Well now, this is just a bit much:
We've already got 24-30 inches on the ground and thousands of people are still without power. On the bright side, the federal government will be closed again tomorrow.URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
304 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY
TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.
* TIMING...MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
But Baltimore meteorologist Jim Kosek is going to have a hard time topping this performance.
*Update: Watch this cool time-lapse of previous storm.
*Update: Jonah Goldberg puts this absurd winter into perspective. John Miller concurs, and invokes "Snoverkill," the name of choice for the next storm.
They didn't mention the state of the roads, which are god-awful. It's not so much the snow and ice as it is the patchwork, ever-changing nature of the surface. On main roads, bare or merely wet pavement is succeeded without warning by huge puddles, ice when those puddles have frozen, piles of mushy snow, deep ruts, and the dominant surface we found on the Beltway on Sunday, packed snow with a washboard surface. Toss in disappearing lanes, unexpected snow blockades left by the plows (who have to put it somewhere), and drivers who are in an unseemly haste, and it's pretty hazardous. It's not pleasant to imagine what another layer will add to this mess. Or what the heavy winds predicted will do to the trees and the power lines.
#4 daughter wished, vocally and repeatedly, for "three feet of snow" because we had gotten next to nothing in the past several winters. Not superstitious, so I don't blame her. But I hope she's happy.
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5 comments:
Noooooooooooooooo! We just got shoveled out!
Yeah. Bummer. There's no where to put more snow. The piles are so high already. And it's not like the roads are clear. But we have power. Hope you do, too.
Lost it for a few hours but got it back before the big part of the storm hit. Ready to pack everyone up and drive until it is warmer!
Sounds like a plan.
Capital Weather Gang is predicting lower accumulations. And they want help in naming this storm. :-/
That was how we spent last winter. Broke every record. The 4th time the heavy road equipment had to be called to plow us out (we're on a private road), I was thinking moving would be a good idea.
This year? NOTHING and I am sooooo grateful!!
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