when a few snowflakes start falling, I guess.

28 posted on 11/15/2018 7:44:39 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: PGR88

Believe it or not. They are terrified of the weather here.

Absolutely terrified. I can probably go to the grocery store and see shortages of bread, milk and toilet paper.

The mere threat of snow causes school closures.


29 posted on 11/15/2018 7:48:56 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Those people would be like that no matter what little wrench fell into their works. Some just live in constant readiness to become angry over anything.


30 posted on 11/15/2018 7:50:56 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: COBOL2Java

Oh wow. Customers can be so rude.


31 posted on 11/15/2018 7:51:13 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

A few years ago, the Wall Street Journal called a bunch of school districts nationwide to ask at what temperature they kept kids inside during recess. The results were humorous.

The two I remember were:

Baltimore-40 degrees
Minneapolis-Why would we keep kids indoors for recess?


32 posted on 11/15/2018 7:51:20 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: EdnaMode
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33 posted on 11/15/2018 7:54:54 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Haiku Guy

Hell, half the drivers in DC now were herding goats and driving camels this time last year


34 posted on 11/15/2018 8:04:04 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: SkyDancer

LOL


35 posted on 11/15/2018 8:14:21 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Hatteras

And the natives aren’t much better at driving. Cellphones behind the wheel are driving me nuts.


36 posted on 11/15/2018 8:30:09 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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Looks like that global warming protest that Occasional-Cortex just attended worked like a charm


37 posted on 11/15/2018 8:35:04 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: EdnaMode
Yeah snow is rare in DC in November/December. There was a huge snowstorm in the DC area in November 1987. Not too many more since.

I graduated from OCS in Quantico in 1989 and was the last plane out of what is now Reagan National due to a snowstorm that hit the east coast. Flight connected in Atlanta and had to layover due to Atlanta International closing during the same storm.

There was also a rather large snowstorm that November that our Company Commander allowed us to have a snowball fight in just prior to Company PT.

38 posted on 11/15/2018 8:37:19 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: EdnaMode
My God! Just look at Snowpocalypse III. Those poor, poor people. I hope they had enough warning to clear out the shelves at the local grocery store. Why hasn't Trump called out FEMA yet? Impeach!!


39 posted on 11/15/2018 8:49:03 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: EdnaMode

Checking my email frequently...we have rec b’ball Thursday evenings at the high school; sometimes they cancel evening activities based on weather reports. Which are wrong about half of the time.


40 posted on 11/15/2018 9:20:05 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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