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Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital ('huddle at home' & out of the way of emergency crews)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/6/10 | Nafeesa Syeed - ap

Posted on 02/06/2010 7:08:28 AM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – A blizzard battered the Mid-Atlantic region Saturday, with emergency crews struggling to keep pace with the heavy, wet snow that has piled up on roadways, toppled trees and left thousands without electricity.

Officials urged people to huddle at home and out of the way of emergency crews. Forecasters said the storm could be the biggest for the nation's capital in modern history.

A record 2 1/2 feet or more was predicted for Washington. As of early Saturday, 10 inches of snow was reported at the White House, while parts of Maryland and West Virginia were buried under more than 20 inches. Forecasters expected snowfall rates to increase, up to 2 inches per hour through Saturday morning.

Blizzard warnings were issued for the District of Columbia, Baltimore, parts of New Jersey and Delaware, and some areas west of the Chesapeake Bay.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Delaware; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: New Jersey; US: North Carolina; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: blizzard; climatechange; globalwarming; paralyzing; snow; snowstorm; storm; stormwatch
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To: NormsRevenge

Part of my big holly bush has collapsed under the weight of snow. Can’t see from inside the house but hope it’s not in my neighbor’s driveway.


121 posted on 02/06/2010 9:01:10 AM PST by PLMerite (Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
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To: tsmith130

Yeah. They need to send some down to the 210 area code haha...


122 posted on 02/06/2010 9:02:50 AM PST by musicbymuzak
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To: John-Irish

no snow in central Conn.

not a flake. being pushed out to sea. headed toward Nova Scotia?


123 posted on 02/06/2010 9:07:25 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: NormsRevenge

It is even worse in DC than here in Pittsburgh (State of Emergency, 20 inches roads impassable...). Obama is the most selfish man. There was a fender bender at the WH this am. This idjit, taking his posse to a DNC event, when the only people who should be ot are police fire and emts. What an idjit.


124 posted on 02/06/2010 9:08:02 AM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Norm, this is a bigger disaster than anyone can imagine:

I have two tickets to tomorrows Caps v. Penguins game at noon at Verizon Center. I am in Richmond, my son and seatmate is in Fredericksburg and I paid $115 for each seat!

No, no, no, no, no.........

I will be leaving home at 6 am and we are going to get there somehow.


125 posted on 02/06/2010 9:17:08 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: ANGGAPO; All

I just called my military son who lives near Baltimore. Turns out he answered his cell from a mountain warfare exercise in the Rocky Mountains. It is snowing there, but he is having fun. When he was 17 in ROTC he had my husband drive him and friends to the Appalacian mountains for a weekend exercise at 8f degrees. They had no tents, just shelter halves. The first night they took their boots off and they were frozen in the morning. The second night they put the boots in the foot of the sleeping bags. A guy rolled over in the night and his boots bopped my son on the nose. The only injury of the trip. He loves this shxx.

Called a scientifically oriented friend in downtown DC. Last night around midnight they measured 11 inches. An hour ago they measured 19 inches. It is still snowing heavily. I was living in DC for a big snow in 1966. The government closed for 3 days. In my side street the six cars parked on either side of the street were completely covered and not even visible as mounds. It was a week before a garbage truck pushed through the street.

In New Jersey, in 1947 (the Big Snow of ‘47), there was 27”. The snow was up to the middle of my chest. My father dug a path down to the street. I dug caves in the side of the trench for my 15 month old brother to “live” in. We had fun.


126 posted on 02/06/2010 9:20:20 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: PghBaldy

did you see that a local news crew caught Tiny Tom Dashschle stuck in snow pushing his vehicle? it’s posted on FR. LOL!!


127 posted on 02/06/2010 9:27:15 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: NormsRevenge

The White House, February 6: President Obama has found a useful job for Vice-President Biden...


128 posted on 02/06/2010 9:29:44 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey; PghBaldy

we have tix too. i wonder if the Pens can even GET here, i think they are in Montreal! hey baldy, what are they saying about the pens getting to DC up there?


129 posted on 02/06/2010 9:29:57 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: NormsRevenge
Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital

If only...

130 posted on 02/06/2010 9:30:01 AM PST by DoughtyOne (God, Family,HeyFriends, Home, Town, State, the U.S., Conservatism, Free Republic & a dollar a day...)
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To: NormsRevenge
hope all is well.

more proof everybody should have an A-case and a B-case of MRE's with a couple cases of bottled H2O in the house at all times...

131 posted on 02/06/2010 9:32:53 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: NormsRevenge
Article in the Times UK:

'Snowmageddon' brings DC to standstill


Snow piles up outside the White House on Saturday


A Marine stands sentry as the snow falls while President Barack Obama works in the West Wing of the White House

132 posted on 02/06/2010 9:34:11 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: MNJohnnie

“And the shelves in the grocery stores must be empty.”

Where are the rioters?


133 posted on 02/06/2010 9:35:49 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: xsmommy

Tiny Tom in his size 5 loafers and his little boys camel hair topcoat trying to push his stuck car. The news guys pushed him out and got him going. Fox5 shows the video every 1/2.


134 posted on 02/06/2010 9:36:25 AM PST by CJinVA
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To: St. Louis Conservative

The longer these clowns are kept out of the Capitol, the better
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
NOT REALLY

Need all that hot air to melt this 2+ ft of snow...
Course that will cause a flood.....


135 posted on 02/06/2010 9:36:46 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98 )VOTE THE INCUMBENTS OUT)
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To: Concho
SoCal has been having rain and this storm will come thru the prairie states with snow for everybody:

Another Snowstorm Next Week


136 posted on 02/06/2010 9:38:49 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: NormsRevenge

Officials urged people to huddle at home unless they have “Chicago flinty toughness”.


137 posted on 02/06/2010 9:38:55 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: xsmommy

Yes, they play the Canadians today at 2pm. They will be showered and dressed at 515pm. How the heck do they get to DC after sunset??


138 posted on 02/06/2010 9:39:23 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: CJinVA

funniest dang thing i have seen in ages!


139 posted on 02/06/2010 9:40:35 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: gleeaikin

nature has its ways - life goes on.


140 posted on 02/06/2010 9:41:01 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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