Enough with the snow already

[owlice]

ny biker, how about "Friggin' Pain in the Arse"? That's what I'm calling it!

[ny biker]

Capital Weather Gang is now calling it Wintergeddon.

I'm not attempting a trip to the grocery store. I should be able to make it until the weekend, although I might have to start rationing diet coke before then.

I hope everyone makes it through this next chapter without major incident.

The next time I'm melting during a long bike ride on a super hot day, I will say to myself: at least I don't have to shovel any snow today.

[Selkie]

My name for these storms is a long string of profanities. Enough said!

Glad you're OK, 7.

On Channel 7's 6pm news yesterday, they featured my neighborhood as one that has not seen a plow. That changed around 10:30pm---subsequently, the County has made several plow passes on ours and adjacent roads, down to pavement in a skunk strip down the center of the road, put down chemicals. Thankfully, the first pass was an "uphill" one, pushing all of the snow on to the other side of the street, creating the dreaded Snow Wall over there (usually, our side gets it). All in time for round two, so we likely will be back to square one tomorrow evening. DH took advantage of the temporarily passable conditions to hit Whole Foods and Harris Teeter.

During the 96 blizzard, we lived just south of Quantico and worked up here (a bad commute in good weather, even before the mixing bowl re-do). Wasn't that the storm when people drove in to work because OPM didn't close the govt until mid-morning, then were stuck for hours on the beltway?

Everyone can be assured that plenty of Federal employees, who have the unfortunate designation as "essential personnel," are likely working double shifts, sleeping on cots at work because they cannot make it home safely, etc. OPM did the right thing---this is serious stuff---even this morning, the news is filled with reports of accidents. Sorry if I sound sanctimonious but OPM doesn't close the Govt down on a whim.

I, for one, would have preferred no snow at all :-) I hate snow. Can't wait for things to return to some semblance of "normal," so we can go back to work and resume our lives. Even the dogs are tired of it, which is good since it's no long a PITA trying to get them back inside! :-)

[aicabsolut]

Just because I'm in the private sector and the only one within walkable distance to an underground metro, I have to go to work. Had to go in yesterday too. It's a complete waste of time. I can do everything I need to do this week from home. No one else is in the office. Some sidewalks (SOME) are shoveled. All of the sidewalks lead to a huge pile of snow and slush at the crosswalks. Then I get to wait forever for metro. At least the Circulator was free yesterday...took that most of the way home and stopped for dinner out.

Oh, I also have no kitchen at my office, nothing nearby is open, and I am running out of brown bag food.

I can't wait to take Friday off to go to NC for a race, even though I am completely unprepared since I haven't even ridden the trainer in 1.5 wks.

I remember that 2003 storm, but I was living in NC then, and it was a massive ice disaster down there.

[tulip]

2003 was a bad one, too. My aunt and uncle were out of the country and so I trudged 3 miles to their house to shovel the sidewalk in front of their house (no neighbors had done it--unbelievable!!) and shovel the snow off their addition, which has a flat roof. I borrowed my aunt's XC skis and skied back home. For work (private sector--we were open) I ended up skiing to the Metro and then skiing from the Metro station to work. My office was 10 miles away, which was too long for my skiing abilities (or lack thereof). I got some smiles from other folks on the Metro.

We're supposed to get less than an inch down here--there's still time to escape!! Head south, head south!

[owlice]

:: herds five warring felines into the car and heads south ::

[tulip]

:: herds five warring felines into the car and heads south ::

I'm very allergic to cats...sorry!

[Zen]

It's a complete waste of time. I can do everything I need to do this week from home. No one else is in the office.

Would anyone know if you were at work or at home?

[owlice]

:: packs Benadryl ::

[Selkie]

Why the H won't they let you work from home? That's nuts.

I feel really bad for anyone who had to go into work yesterday.

Ironically, it's not that bad today, so we have been able to run some errands. We shoveled the stripe of snow/ice between the cleared pavement and our cars, then shoveled out a neighbor's car (it was parked on the "throw" side of the plow blade and was really packed in. They are older--in their 60s).

I have to admit that I enjoy the physical labor. Probably a good thing since it's looking like there will be fresh snow to shovel by tomorrow am.

[7rider]

Our neighbor's kids just lucked out big time.
They finally got out to shovel out their van and driveway. Hadn't touched it since the storm (they were one of the families to evacuate).
So, the two boys are out there, shoveling and picking away at the big berm in front of the driveway. A bucket loader has been working up and down the street, clearing out the intersections (surprised as HECK to see that! ). The driver must've taken pity on the two, as he dropped the bucket right at their driveway and cleared away the snow pack for them! He saved them about 2 hours of back-breaking labor. Lucky kids. Phew!