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Federal government is closing early because of threat of snow. It’s 43 degrees outside in the nation’s capitol now.
Twitter ^ | January 7, 2019 | Josh Kraushaar

Posted on 01/07/2020 8:30:54 AM PST by EdnaMode

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Temperatures are supposed to stay above freezing, but the federal government is closing at 1PM and most of the schools are closed or closing 2-3 hours early. #DrainTheSwap #Wimps
1 posted on 01/07/2020 8:30:54 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
The DC area is forecast to be right on the line between rain and snow.


2 posted on 01/07/2020 8:34:25 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: EdnaMode

Snowmageddon in DC!


3 posted on 01/07/2020 8:36:43 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Yo-Yo

If it does snow, it probably won’t be cold enough to stick to the streets. Should come down like rain.


4 posted on 01/07/2020 8:36:58 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

A bunch of snowflakes afraid of the snow?


5 posted on 01/07/2020 8:38:38 AM PST by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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To: EdnaMode

This is why Trump’s idea to relocate Federal agencies to fly-over country is a sound one.

These wimps wouldn’t last three weeks in Duluth or Fargo. They’d all quit.


6 posted on 01/07/2020 8:39:28 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: EdnaMode

Pathetic. I bet they’d stay at their little desks if there were an edict that stated, “you can go home early and have your pay deducted for the time off. Or you can stay at ‘work’ and get paid for that time. Your decision.”


7 posted on 01/07/2020 8:39:53 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: EdnaMode

Doesn’t the Washington area have terrible traffic gridlock problems, even in nice weather? Perhaps they fear total gridlock with the storm approaching?


8 posted on 01/07/2020 8:40:06 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: EdnaMode
Maybe someone in Congress received some 'snow'..


9 posted on 01/07/2020 8:40:27 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: EdnaMode

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1058 AM EST Tue Jan 7 2020

MDZ003-004-503-504-VAZ052-053-501-502-505-506-WVZ051>053-071800-
Washington-Frederick MD-Northwest Montgomery-
Central and Southeast Montgomery-
Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-Northern Fauquier-
Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Morgan-Berkeley-
Jefferson-
Including the cities of Hagerstown, Frederick, Ballenger Creek,
Germantown, Damascus, Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg,
Silver Spring, Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge,
Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly,
McLean, Franconia, Warrenton, Turnbull, Purcellville, Leesburg,
Ashburn, Sterling, Paw Paw, Martinsburg, Charles Town,
and Shepherdstown
1058 AM EST Tue Jan 7 2020

...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...

Radar and surface observations just before 11 AM indicated a
sudden onset of heavy snow moving across eastern West Virginia,
northern Maryland and portions of northern Virginia. Visibility
was dropping from unrestricted to a half mile or less in the span
of 15 to 30 minutes, with snowfall rates of over one inch per hour
reported. This heavy snow is expected to reach Highway 15 by 11:30
AM, and approach Interstate 95 by 1 PM.

Remain alert for rapidly changing visiblities and quickly
deteriorating road conditions.

$$

DHOF


10 posted on 01/07/2020 8:40:33 AM PST by stormer
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To: EdnaMode

Freak’n snow chickens.


11 posted on 01/07/2020 8:41:07 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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I worked in MA and a buddy at a nearby big unnamed corporation when a monster legit snow storm was going to hit said the company made an announcement...

“Due to inclement weather, non-essential personnel can leave at 2pm. HR Vice President, Mr Smith, will be in the lobby, noting all of the personnel that are consider non-essential”

Nobody left.


12 posted on 01/07/2020 8:41:50 AM PST by Jimmy The Snake (Remeber)
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FedGov closing sounds like a win to me.


13 posted on 01/07/2020 8:42:36 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Ill one up you on that one ! here in California Theyve canceled my kids gated five school before because of rain ! yes ☔️ rain
14 posted on 01/07/2020 8:44:10 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s for the best.

No one there does anything useful; and we save money on paperclips.

ML/NJ


15 posted on 01/07/2020 8:44:41 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: EdnaMode

We need another ice age. Freeze Fedzilla into extinction.


16 posted on 01/07/2020 8:46:48 AM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I worked at a military base in the central Midwest. Never in the history of the base was it closed due to weather.

They would issue “Liberal Leave Policy” which meant if you called in for a vacation day your boss would grant it without the required paperwork in advance and without question. But, no, you didn’t get the time off paid free.

The ONLY time they closed it to non-essential personnel was the two or three days after 9/11. To get security upgrades in place.


17 posted on 01/07/2020 8:48:29 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: EdnaMode

Seems odd


18 posted on 01/07/2020 8:50:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Snowflakes have in the past stopped their cars in the middle of the beltway and walked to safety. They have left their cars in place for days, to be towed by the govt. These are the O-Hole Overseer’s flailing in The Swamp.


19 posted on 01/07/2020 8:50:38 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: WKUHilltopper

bttt


20 posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:05 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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