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Blizzard slams air traffic, disrupts commuters- It's Snowmageddon II for the East Coast;
Marketwatch ^ | Feb. 10, 2010, 3:17 p.m. EST | By Christopher Hinton & Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch

Posted on 02/10/2010 2:03:49 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The second blizzard of 2010 gained strength Wednesday from Baltimore to Boston, freezing flight schedules, knocking out electrical power and stranding commuters throughout the Northeast corridor.

It's the second big winter storm to hit the East Coast in less than a week, with forecasts calling for 12 to 18 inches of snow, gusty winds and freezing temperatures. Conditions were expected to deteriorate throughout the day.

"You may be able to get to work in Baltimore, New York City or Boston," the AccuWeather service said. "Traveling home, however, could prove impossible."

In Washington, D.C., where the federal government has been closed for the week as the city digs itself out from Saturday's snowstorm, drivers are being told to stay home.

Washington's Metrorail service remained confined to underground operations after the weekend's storm, while Metrobus service was suspended.

To deal with all the extra snow, the Virginia Department of Transportation brought in more than 200 extra pieces of equipment from as far away as Lynchburg, adding to the more than 2,000 trucks currently on the roads.

"Motorists are urged to stay off the road, as whiteout and blizzard conditions are expected to last into the evening," the state agency said in a release.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: amazongate; climatechange; climatechangedata; climategate; climategatecom; glaciergate; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; globalwarmingscandal; ipcc; pachauri; pachaurigate; snowmageddon; snowstorm
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

/bingo

Glad I don’t live there — although, they’ll be planting their spring annuals in six weeks.


21 posted on 02/10/2010 5:59:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv
See this:

Some Snow Numbers

More charts at the link.

22 posted on 02/10/2010 6:03:54 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: SunkenCiv
A few of the areas in Maryland that got near 30 inches in the last storm could get close to another 30.

Good thing they were painting the roofs of buildings in DC white. When the snow first fell, it did not melt because of the lack of heat on the white roof. Wonder how many of those white painted roofs will be collapsing. /sarc.

23 posted on 02/10/2010 6:20:09 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Daughter and grandkids flight from JFK to PHX tomorrow was canceled. They are hoping to get to Phoenix on Sunday.
24 posted on 02/10/2010 6:26:16 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: justa-hairyape

Flat roofs are in danger of collapsing, whatever their color.


25 posted on 02/10/2010 6:29:13 PM PST by Styria
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The storm has moved on. Other then windy conditions. I can see easily a half mile at this point. Looks as if I will hardly have a few days without more snow moving into the region.
I sure miss having a home where I had a private driveway and nice big garage that allowed me to then enter my basement.
I used to routinely get snow when I lived some sixty miles north of Philly. Often they would get rain down here, and we would get snow. In fact it would be raining in Allentown PA, and I would be getting snow a few miles up the road due the closeness to the blue mountain range.
But then. I did not live in a row home district. Cars packed along the streets. This is a real bear when it snows a lot.
I wonder how I shall fair when I do get back to work. My body is a bit beat up. Eight hours on the hard concrete floors are going to do me in.
I have to find a job where I can test the comfort of beds for eight hours. I would be willing to work such a job say for $100/hour. I most probably would even consider sacrificing and working a lot of over time.
26 posted on 02/10/2010 6:45:50 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That was on Thom Hartmann. Not as insane as Mike Malloy, the one who said F. von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises were in cahoots with the Nazi’s. I live in the Twin Cities area, which is Enemy Territory, lots of barking moonbats.


27 posted on 02/10/2010 7:50:52 PM PST by Fred Hayek (From this point forward the Democratic Party will be referred to as the Communist Party)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Round Three in a few days???

Oh joy!

28 posted on 02/10/2010 8:03:44 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: Styria

It’s interesting, but white roofs are not helpful in snow conditions.


29 posted on 02/11/2010 6:15:16 AM PST by TaxRelief (I am demoting "Global Warming" from 'theory' to 'deliberate falsehood'.)
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