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On 1/21/2016 9:10 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/21/2016 8:27 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:07:59 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:11:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/20/2016 2:13 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 1/20/16 2:07 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:30:50 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:

Looking like Wash DC is the bull's eye for 2 or more feet of snow
this
weekend. This will be interesting to watch as it pans out.

The answer is simple. Our government will shut down for a week.
I suppose they will find a way to blame it on the GOP ;-)

My recollection is a federal government shutdown of only two days
for a
"blizzard," and, of course, making the highways and byways safe for
travel and clearing the Metro and rail commuter tracks takes time.

The average yearly snowfall in Wash DC is about 14 inches total.
This storm may bring two feet or more all at once. It might take a
while to get cleared out.

I have been in DC for a number of these 2'+ snow falls and it tends to
jam the place up for quite a while. A lot depends on what comes behind
it. Sometimes it warms up and things actually get worse because it
still freezes over night so you get black ice. My Firebird wore a
little reminder of that until after I sold it.
If it snows again it even gets uglier and people just stay home for
days.

I got propane, so I can bbq. Whenever I see a Dominion Virginia Power
truck in the
neighborhood I go thank the guy. We've not had an outage over a few
hours since I
moved here in 1995 (knock on wood).

Greg's comment about him being in DC for a "number" of these 2'+ snow
falls got me curious, so I did some reading. According to this website
which lists the 10 worst DC area snow storms in history, the last time
the DC area had over 2 feet of snow (in a single storm) was in 1922. All
others on the "worst" list are less than 2 feet, most of them in the 14"
to 17" range. So, either Greg is a lot older than he admits or he's
counting the results of multiple storms. :-)

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Ten-Worst-Storms-in-DC-History-365815301.html

His rememberator is broken or as you say, he's older than he claims.

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