At times like this, mammals must stick together. Now, if only I can get the wildlife to shovel the two feet of snow on my driveway.
It is still snowing in McLean and I just went out and measured just short of the two-foot mark. I have no choice but to return to the house and continue my campaign to overcome my boys in their dominance of the Wii.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1224 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
DCZ001-MDZ004>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ042-050>057-501-502-
062200-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-
HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…FREDERICK…WESTMINSTER…
GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…WALDORF…
ST MARYS CITY…LEESBURG…CULPEPER…MANASSAS…MANASSAS
PARK…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…FREDERICKSBURG…
WARRENTON
1224 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION…EASTERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA…AND NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY…
…BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND…
…POISED TO SET ALL-TIME STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR
BALTIMORE…
BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARYLAND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC AND WEST
OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW
CONTINUE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL 10 PM.
AT 11:45 AM THIS MORNING…WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BALTIMORE`S THURGOOD
MARSHALL BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 26.5
INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS IS ONLY 1.7 INCHES SHY OF THE
28.2 INCH RECORD FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM. THE
AIRPORT IS FORECAST TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE THE
STORM ENDS THIS EVENING. A RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE
RECORD IS REACHED.
GENERALLY…24 TO 32 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTH OF A
LINE BETWEEN ANNAPOLIS MD TO WASHINGTON DC TO PETERSBURG WV. SOUTH
OF THIS LINE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE VA…APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 20 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN.
AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE
SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE HIGHER END
OF THIS RANGE…ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CREATING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1002 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
LARGEST SNOWFALL SINCE 1922
DCZ001-MDZ007-011-013-014-062315-
/O.CON.KLWX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100207T0300Z/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-HARFORD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS
1002 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING…
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…MODERATE SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES.
* TIMING…MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW BANDS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME
LIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
* VISIBILITIES…VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF
MILE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR 30 DEGREES THIS
MORNING AND WILL FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST WINDS 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON…ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY…VISIBILITIES
WILL BE AT OR BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN MODERATE SNOW…
WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY.
Here’s a good one that just hit my box. No wonder Obama says healthcare will die on the hill.
Let me get this straight……we’re trying to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president that also hasn’t read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke.
What the hell could possibly go wrong????
What has this blawg turned into. Hi Vince, hadn’t seen you in a while. How was Tahiti.
Obama calls is snowmageddon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/06/AR2010020601018.html
Ahmageddon tired of snowpuns.
Roger that Houston (bleep) were comin round to the Dark side of the moon, will re establish and talk to you on the other side. (bleep)
Tweet on WashingtonPost, one minute ago.
jaygirltweets – 12:13 a.m.
About to go running in Snowpocalypse because when else can I run down the middle of 16th Street without cars? Plus it displays my toughness.
New word
Sorry,
I was out tending the yard.
‘Houston, we’ve had a problem. We’ve had a few new nom de plumes added to the main B bus underbolt.
This is Houston. Say again please
‘Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here
This is Houston
Houston, come in Houston
At least Spindell was being honest when he said it was I.
Of course we now know it was his writing style even though the bearded one did not appear. He must of talked to the headmaster elf.
Yes it must have vanished imbetween your other nom de plume.
I say spanglish cause thats what Onemoredud use to use. Now Onemoredud reverts to english.
Is it back?
Something has happened to the avatar. Maybe the pope was right.