The federal government is shut down tomorrow. Looking forward to the additional 5" on Tuesday!

yeah....how bout that...glad I got what I needed done Friday..not that it will do anyone a bit of good....LOL

Alright DS encouraged me to put up a picture of my yard for comparison. Lol, I don't even think it rained here today like it was supposed to.

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Somehow, I don't think they'll cancel work here tomorrow.

and you have greenery....cool!

Yeah take yer butt to work tomorrow!!! heheh

LucyKKG, you have a cruel streak!

None of the local streets here have been plowed, although two nice gentlemen shoveled my walk & driveway. The car is almost completely iced over, so I'm not so sure I'll be able to get into it tomorrow! The National Guard has arrived in their humvees, and we're still under a state of emergency. I'm techno challenged, but will try to get some pictures up tomorrow - I'm looking for a yardstick for the drifts!

Our power went out just prior to the Super Bowl, and came on afterwards. I guess that's what happens if the Steelers aren't playing in it! ;)

:eek: I thought we were only getting 1-2 inches of snow. I was just told that we're getting 6-10..starting tomorrow into Wednesday..:(

Detroit is about to get hit tomorrow with a few inches. I seriously feel for those in DC and the affected areas. I remember a few snow storms we've had here but I don't remember anything that bad.

Don't blame your team for missing the game!! LOL

We spent most of yesterday helping everyone dig out and then the roads are treacherous to the point where if you weren't driving a 4 wheel drive, you can hang it up...and worst the Metro isn't running above ground trains so even if I could have made it out I couldn't get to work....not that I'm comlaining...hehehe

And now they are saying we have more coming.

For once in a long long time we got a real winter.

We're expected to get up to another 6-8" tomorrow and Wednesday. On top of the 18-20" we already have. Believe it or not, my kids only had a two-hour school delay this morning!

Holy carp, another foot possible here in Philly Wednesday. I can't take much more of this!

Let's compare:

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Notice the second picture, where the road has been "well" plowed...

ETA: Its not really the amount of snow that's shocking (I'm from New York originally), but rather the region that got this amount of snow. Its debilitating because we don't have the infrastructure to deal with it.

Hate to break this to you, but I was watching the Weather Channel for Philly info since DS#1 goes to school there. If I heard them correctly, it sounds like you could get more than just another foot. I'm sorry.

At least Pizza Hut is still delivering!

yesterday i was able to clear half of my car off (see pic here). then realized that i still wouldn't be able to move it b/c there's snow piled in front of it. so... i quit.

Oy. :eek: Well, as long as I can get to the airport to fly to West Palm Beach on Friday, I suppose I'll survive until then.

I'm in Philly, too, and I don't know where we're going to put the new snow. My little street is already completely blocked at one end.

I walked up to the shopping mini-plaza because my car is trapped in my garage(the boro hasn't plowed our little hill/alley). I have frappacinos, pringles, oreos and beer. So I'm fine.

For those in the DC area that needed to know...List of closings


OPM closing announcement

DC closings

Hopefully you're not in Manayunk or Roxborough - those hills are the worst!

Now I'm in a tizzy that our (flat) roof is going to collapse and trying to figure out how one gets up to the roof of a three-story rowhouse to shovel without breaking one's neck (and wondering if just maybe one's landlord should be taking care of this, hmph).

Fortunately, I did make it out to the local super-big-box-mart for groceries today. Now that I have 2 cases of Diet Coke on hand it's inevitable that either we'll get nothing (calling from 8-12" more here by Wednesday) OR we'll get so much that I'll run out again before we've dug back out.

I'm so glad you said this, because it's a really big pet peeve of mine when people say that we "freak out" or "whine" about big snows when we get it. One of my friends had a facebook status up about how it was stupid that we were making such a big deal about this blizzard because he lives in Iowa. ARRRGG! The point is WE DON'T LIVE IN IOWA! It's a big deal because we aren't prepared for it. A lot of people in this area (at least my neighbors) don't even own snow shovels! We don't have snow tires or chains, and our cities don't put a lot of money into snow preparedness and clean-up. Obviously it's going to be a bigger deal here than it would be in the Midwest! End rant.

