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Mid-Atlantic shuts down ahead of huge snow warning (NWS Alert - warns of 20-30 inches of snowfall)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/5/10 | Nafeesa Syeed - ap

Posted on 02/05/2010 12:00:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic. Forecasters predicted a record 30 inches or more for the nation's capital, and authorities already were blaming the storm for the deaths of father-son Samaritans in Virginia.

The region's second snow storm in less than two months could be "extremely dangerous," and heavy, wet snow and strong winds threatened to knock out power, the National Weather Service said.

Flakes started falling around noon in Washington, where the federal government sent workers home early. The storm's wide swath and predictions of historic proportions for an area ill-equipped for snow had airlines canceling flights and school districts closing hours before any snow arrived.

The last time D.C. got at least 28 inches of snow was in 1922. The city has seen more than a foot only 13 times since 1870, according to the National Weather Service. The storm was expected to track through Virginia and West Virginia, across Maryland into southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: albore; algore; blizzard; blizzardof2010; chickenlittles; elnino; globalwarming; iminmiami; midatlantic; nws; snow; snowstorm; stormwatch; va; virginia; warning; wusses
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

The way it’s looking, you’ll see many, many more before the skies clear.............and the wind blows all that white stuff around.


141 posted on 02/05/2010 6:23:55 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Thunder90

We had 18inches of snow in early December (Madison), and the big grocery stores were open. I drove to one in the Subaru at the height of the storm. I called beforehand to see if they were open, the reply was: “ we don’t close for anything.” WISCONSIN.


142 posted on 02/05/2010 6:24:55 PM PST by Gapplega
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To: angcat

“he looks like Frankenstein”

Don’t you just love his gay outfits and hats?


143 posted on 02/05/2010 6:26:05 PM PST by Palladin (TOTUS has bad pronunciation.)
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To: Rebelbase

There’s at least one in every TV News studio!


144 posted on 02/05/2010 6:27:15 PM PST by Palladin (TOTUS has bad pronunciation.)
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To: texmexis best
Eh! Big snow starts at 30 inches.

LOL!!!

I know! It's snowing in the Plains, too, but that's just flyover country...

145 posted on 02/05/2010 6:29:21 PM PST by mrreaganaut (Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was witchcraft. Today, it's golf.)
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To: a fool in paradise; potlatch; devolve; ntnychik; bray; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Has anyone seen Al Gore lately?

146 posted on 02/05/2010 6:35:14 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: Thumper1960

Good. That’s what I’ve been waiting for. I love this stuff.


147 posted on 02/05/2010 6:38:43 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: PhilDragoo

Al-Goracle must be in DC right now. It’s coming down at a rate of three inches per hour and is a record breaking snowfall.
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews


148 posted on 02/05/2010 6:43:15 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: rdl6989

Word is we (live in downtown DC) might even get some hail with this thing...and the storm’s pulling in tornadoes and the like in NC...uh folks..did Obama mess with things man was not meant to? Are we going to see Gozer over the WH????


149 posted on 02/05/2010 6:56:23 PM PST by Braak (The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
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To: cleveland gop
Time Stamp from the official TABLE GUAGE in the People's Republic of Bethesda.

9" and counting!

150 posted on 02/05/2010 6:59:34 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks ("YOU LIE! (09/09/09)" "NOT TRUE! (1/27/10)")
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To: RockinRight

Here in yer stomping grounds it started snowing around 3:30 and hasn’t let up since. But there’s only about 2” on the ground so it has been light so far...

It’s been a pretty cold winter, but not a great deal of snow so far. We’ve given it all to you guys it seems. And now Erie is frozen, so the lake effect is out the door for the rest of the season....


151 posted on 02/05/2010 7:01:37 PM PST by cleveland gop
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To: dirtboy

Yes. We should expect perhaps two small snow falls next week within the Philly area, based on a ten day projection.


152 posted on 02/05/2010 7:08:01 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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But there is good news in all this globull warming crap.....

This system dumped some rain in South Florida tonight but is clearing out, paving the way for what should be a dry and coolish Super Bowl game Sunday night.
The 2 domed teams shouldn’t worry about playing outdoors....


153 posted on 02/05/2010 7:09:01 PM PST by cleveland gop
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To: hsalaw
I am going to say this knowing the flames will start but here goes. The reason for more snow is a warming in the southern tropics of the water which puts more moisture in the air that travels north and produces more snow. It is the conjecture of Darrel Mccanna that this warming and cooling will produce a new iceage read his book not by fire but by ice.
154 posted on 02/05/2010 7:11:56 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: NormsRevenge

Snow....

I WANT SOME OF IT!!!!


155 posted on 02/05/2010 7:15:10 PM PST by bannie (Somebody has to go to seed...it might as well be me!)
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To: bannie

So does the Olympic Committee. :-)


156 posted on 02/05/2010 7:17:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: NormsRevenge

snicker! good one!


157 posted on 02/05/2010 7:20:29 PM PST by bannie (Somebody has to go to seed...it might as well be me!)
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To: PhilDragoo; devolve; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; All

158 posted on 02/05/2010 7:20:35 PM PST by potlatch (- What a co-inky-dink-)
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To: NormsRevenge

So lucky here just West of Middleburg, VA. Have a borrowed 4x4 Quadrunner with a snow plow. Have tacked it a couple of times to keep the snow manageable. We have over 16” so far @ 10:30pm.


159 posted on 02/05/2010 7:25:43 PM PST by SolitaryMan
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To: hsalaw

More like, El Nino, El Nino.


160 posted on 02/05/2010 7:26:20 PM PST by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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