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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: justa-hairyape
I will worry about that when the time comes. Right now I'm trying to roll up my sausage calzone.
201 posted on 02/06/2010 8:13:23 AM PST by angcat (GOD SAVE US!)
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To: angcat
Right now I'm trying to roll up my sausage calzone.

Sounds good. I don't think they even make those out here in Southern California. We had a couple of Fazoli's, but the last one closed down a few months ago. Later.

202 posted on 02/06/2010 8:31:46 AM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape

Make it! Even here in Hicksville I find the dough. I just cook the sausage and then add mozzarella and ricotta and roll it up. Even the turkey sausage is good. Right now I’m dying because the pellet stove is on and the oven. I had to open the window just a little!


203 posted on 02/06/2010 8:42:20 AM PST by angcat (GOD SAVE US!)
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To: AGreatPer

26” here in LancCo, and still snowing.


204 posted on 02/06/2010 8:47:25 AM PST by Sisku Hanne
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To: angcat

Wish I had time and skill to cook. Hopefully I will never be snowed in at 800 feet above sea level here in Southern California. Always some place around here open where food is fast and fresh, but I do keep a reserve of ready to eat stuff in case the San Andreas fault makes a move.


205 posted on 02/06/2010 8:50:54 AM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape

Well you sound like you live in a beautiful place. Enjoy your day!


206 posted on 02/06/2010 8:53:30 AM PST by angcat (GOD SAVE US!)
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To: NormsRevenge
I awoke to sleet yesterday morning and it has not stopped snowing/sleeting since then. I think it is predicted to go to about 6pm today(Sat).This is not normal for us here in SE Ohio to have this much sNOw.There is now at least 10" on the gound now. :( Spring CAN show up at anytime!!
207 posted on 02/06/2010 8:56:00 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: texmexis best

Then we have it now. Measured a hair under 30” in the driveway here in WV. Drifts up to 4’.


208 posted on 02/06/2010 9:00:27 AM PST by alarm rider (The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Guess hell is freezing over!


209 posted on 02/06/2010 9:17:14 AM PST by Snow Eagle ("... Against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC")
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To: angcat

Hahahahah! You should hear the remarks in my livingroom whenever Tom or Noreen appears on the screen! I hope they both retire soon.


210 posted on 02/06/2010 10:18:20 AM PST by Palladin (TOTUS has bad pronunciation.)
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To: angcat

God steered the storm away from here. We got about an inch.

I think it’s because there was a funeral for a high school kid in Montoursville today. He died and his brother was critically injured in that big rainstorm two weeks ago. What a tragedy!

The services had to be held at the High School because hundreds of mourners were expected. At least all the friends could get to the funeral without dealing with horribly snowy and slick roads.


211 posted on 02/06/2010 10:22:54 AM PST by Palladin (TOTUS has bad pronunciation.)
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To: angcat

P.S. I’m coming to your house for Superbowl and sausage calzone!


212 posted on 02/06/2010 10:24:18 AM PST by Palladin (TOTUS has bad pronunciation.)
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To: agrace

Your link is dead and I still don’t believe you. I’ve seen ALL the reports for this area, they were all 3-8.


213 posted on 02/06/2010 10:59:25 AM PST by Onerom99 (I)
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To: dirtboy

Bottle of rum and brother Samuel Adams in the fridge. BBQ beef brisket in the crock pot. Let it snow!


214 posted on 02/06/2010 11:08:41 AM PST by big truck
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To: alarm rider

Take a bucket and hollow out one of the biggest drifts. Keep the roof thin and you can have your own igloo.

A nice set of Calvin style snowmen would be nice too.


215 posted on 02/06/2010 11:17:32 AM PST by texmexis best
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To: Snowyman

LOL!!! That.... is hilarious!


216 posted on 02/06/2010 11:19:47 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Onerom99

Ugh, I should have posted the text. I SWEAR that the warning said 15 inches. Looks like State College didn’t get that but it said it, REALLY. :)

The only reason I responded in the first place was because I had read it previously - I’m originally from PA, met my husband at Penn State, have family an hour east of there, so I was checking the whole area for snowfall predictions.


217 posted on 02/06/2010 11:44:06 AM PST by agrace
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To: devolve

Thank you devolve.
Looks like you were up late.


218 posted on 02/06/2010 12:38:12 PM PST by potlatch (- What a co-inky-dink-)
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To: Onerom99

State College PA, yes but the Fed Weather Bureau reports for my area in Milroy-Mifflin County and my building at the PSU Campus was next to AccuWeather. They also reported the depth..

I measured this AM and I made a mistake on my post. We got 16”


219 posted on 02/06/2010 1:31:18 PM PST by francky (Pro Life!)
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To: justa-hairyape

You must have read someone else’s post.


220 posted on 02/06/2010 1:59:20 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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