>>he forecast went from 2-5 inches yesterday morning to the current 6-8 inches inside the beltway with 12-16 inches to the west and north of the city, where many federal workers live.<<
Seriously, if anything comes from the sky, DC closes the doors.
In Dallas we look up and if we see anything we say “looks like a mess ‘o weather. Gonna need 15 extra minutes to get to the office...”
You have NO idea the panicked emails I have gotten from people who not only won’t come to the office today but are already saying they won’t come downtown tomorrow.
RAIN WITH SOME ICE! Thou art a heartless B!tch!
I grew up in the lake effect snowbelt of northern Indiana. At least there we had the snow plows to clear the roads and the drivers KNEW how to drive in snow.
I spent 2 years at Ft. Hood and remember the post only being closed once when there was a horrendus ice storm that hit and everyone was iced in for two days. I’ll drive in and on snow, but NOT on ice.
If tomorrow is ‘unscheduled leave or tele-work’ I’ll go in, pending the road conditions; but at least I’ve a stack of work I brought home that I can do on ‘tele-work.’
D.C. is the most retarded city in the world when hit with bad weather.
I’ve lived here for over 40 years and it just gets worse, year after year.
Depending on your commute you should plan accordingly.
Rain, add 30 minutes.
Rain on a Friday evening, add 1 to 3 hours.
Freezing rain, add 1 to 12 hours.
1 to 4”s of snow that sticks, add 2 to 4 hours.
The cool thing is when we get 6 or more inches with a little warning. In this case, most people stay home and you can travel around pretty easy.