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35. Well, to be fair, DC is used to a couple of inches of snow. Last night it was the

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 02:39 PM

Jan 2016

extremely icy conditions, rather than just the presence of snow, that made this mess.

Having said that, I've just come from the grocery store, where things are going swimmingly for the grocery business. Luckily, around here they know to put on twice as many cashiers before a snowmaggedon. I got out of there in no time, and there was still plenty of milk and bread left. LOL.

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An inch of snow, icy roads unleash 9 hours of traffic chaos across D.C. region [View all] brooklynite Jan 2016 OP

Just like Atlanta a couple years ago Roland99 Jan 2016 #1

The mayor is getting big time negative from this. Holy cow! yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #26

I live in central va gwheezie Jan 2016 #2

Glad you're here to tell the story, gwheezie! elleng Jan 2016 #21

Awwws, it's the big weekend for the anti choice bunch.. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #3

They are going to get snowed out MiniMe Jan 2016 #7

They claim they will march regardless of weather.. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #9

Yeah, good luck with that MiniMe Jan 2016 #11

Tell them to bring their snow shovels with them notadmblnd Jan 2016 #16

That would be doing good for other people. 47of74 Jan 2016 #24

I know that's right. notadmblnd Jan 2016 #25

They won't. They won't be allowed. State of emergency will not allow it yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #28

I am certain demonstrators will be out. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #36

Did they need a permit for the event? Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #40

I'm no expert. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #41

I ask about the permit Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #42

I (think I) know there's a distinction between a parade and a demonstration. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #43

I found this info Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #44

RIGHT, January 22, elleng Jan 2016 #20

That will be cancelled or postponed. Nothing will happen this weekend in DC. yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #27

My daughter had to drive from Virginia to Maryland last night, doing 10 mph LiberalEsto Jan 2016 #4

Oh GEE, LibEst. elleng Jan 2016 #19

I've had drives like that before 47of74 Jan 2016 #32

Been there, done that pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #5

I remember that day Skittles Jan 2016 #46

I live in the Hudson Valley in NY RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #6

They ignored this one because we are getting a blizzard this weekend MiniMe Jan 2016 #8

I'm a great snowy road driver and here to say it wasn't the snow, it was the frozen road. Even with JudyM Jan 2016 #12

Yeah, one inch of snow is nothing. But add the ICE ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #15

There are always those that think they can drive through anything. notadmblnd Jan 2016 #17

Preach it and AMEN! It's most often the idiots who think their 4 wheel drive means KittyWampus Jan 2016 #33

This is what you get with low, low taxes. hedgehog Jan 2016 #10

DC and Maryland don't have low taxes. yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #30

1 inch, but extremely slippery. nt s-cubed Jan 2016 #13

Some observations bigworld Jan 2016 #14

"The government here ... does not have any sort of annual car inspection...." mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #29

Virginia does have an annual safety inspection. CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #31

Nope -- MD has nothing bigworld Jan 2016 #38

DC and Maryland: You're right. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #39

Stay safe, friend! bigworld Jan 2016 #45

Inadequate forecast communication, lack of road crew readiness lead to commuting nightmare. elleng Jan 2016 #18

Yeah ice is always bad news. 47of74 Jan 2016 #22

Traffic is always chaos in DC liberal N proud Jan 2016 #23

sometimes there's a point where cold rain turns into light snow… and the roads get icy. KittyWampus Jan 2016 #34

Well, to be fair, DC is used to a couple of inches of snow. Last night it was the Nay Jan 2016 #35

If so many people didn't insist on having one of those damn things... scscholar Jan 2016 #37

Actually, more like 24 CommonSenseDemocrat Jan 2016 #47