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.
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
Until the Almighty levels the place with a direct hit from a Cat 5 hurricane it isn’t news.
...toilet paper, bread and milk were gone within an hour ...
LOL. That still happens?
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"?
I think that’s what weather usually does ;-)
That sounds like a great idea.
Always stock up on milk, bread, and toilet paper. And if they are out of toilet paper?... buy more bread.
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.
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.
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.
Oh wow. Customers can be so rude.
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?
Hell, half the drivers in DC now were herding goats and driving camels this time last year
LOL
And the natives aren’t much better at driving. Cellphones behind the wheel are driving me nuts.
Looks like that global warming protest that Occasional-Cortex just attended worked like a charm
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.
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.
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