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Mid-Atlantic shuts down ahead of huge snow warning (NWS Alert - warns of 20-30 inches of snowfall)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/5/10 | Nafeesa Syeed - ap

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: albore; algore; blizzard; blizzardof2010; chickenlittles; elnino; globalwarming; iminmiami; midatlantic; nws; snow; snowstorm; stormwatch; va; virginia; warning; wusses
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To: NormsRevenge

Has anyone seen Al Gore lately?


61 posted on 02/05/2010 1:09:26 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning" Obama 2/4/2010)
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To: NormsRevenge

Anything that makes Washington grind to a halt is a welcome sight in my opinion.


62 posted on 02/05/2010 1:11:56 PM PST by OrangeHoof ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
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To: dinoparty
Another example that a storm is only serious if it hits the east coast. If it hits elsewhere, it might get a mention in the evening national news, but not likely.

I grew up in Virginia, lived 15 years in Georgia, and now live in Wisconsin. Snow like this is a big story because it's so unusual. Here in Wisconsin, 12 inches, big whoop. In Georgia or Virginia? Story of the year -- precisely because it's unusual and the localities are utterly unprepared for it.

63 posted on 02/05/2010 1:13:18 PM PST by Terabitten (Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Has anyone seen Al Gore lately?

I think I saw him this afternoon....


64 posted on 02/05/2010 1:17:51 PM PST by OB1kNOb (I'd rather be over the hill than under it.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I guess there are worse places to be stuck.
We’re in WDW and in a tornado warning. It just pushed our return to BWI back 28 hours.
:)


65 posted on 02/05/2010 1:18:35 PM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
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To: SkyDancer

It’s beautiful here in Oregon. Sunny and 56 degrees. I think my dog wants to go for a walk...


66 posted on 02/05/2010 1:19:13 PM PST by Trick or Treat (Palin/Bachmann 2012!)
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To: OB1kNOb

LOL


67 posted on 02/05/2010 1:19:38 PM PST by unkus
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To: Trick or Treat

Some clouds here - will also take my dog for a run ....


68 posted on 02/05/2010 1:21:29 PM PST by SkyDancer (But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father)
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To: PghBaldy

Up here in Butler County...where you never know what you’re going to get...so far @4:15 roads ave covering ..about inch or so on my deck...still coming down hard and steady.

Not unusual to drive 5 miles north and there could be twice what we get or vice versa. Seems to be a line crosses here where either or can happen.


69 posted on 02/05/2010 1:22:19 PM PST by caww
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To: 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; America_Right; ...
I'm here at work, about to do a night shift in Silver Spring, MD, while my Mom rides the storm out in my house. I'm worried about her, and I won't be able to get back home until at least tomorrow evening. It p!sses me off sometimes, thinking about the misery that the self-indulgent, Obama-worshipping Global Warming (TM) crowd has in store for us while this crap is going on.

(Cogitator, you're exempted from the above crowd, as you seem to have more reason than most of these people. However, I still disagree with even your solution. If we ever meet in person, or I meet another pro-AGW Freeper, I shall simply try to talk you (him/her) out of the thing. The rest of these people can go to H*ll!)

The Global Warmers can have my lawnmower and my Mom's SUV when they pry them out of my cold, dead fingers. By the time they arrive, hopefully I will have purchased a shotgun, so that I can make it a really long day for them.

COME AND TAKE THEM, YOU B@ST@RDS!

(Oh the weather outside is frightful, etc., etc.)

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70 posted on 02/05/2010 1:27:06 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (I am Ellie Light.)
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To: texmexis best

Yep. Somewhere approaching crotch deep.


71 posted on 02/05/2010 1:35:51 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: NormsRevenge

I heard Joe Bastardi say a little while ago that the rest of the winter would be really bad, but that it doesn’t mean we’re going into an ice age.

What a relief. We still have Global Whorming.


72 posted on 02/05/2010 1:36:23 PM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: texmexis best

From a 6th generation Hill Country Texan, what’s the “snow” thing everyone keeps talking about.


73 posted on 02/05/2010 1:47:54 PM PST by BJClinton (0bama is not the anti-christ. Satan wouldn't be such a screw up.)
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To: Palladin

Big pot of spicy chili on here in eastern Ohio ;) I’m watching the snow fall outside my office window. We’re supposed to get 6 to 7” but the snowfall started a lot earlier than expected.


74 posted on 02/05/2010 1:55:09 PM PST by nurees (Oh...there is a NEW Mexico (Homer Simpson))
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To: NormsRevenge

I’ve got family in the DC area. They’re telling me that even gas stations are running out of gas.


75 posted on 02/05/2010 1:55:47 PM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: jimfree
Time stamp from inside the beltway.

The official TABLE GUAGE is reading about 2.5"...

76 posted on 02/05/2010 1:56:54 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks ("YOU LIE! (09/09/09)" "NOT TRUE! (1/27/10)")
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To: Allegra

Brian Wilson just did a live piece on FOX- from the local Safeway market- he said it’s unreal- people waiting in line forever to buy stuff..mass hysteria!


77 posted on 02/05/2010 1:57:44 PM PST by SE Mom
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To: workerbee

I think I know that cat! Just snow shovelled. We got a rain mix in there right now. But, that’s it I’m home for the duration. :)


78 posted on 02/05/2010 1:58:00 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: Fresh Wind

BTW second storm on the way for next week....


79 posted on 02/05/2010 2:00:02 PM PST by caww
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To: SE Mom
Brian Wilson just did a live piece on FOX- from the local Safeway market- he said it’s unreal- people waiting in line forever to buy stuff..mass hysteria!

My sister in Old Town Alexandria is reporting things like this as well. She's a weather geek, so she and my bro-in-law stocked up on grocery items a few days ago when they knew it was coming.

She said they hit the liquor store yesterday (to get the really high-priority supplies) and that was even running low.

My best friend and her husband also in the area (Reston) stood in line at a grocery store last night for almost two hours.

80 posted on 02/05/2010 2:03:34 PM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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