Posted on 01/07/2020 8:30:54 AM PST by EdnaMode
Federal government is closing early because of threat of snow.
It’s 43 degrees outside in the nation’s capitol now.
Snowmageddon in DC!
If it does snow, it probably won’t be cold enough to stick to the streets. Should come down like rain.
A bunch of snowflakes afraid of the snow?
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.
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.”
Doesn’t the Washington area have terrible traffic gridlock problems, even in nice weather? Perhaps they fear total gridlock with the storm approaching?
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
Freak’n snow chickens.
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.
FedGov closing sounds like a win to me.
It’s for the best.
No one there does anything useful; and we save money on paperclips.
ML/NJ
We need another ice age. Freeze Fedzilla into extinction.
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.
Seems odd
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.
bttt
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