Posted on 02/09/2010 9:57:17 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.
Schools in the Washington area were shut and thousands of homes were without power after a massive snowfall barreled across the area Friday and Saturday, leaving some areas entombed in as much as three feet (one meter) of snow.
Forecasters said residents now face another wintry onslaught, with another 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) of snow forecast to fall on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Unlike the last blizzard, Tuesday's storm was expected to travel clear up the east coast, reaching as far north as New England.
Forecasters said the storm would reach New York at around midnight (0500 GMT Wednesday), bringing as much as a foot (0.3 meters) of fresh powder.
Harried commuters in the mid-Atlantic states struggled to dig out buried cars and trundle to work on icy roads, while metro users in the capital suffered long waits despite the relaunch of suspended overground services.
Most of the 230,000 federal employees were off work, although isolated government offices including the White House, parts of Congress and some agencies, were operational.
The National Weather Service predicted that in Washington, the latest bout of snow would begin falling at around 2 pm (1900 GMT) and continue through late Wednesday.
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Rental car employees dig out rental cars at an auxiliary lot at Dulles International Airport (IAD) where rental cars are buried deep in snow on February 8, days after the record snowstorm in Washington, DC. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region. (AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
Saw thousands of kids having a snowball fight...alas...they can’t make it to school, right??
Good. Close down DC for another day! One less day that they can legislate our freedoms away.
Not rarely enough.
Schoolchildren visiting Washington from Hancock Day School in Savannah, Georgia, play in the snow in a park in front of the White House February 9, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Tuesday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet (0.6 metres) of snow on the region. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)
Anyway, allow me to be the first one to use the cliche "How's that global warming working out for you" on this thread.
Also, Algore is welcome to come help me shovel all this global warming baloney off my driveway.
Paging Algore...White Courtesy Phone, Please!
Those were adults. In Du Pont Circle.
AFP is a French wire service.
No,....The WHITE phone..........!
>> they can’t make it to school, right?? <<
Wrong. They certainly “can” get to school.
But the important point is this:
All unnecessary traffic needs to stay off the roads so that the snowplows may do their work, and so that ambulances and fire trucks won’t be blocked either by pedestrians or by ordinary passenger cars that inevitably will slow the travel lanes and often will get stuck in snow berms.
So it’s a very rational and wise decision for local schools, businesses and government offices to close and thereby help minimize traffic.
I’m really not concerned that they get a snow day. I lived in Va for a year. 2 inches is devastating...
Let’s hope it keeps the congressjerks home so they can’t do any more damage.
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