Exactly! That nightmare has happened to us several times over the years while attending CPAC or the 2 FReeper inaugural balls for GWB during the winter. It's absolutely incredible to me how everything shuts down even over a "dusting" of snow in the DC area.
If there's more than a dusting, it's nearly suicidal to attempt to drive through the streets of DC and outlying areas - you aren't kidding, eartotheground, about crazy drivers plowing into each other. (I'm from Connecticut, we see lots of snow)
I grew up around and live in DC...and the Sackcloth and Ashes crowd is already out....As for the timing...it’s proof god has a wicked sense of humor.
Maybe you do see more snow, but no one can drive on ice. That is why I chuckle when I see stories from MN, NY and other states that get snow and see tons of cars in ditches and crashes on highways. Northerners can’t drive in the snow or ice, either. They pretend they can, but evidence suggests otherwise.