just another star in the sky ([info]littlestarletta) wrote in [info]washingtondc,
2009-12-19 01:32:00
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official 2009 #snowpocalypse #snOMG post

I feel like this post may be necessary.
Post all things snowpocalypse here!
(pics, updates, snow ball fights, etc.)

    

The Capitol Hill Weather Gang is saying this is probably going to be a top 5 storm of ALL TIME for DC, and definitely the worst (or best ;)) December storm ever. 16-24+ inches folks!
Tags: snow, weather

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[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 06:33:48 UTC 2 years ago

target in alexandria - out of snow boots!

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 06:48:05 UTC 2 years ago

FYI Catholics!

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington put a note on its Web site saying that dangerous travel conditions are legitimate excuses for not attending Mass on Sunday. It pointed people who couldn't get to Mass safely to a televised service.

[info]special_boots

December 19 2009, 06:55:35 UTC 2 years ago

I wish Admo always looked like this.

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 06:59:44 UTC 2 years ago

Four hours into #snowpocalypse and no plows out yet! Taken @ 1am around Courthouse, Arlington, VA

[info]asimaiyat

December 19 2009, 07:19:56 UTC 2 years ago

Your picture is broken! Which is just as well because Snowpocalypse has prevented me from being in DC, and looking at pictures is making me crazy homesick. I miss snowy winters.

[info]littlestarletta

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[info]etoilepb

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[info]figgyscott

December 19 2009, 07:17:34 UTC 2 years ago

A normal ten minute drive home at 2am took me almost double, mostly since I stayed in 3rd gear a lot. It's slick out there but not too bad yet - but I still only managed to get halfway up my driveway. Oh well, the car is staying where it is.

[info]gethenian

December 19 2009, 07:43:46 UTC 2 years ago

Ahhh I already love this post.

With predicted up to 2 feet now? We're now planning to get the toddler dressed up in her snowsuit tomorrow and see if we can plop her in a snowdrift and get a picture of how deep it is compared to her without her freaking out too much. XD

[info]mneiai

December 19 2009, 08:13:09 UTC 2 years ago

Aw, kids love snow, I'm sure she won't freak out TOO much ^.^

[info]gethenian

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[info]gethenian

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[info]hallwayjulie

December 19 2009, 07:50:58 UTC 2 years ago

Just drove to pick up my bf at King St metro. It's really coming down. Saw three plows on King and Duke.

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 07:54:07 UTC 2 years ago

really the most important thing is to keep plowing and keep up with the sand and salt... I hear them out in my neighborhood now! DC metro just doesn't have the resources for this kind of storm - but it looks like everything is being handled well at the moment.

[info]orimornie

December 19 2009, 08:20:46 UTC 2 years ago




[info]orimornie

December 19 2009, 08:21:28 UTC 2 years ago

^
Fairfax!

[info]littlestarletta

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[info]pinkpolarity

December 19 2009, 08:39:07 UTC 2 years ago

Aaaaand I just found out we have only one extra roll of toilet paper, because today is our usual grocery day and my husband didn't feel like standing in line, and thought "oh, it's not like it's actually going to snow for serious or anything". I hope his Syracuse-bred ass is up to proving his snow-driving skills on Sunday. (And here I was thinking "oh, it's not like we need anything important". Fuck.)

[info]wanderingbastet

December 19 2009, 13:14:36 UTC 2 years ago

It always seems to work out that we run out of something important just before it snows. Yesterday, it was milk. I really wanted a sign to carry that said "I'm not panicking, I just happened to run out of milk!!" ;-)

[info]etoilepb

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[info]mellybrelly

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[info]mneiai

December 19 2009, 09:33:23 UTC 2 years ago



It's not just snow, it's BLOWING SNOW!!!111

[info]phir

December 19 2009, 09:48:04 UTC 2 years ago

it took me 2.5 hours to get from baltimore to arlington leaving from baltimore at 10:30pm. so fun!

here's a photo i took at new york ave and florida ave around midnight.



ny ave was pretty well plowed, 95, 495, and 395 however...

