Snowing in DC. Travel safely

[seemunkee]

It's starting to really come down and sticking.
Be prepared and dress REALLY warm. it was 20 this AM.

[Freebird12004]

1. "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"

down in DC :party:

[electropop]

4. No, please, let it stop

DC drivers become babbling idiots at the first sign of snow.

[LiberalEsto]

6. What do you mean, "become"?

They are babbling idiots, 24/7 all year round.

[Spazito]

2. Would it be too petty of me to hope for blizzard conditions....

starting tonight and going on as long as there is any inaugural 'festivities'? On second thought, petty or not, that is my wish!

[On the Road]

3. Just Remember, DC is Special

Drivers panic and sometimes leave their cars stranded in the road if it starts snowing. I am not making this up. Workers bolt at the first flake and cause mid-day traffic jams. And I remember seeing a car stranded on one of those little triangular islands next to entrance ramps, all four wheels off the ground, the driver gunning the motor and looking around helplessly. Be extra careful.

[electropop]

5. 'special' - that's a nice word for it

as in special education

[flyarm]

7. my wish is for..

freezing rain and i mean real freezing rain in bucket loads for * ..and freezing rain coupled with snow..and blizzard like conditions,, and no one shows up!! not for the festivities or balls..i hope it shuts the city down!!...

it would be his party that no one showed up for!!
to heck with snow...i want blizzard ..the blizzard of all blizzards!!

opps i better watch it..i am flying out today from fla to nj...well..let it miss nj and just hit * 's party!!
20 degrees you say?? brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...let the snow begin !!!


i know ,i know..i am sadistic!!..but think of it...the party that never was.............
fly

[seemunkee]

8. An ice storm would be nice.

I'd stay home if it did but that would be fun to see

[hootinholler]

9. LOL, sad but true...

Those of us who can deal with snow have to wait on those who can't.

I have seen cars abandoned in center traffic lanes on interstate highways.

I stick to the back roads when it snows.

-Hoot

[New Earth]

11. right now?

people are abandoning their cars? it's that bad already?

[hootinholler]

12. No Faye, not right now.

We had a good inch in my neck of the woods this AM. The snow has stopped (for now) and the roads are wet and slushy but not too bad.


The forecast is for off and on snow showers through Friday. As long as it doesn't dump, it should be fine. I haven't looked at the map, but this pattern seems to be either a clipper pattern or lake-effect.

-Hoot

[New Earth]

14. if Betty doesn't call me back in the next hour

i think i'm leaving and driving up there on my own :scared:

i really don't want to miss this. i feel like this whole election issue/counter-bush/rally/protest era is my calling. i think i need to do this.

[seemunkee]

16. FAYE, Check your PMs

I sent you a link for the chinatown bus from Philly. $35.00 round trip to DC or Silver Spring

[New Earth]

18. thank you

but that's too much just for rides for me right now, i have to keep it as cheap as possible. :( that's the sam site i was looking at yesterday and i couldn't find a bus from Philly to to DC, they were all from NYC to DC :(

[demodonkey]

15. I went to grad school in D. C. -- this is TRUE about D.C drivers & snow!

They drive like idiots, even when there is only 1"... either creep along in sheer white-knuckled terror, or they fly like the wind and end up careening into.... well whatever they can hit.

Also, no real snow removal equipment in D.C. They have some, but not like what we have "up north" (I'm from Pittsburgh originally!)

[meganmonkey]

10. Hey seemunkee - check this out

Hi!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2458280

They're totally trashing sea monkeys in the Lounge! I went in to defend your kind, as some of my cousins are seamonkeys (see my name). They are advocating all sorts of violence toward seamonkeys!!!
:D

[seemunkee]

17. Thanks, put in my 2 cents

[Darknyte7]

13. The view from my office about 20 minutes ago...

My office building is right off of Freedom Plaza here on Pennsylvania Avenue...

It's STILL snowing... Has been since about 10AM. :-)