Contact your landlord, please!!

Dont hurt yourself doing that!

Ok, I'm from Michigan and I can only think of one time in my entire lifetime that we got as much snow in as short a time as you just did in the mid-Atlantic, so those who are saying that you are wimps are really just crazy. When we got the 24-30 inches on New Year's Day, 1999, it was a full two weeks before mail service was restored in some parts of the city of Detroit.

That said, we're expecting 6-10" from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning and the kids are COUNTING on a snow day. Honestly, I am too. I told the boss today that if we get that much, I will not be in, so it is now, technically a "scheduled" day off.

I'm ready for a snow day. I need a break. Besides, I have my teenage boy here, ready to make some money. He made money on the duck thing already this week. I'm paying him to take the trash to the curb tomorrow because there is a TON of it and now he's going to make money on snow removal for me too. He'll be rich (and I'll be poor!)

^^^ My next-door neighbor earned $400 this weekend by shoveling snow!

From your fingers to my ex-husband's eyes. If he's smart, he'll capitalize on this and make some money.

Yes! I have a friend, eh scratch that - friendly acquaintance from Buffalo who keeps complaining about people freaking out and school being canceled, whine, whine, whine... She refuses to acknowledge that snow like this, here is a big deal. A friend on facebook told me that this is the most snow we've ever had since 1870 when they started recording such things!

Here's a picture of George in the snow for you guys. And yes, school is canceled again today with another 10ish inches expected tonight so I won't be surprised if I'm not back until Monday... I actually want to go back to class!

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I'm originally from Buffalo and while the amount that you guys got wouldn't be such a big deal in Buffalo, it would still cause problems, and at least the kids would probably get a couple of snow days. Don't let that bia ruin your thoughts of Buffalonians - we wouldn't wish our winters on anyone!

I've been very concerned about my friends who live in the DC area, but I called them all yesterday and they all assured me that they were fine and having fun with the kegs they were lucky enough to get prior to the storm. Well, one was pissed because everyone's getting days off but they were his original days off so he hasn't missed any work yet, but on the whole they're warm and happy - and I'm glad to hear it.

Don't worry, I take very little she says as A) truthfull, B) reliable, or C) representative of anyone besides the crazies in her head lol

Well guess what...there are a lot of people in DC gov't mad because they still had to work while the rest of the area is off

Government can't stop I guess. I used to live in Alexandria and I remember people freaking out over 2 inches of snow, I can only imagine how people are handling this blizzard over there.

I called my landlord to tell him that the roof is leaking -- he lost power Saturday and it still isn't back on, PLUS his wife went into labor yesterday morning, so they have a day-old infant. Holy crap. I was like, "Uhhhh...the leak can probably wait..."

Sigh-looks like the "Son of Snowtorious B.I.G." will be upon us tonight and tomorrow. Although, some forecasts are now decreasing the amount of snow the greater DC area is supposed to get, instead of 12-18" now they are talking about "only" getting 10-15. Yippee.

You should enjoy it while it lasts, because of global warming this may be the last snowfall we see in our lifetime. ;)

nikki1920 is tired of the snow. And she lived in upstate NY so she KNOWS snow. And she is sick of this crap. UGH.

And it's snowing agggaaaaaiinnn! YAAAAAAY!

I'm about to go tailgate in the snow...adaptable we are.

yep, round 2 is falling as I type.

We're supposed to get 10-14 inches around here. Hopefully the plow guy comes to do my driveway at some point tomorrow.

Ok...just to show you my neighbors have nothing else to do, one them is out with a petition because she is upset about the small arsed patch of ice in front of her house....so she is trying to say that the snow removal was inadequate!!!

Maybe we can discount the 10ft mound of snow in front of my house and the Board president's house that was placed here because there was no place else for it to go.