Posted on 12/21/2009 9:33:34 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) The federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States and put a damper on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year.
Just days before Christmas, the eastern seaboard from North Carolina to New England was digging out from the worst blizzard in years, which closed train and bus service, paralyzed air traffic, crippled motorists and left hundreds of thousands of residents without power in some areas.
Americans pining for a white Christmas got more than they bargained for, with local officials urging residents to hunker down indoors as record snowfall wreaked havoc on roadways.
And with the roads and transportation in disarray, many churches canceled Sunday services and some schools planned closures ahead of the December 25 holiday.
Commuters faced uncertainty on Monday, as the region struggled to clear persistent snow and ice. Federal agencies and local jurisdictions were closed, with all workers except emergency employees excused from work.
In Washington, crews worked throughout the night to restore service to the Metrorail system, de-icing tracks and digging train cars out of the snow in rail yards.
The storm was a blow to the already reeling retail sector, which had been counting on cash registers ringing loudly on "Super Saturday" -- traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year -- to make up for weeks of lackluster sales.
"I think we can safely say that sales in the Washington region were crippled," National Retail Federation vice president Ellen Davis told AFP.
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How about a headline ya'll never see?
Gubamint runs out of dough, cuts spending drastically
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Not even a major blow can keep the Dems from their relentless agenda.
Operation Barbarossa II. The Senate prepares to push the Union over the edge into a deep abyss. Future casualties be damned. General Reid doesn't care.
It didn’t close it soon enough or hard enough, too bad there weren’t a bunch of frozen stiffs in the senate.
People walk through the snow-covered National Mall in Washington, DC. The federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States and put a damper on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
Need more storms.
bushes fault....
Monumental snow storm : Snow covers the Marine Corps War Memorial
in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP/Karen Bleier)
Somehow, I think it has to be Bush’s fault, but the best news I’ve heard in a while.
Did everyone notice that the MSM did not give us the usual 2 day doom and gloom for us to run out and empty the shelves of bread and milk?
They couldnt let a blizzard interrupt Presbo’s global warming speech.
Thank GOD for good news, for a change.
We need a mighty storm of outraged Americans.
We need a mighty storm of outraged Americans.
I'm thinking a big fat lightning bolt...
The REAL storm to shut down the current government is still 3 years away.
Hey obama we’ll fix your wagon!!!! The wheels will fall off you re election!!!
They closed government because they didn’t want to hear from the record breaking storm of people that want them arrested and prosecuted.
It looks like divine intervention may be our only remaining hope...
For one day, we were safe.
Then the solution is to move the federal government to Little America.
Quick! Weld the doors shut so they can’t come back to work!!!
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