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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Global Warming Blankets DC

2013-03-06

Schools and many government offices in the Washington area closed for the day on Wednesday as snow began to blanket the region, the first wave of a storm that forecasters said could dump five to 10 inches inside the Capital Beltway and significantly more to the north and west.
Is Al Gore scheduled into DC today? There was six inches of snow on my patio table at 7 am.
The Office of Personnel Management decided shortly before 4 a.m. to close all federal offices in the D.C. area for the day. Major school systems -- including the District, Alexandria, and Arlington, Fauquier, Fairfax and Prince William counties in Virginia; and Montgomery, Howard and Prince George's counties in Maryland -- announced that they would shut down. Government offices in the District and Arlington, Montgomery and Loudoun counties were closed; Fairfax County announced that its government would open on time.

If the predicted accumulations materialize, it will be by far the biggest snowstorm in the Washington region in the last two years.
The storm two years ago was a doozy!
The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang is predicting five to 10 inches total accumulation inside the Capital Beltway, and seven to 14 inches further west. With much ~~AGW~~ warmer temperatures expected Friday and into the weekend, most of the snow will likely melt within a few days -- possible causing floods in low-lying areas.
I wimped out, but when I called in, it seemed most of the office had done the same. I will go in Saturday to do the updates I was planning to do today.

Posted by:Bobby

#4 much of the DC area will ultimately receive fewer than two inches and the streets will be in pretty good shape as the air is a just a bit warmer than forecast

the storm was probably jinxed when the WaPo's weather bloggers named it snowquester

Posted by: lord garth 2013-03-06 14:10

#3 10" of snow around these parts is just an annoyance (and we received about that much annoyance yesterday). It means that some extremely rural schools and businesses might close, but more likely they would just delay the start times.

With the proximity of homes and buildings to the curbs in DC (short setbacks) and the lack of major 'Global Warming Removal' equipment, I bet it could get a bit dicey for the DC locals, though.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-03-06 12:03

#2 It's been global warming here for a week.

Posted by: Knuckles Hupavise7383 2013-03-06 10:21

#1 Fairfax County announced that its government would open on time.

The collection of taxes and revenues of Lord Fairfax shall not be interrupted. The undocumented must be fed.

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-06 09:52

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