Power outages were really pretty rare in the olden days. I don't
remember them at all when we lived inside the DC line and very rare
just over the line in PG. When I moved down to Clinton in the 70s we
had a few that lasted more than an hour but not many. Now my Ex says
it happens often enough that she bought a generator.
Ice storms were worse than the snow. (The old "sleet and freezing
rain" that was worse than a good snow)
This storm looks unusual because all the snow will come at once. Our
big snow events usually involved it snowing every day or two for a
week or so. Worst case was a pattern of cold air from the west and a
low coming up from the south. That was when PG got slammed. It usually
snowed a lot more in Montgomery and Frederick.
Apparently Pepco has gone downhill. Seems like there's an outage up there affecting
tens of thousands after any big weather event.
But the worst has already happened. Last night, according to this a.m.'s news was a
traffic nightmare in DC, with less than an inch of snow. So bad the mayor had get on
the news and tell how all the problems will be solved.
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