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2010-02-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut

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Posted by Grotch the Scantily Clad7546 2010-02-08 08:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 There have been nastier snow storms elsewhere in this nation - this year - that have got ZERO press coverage....

It's sad.
Example: I have an 89 year old aunt - on her ranch in Montana - who had 11 foot drifts in the last storm between the house and garage/barn. Average amt on the ground was about the same as D.C. got. Coverage in the press of the storm? ZERO....

Posted by 3dc 2010-02-08 09:58|| 2010-02-08 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Elderly ranchers in Montana do not qualify for Snowmageddon. Move along please.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-08 10:03|| 2010-02-08 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 --It's too bad we couldn't keep this snow around until november...

Posted by Tom- Pa 2010-02-08 10:30|| 2010-02-08 10:30|| Front Page Top

#4 population of Montana: 967,440

population of the Baltimore/Washington area: 8.3 million and of the Philadelphia metropolitan area: 5.9 million

Might have something to do with the coverage. Didn't look up the economic activity in the two areas but the same proportion or more no doubt obtains.

Posted by lotp 2010-02-08 10:49|| 2010-02-08 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Dear little old lady ranchers in Montana are generally merely inconvenienced by 11' snow drifts, being accustomed to and prepared for them. The Mid-Atlantic is neither, and so 6-24" of frozen precipitation causes everything to stop dead. Therefore Montana's situation is not news, but the East Coast's is.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-08 11:19|| 2010-02-08 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 3dc, the little old lady would be substantially harder hit by the storm if she had to put up with Baltimore drivers at the same time.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-08 11:25|| 2010-02-08 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 3dc, the little old lady would be substantially harder hit by the storm if she had to put up with Baltimore drivers at the same time.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-08 11:25

This also applies to D.C. drivers as well.

Posted by WolfDog 2010-02-08 11:38|| 2010-02-08 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 "6-24 [inches] of frozen precipitation causes everything to stop dead."

2 - 3 inches of snow will cause DC to stop dead. One of the funniest experiences one of my Minnesota program managers had was visiting the Pentagon and discovering was shutting down because of 2 inches of snow. Apparently the entire Federal Gov't is like that.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2010-02-08 11:54|| 2010-02-08 11:54|| Front Page Top

#9 DC shut down during Dutch's birthday may be labeled as 'Signs and Portents'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-08 12:03|| 2010-02-08 12:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Unlike in Montana, the traffic in the DC-Balt area is close to gridlock on many pm peak hours.

When a storm comes and a few lanes are closed (and in this case the transit system is operating at only a fraction of its capacity), opening Govt results in traffic disaster.

MT has excess traffic capacity.

Posted by lord garth 2010-02-08 13:00|| 2010-02-08 13:00|| Front Page Top

#11 When it's bad up here, all "non-essential" government workers are told to stay home. So nobody shows up.

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-08 13:01|| 2010-02-08 13:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Award worthy tu3031. Award worthy indeed.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-08 13:18|| 2010-02-08 13:18|| Front Page Top

#13 At least a nephew came along with a front-end loader to remove her drifts so she could help her 400 Angus cows in the barn calf so that new generations of hi-quality steak could be avialble for the Snowmageddon sufferers to get fat on next year....

Posted by 3dc 2010-02-08 13:25|| 2010-02-08 13:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Snowmageddions prefer non-gentically engineered beef 3dc. Send it down south please. Hat tip to the nephew with the John Deere.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-08 13:37|| 2010-02-08 13:37|| Front Page Top

#15 So nobody shows up.

In my previous DoD job I was considered essential personnel so along with my colleagues I kept a change of clothes etc. at work in case I needed to crash on a local couch when a bad storm hit. Usually though I just inched my way over the mountain and down the icy winding road.

Mr. Lotp is still in that category and still does. I on the other hand am in a different job and no longer in such a status. Instead I have to fight Beltway traffic and bureaucrats.

There's danger everywhere .....

Posted by lotp 2010-02-08 15:09|| 2010-02-08 15:09|| Front Page Top

#16 And the weather forecast for Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday is another foot or more of snow for DC.

Posted by Steve 2010-02-08 19:38|| 2010-02-08 19:38|| Front Page Top

#17 us govt in dc area will be shut again tomorrow 2-9

and given the forecast they will be shut W, Thurs and Fri also

Posted by lord garth 2010-02-08 20:23|| 2010-02-08 20:23|| Front Page Top

#18 The government is gonna be shut down? The Stock Market might jump 1000 points! PARTAY!!

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-02-08 20:36|| 2010-02-08 20:36|| Front Page Top

#19 "us govt in dc area will be shut again tomorrow 2-9

and given the forecast they will be shut W, Thurs and Fri also"

Hooray!

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-08 20:40|| 2010-02-08 20:40|| Front Page Top

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