[info]crossbonesdj

December 19 2009, 17:01:35 UTC 2 years ago

395 SUCKED last night!

[info]phir

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[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 09:54:50 UTC 2 years ago

Building management, finally doing some plowing

[info]singingnettle

December 19 2009, 10:16:15 UTC 2 years ago

Snowy Night in DC

Alexandria...

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 10:50:49 UTC 2 years ago

twitter trend map

[info]kiparui

December 19 2009, 11:27:28 UTC 2 years ago

Re: twitter trend map

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[info]kebhouse

December 19 2009, 15:00:38 UTC 2 years ago

Great post- I really love that you hashtagged it. We're using #snowpocalypse09

As of 9 am, my husband measured 11 inches in the grass out here in Annandale. Our complex has been plowed about 3 times already by our contractor. It's passable but continually covered in snow.

[info]etoilepb

December 19 2009, 15:18:31 UTC 2 years ago

We live in Arlington. My husband works Tu-Sat in Sterling in a 24/7 facility (TV broadcasting site) and since they've done a round of layoffs earlier this year, they're shortstaffed and insisting he come in.

Given that he already got in one fender bender last night coming home (car in front of him spun out, and though he moved to the shoulder to avoid it, it ended up spinning onto the shoulder), I am extremely displeased with this. And worried. And he's from North Carolina, so he knows fuck-all about driving in snow.

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 18:27:55 UTC 2 years ago

wow hope he's okay!

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[info]lynnjessica

December 19 2009, 15:34:18 UTC 2 years ago

It took us SIXTEEN hours to drive from DC to Raleigh last night. Usual time? 5 hours. WTF

We sat in Richmond on I95 for THREE HOURS

When we finally moved the 1/2 mile to the front of the problem, we realized it was a dozen semis who couldn't get up a hill and were blocking traffic. Each car that arrived at the impasse had to figure out how to dangerously weave around them to move on.

And the most ridic thing of all? There were no police! NOBODY was there to help. I have never seen something so crazy. We literally sat in nonmoving traffic from 11:30-2:00 am. Not moving an inch. Ughhh.

[info]sparklypoof

December 19 2009, 17:15:50 UTC 2 years ago

holy crapoli. were you able to take pix? that sounds like a disaster movie set!! O_O!!

[info]wavescrashdown

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[info]wanderingbastet

December 19 2009, 16:19:57 UTC 2 years ago

Taken on our walk to 7-11 just now, in Beltsville:


We've got about a foot out there right now, and it's still coming down like woah. :-)

[info]frecklefaerie

December 19 2009, 16:42:42 UTC 2 years ago

'sup, PG

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[info]opheliasv

December 19 2009, 16:37:00 UTC 2 years ago

Here's what it looks like right now in Del Ray.

[info]fancifull

December 19 2009, 18:05:20 UTC 2 years ago

Any other UMD students celebrating the cancellation of their Saturday exams? ;)

[info]smoonn

December 19 2009, 18:39:01 UTC 2 years ago

A friend who teaches at CUA says her students were freaking out about the canceled exams because a lot of them have planes to catch. Not that anyone's flying out today.

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 18:48:42 UTC 2 years ago

1:45 DC Alert

The National Weather Service recently categorized the system in the District as a Blizzard as snow is now reported to be falling at 2 inches per hour. Nearly another 12 inches of snow still expected to fall.

[info]infj23

December 19 2009, 19:19:59 UTC 2 years ago

Maintenance personnel making a path at 10:00am:



At 11:30am:



At 1:30pm:





[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 19:23:29 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  December 19 2009, 19:24:13 UTC

arlington, courthouse

1am


1pm

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 19:27:36 UTC 2 years ago

Bo playing in the snow @ the White House

[info]singingnettle

December 20 2009, 05:30:52 UTC 2 years ago

Re: Bo playing in the snow @ the White House

Neat photo!

[info]littlestarletta

December 19 2009, 19:40:30 UTC 2 years ago

go to 1:25... I think it's brave of the bus drivers to try but really this isn't working :(

[info]sparklypoof

December 19 2009, 20:01:51 UTC 2 years ago

Re: go to 1:25... I think it's brave of the bus drivers to try but really this isn't working :(

ack! OMG!! I thought it was gonna swerve into the building for a second. ACK!

[info]anarcha

2 years ago

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