Posted on 02/05/2010 12:00:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic. Forecasters predicted a record 30 inches or more for the nation's capital, and authorities already were blaming the storm for the deaths of father-son Samaritans in Virginia.
The region's second snow storm in less than two months could be "extremely dangerous," and heavy, wet snow and strong winds threatened to knock out power, the National Weather Service said.
Flakes started falling around noon in Washington, where the federal government sent workers home early. The storm's wide swath and predictions of historic proportions for an area ill-equipped for snow had airlines canceling flights and school districts closing hours before any snow arrived.
The last time D.C. got at least 28 inches of snow was in 1922. The city has seen more than a foot only 13 times since 1870, according to the National Weather Service. The storm was expected to track through Virginia and West Virginia, across Maryland into southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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The way it’s looking, you’ll see many, many more before the skies clear.............and the wind blows all that white stuff around.
We had 18inches of snow in early December (Madison), and the big grocery stores were open. I drove to one in the Subaru at the height of the storm. I called beforehand to see if they were open, the reply was: “ we don’t close for anything.” WISCONSIN.
“he looks like Frankenstein”
Don’t you just love his gay outfits and hats?
There’s at least one in every TV News studio!
LOL!!!
I know! It's snowing in the Plains, too, but that's just flyover country...
Good. That’s what I’ve been waiting for. I love this stuff.
Al-Goracle must be in DC right now. It’s coming down at a rate of three inches per hour and is a record breaking snowfall.
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews
Word is we (live in downtown DC) might even get some hail with this thing...and the storm’s pulling in tornadoes and the like in NC...uh folks..did Obama mess with things man was not meant to? Are we going to see Gozer over the WH????
9" and counting!
Here in yer stomping grounds it started snowing around 3:30 and hasn’t let up since. But there’s only about 2” on the ground so it has been light so far...
It’s been a pretty cold winter, but not a great deal of snow so far. We’ve given it all to you guys it seems. And now Erie is frozen, so the lake effect is out the door for the rest of the season....
Yes. We should expect perhaps two small snow falls next week within the Philly area, based on a ten day projection.
But there is good news in all this globull warming crap.....
This system dumped some rain in South Florida tonight but is clearing out, paving the way for what should be a dry and coolish Super Bowl game Sunday night.
The 2 domed teams shouldn’t worry about playing outdoors....
Snow....
I WANT SOME OF IT!!!!
So does the Olympic Committee. :-)
snicker! good one!
So lucky here just West of Middleburg, VA. Have a borrowed 4x4 Quadrunner with a snow plow. Have tacked it a couple of times to keep the snow manageable. We have over 16” so far @ 10:30pm.
More like, El Nino, El Nino.
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