Enough with the snow already

[Cataboo]

[owlice]

Wow! Catriona, did you measure? You got LOTS!! And what's with the "front bump" and "back bump"? All I saw was bump, with no front nor back!!

I should probably go shower and then get to shoveling.... right after I call the phone company about the stupid sagging lines!

[ny biker]

Just found this snow plowing map for Arlington County:

http://gis.arlingtonva.us/maps/stand...yWide_Snow.pdf

Interesting. I know our condo maintenance people plow my block (which is in the "other" category), but I wouldn't be surprised if they also do the roads in our neighborhood that the are considered secondary roads for the county to plow.

I'm getting ready to get out there and shovel now. I was worried it would freeze overnight, but some neighbors are out there now and they don't seem to be having trouble, other than with the sheer quantity of it.

[HillSlugger]

Wow! Catriona, did you measure? You got LOTS!! And what's with the "front bump" and "back bump"? All I saw was bump, with no front nor back!!

I should probably go shower and then get to shoveling.... right after I call the phone company about the stupid sagging lines!

Shovel then shower or you'll need to shower again!

[HillSlugger]

We just did almost 2hrs of shoveling and we're not done. Cleaned off both cars, dug out both sides of mine, driver's side and all of behind Michele's; still need to do some real heavy lifting behind mine and the stuff between M's car and the neighbor's.

[tulip]

We got "only" 6 inches down here, but it was really snowing hard yesterday. I went out anyways to a University of Richmond basketball game. It was lots of fun.

On Friday night we had lots of rain, then it snowed all day on Saturday.

Looks like fun! Reminds me of 2003 in DC. That was a good one (although this one appears to be bigger).

[divingbiker]

I'm all dug out here in Takoma Park, waiting on a plow.

I talked to 7rider, and they've been without power since yesterday. But they've got a wood stove and a gas stove and gas hot water, so they're doing ok.

At least there won't be much shoveling required tomorrow, so I can enjoy my day off doing taxes and laundry.

[ny biker]

Shovel then shower or you'll need to shower again!

Oh yeah, that hot shower works wonders on the sore muscles after shoveling.

[Tuckervill]

Usually I get to slide casually through winter being glad I don't live in the northeast or the midwest. Normally I'd be looking for sprigs of daffodils under the leaves by now. But this year, I get to participate in the snow games! Six to 8 inches expected tomorrow! Highly unusual for Arkansas. I heard yesterday that our school district hasn't had a full week of school since the new year (MLK day was in there, too).

No ice expected, so I'm thinking the power will stay on.

Karen

[owlice]

Oh yeah, that hot shower works wonders on the sore muscles after shoveling.

But I really, really needed a shower; I couldn't stand my own stink!!

I did go shovel, for 2.5 hours. I have more, oh, so much more, to do, but need the lines hanging over the driveway to be fixed before I can finish, which will likely be just in time for Tuesday's snow, dangfraznabbit.

[Selkie]

Sorry to hear that 7 lost power---heard that Silver Spring was hit pretty hard w/power outages. Hopefully, they will have it restored soon.

Our street remains untouched by a plow, but that's understandable given the conditions of many of the main roads... I might go out and shovel out the road in front of our house. Five to ten more inches expected tomorrow pm into Wednesday morning, unfortunately. I'm not sure when I'm going to make it back to work (thank goodness, OPM gave us today off).

Hope everyone is safe. I feel really bad for the folks who have to go in to work today.

[HillSlugger]

We got out for a short drive over to the grocery store. Georgia Ave was awful up here, still snow covered (especially at intersections) and not even open full width.

I don't know how the area will cope with another 6-10"

[bmccasland]

Quoted a friend at the Super Bowl party last night, who was trying to figure out how to fly INTO Washington D.C. for a scheduled meeting today. Umm, the federal government is shut down, the airports are shut down, have a beer and enjoy the game. She finally confirmed that there are no available flights, her meeting is cancelled - and then she could have that beer or two or three - especially after the Saints won!

It is confirmend, Hell has frozen over, the Saints won the Super Bowl.

Sorry you're snowed in.

[Possegal]

My niece lives on a cul de sac in silver spring - plows never get down there. She said her new neighbor apparently hired a guy off Craigslist to come and plow. Sounds good so far. Except he plowed only as far as the neighbor's house, and dumped ALL THE SNOW, right in front of my niece's driveway. She is furious.

Several of us have suggested hiring the guy to come again, and move the pile back over in front of the neighbor's driveway. This guy could make a fortune just off this street!

[sfa]

We're now officially dug out, just in time for the next batch of snow. We got 32 inches up here. We're lucky that we live on a street within sight of the beltway and with a county homeless shelter and hospital at the end of the road, so they keep our street plowed (well, within reason--there's still a few inches of slop on it, but it's passable) and once we're off our street it's nothing but main roads and highways. Time to run out to the grocery store for milk and hummus!

My poor dog, though. He's agreeing now to go OUT in the snow, but won't walk very far--the narrow paths with high piles of snow on each side freak him out. He's going a bit stir crazy in here. My kids are going to hit that point soon too--school is canceled through Wednesday.

Sarah