November 18, 2008
SNOWMG!
It's not sticking at all and is so light it's difficult to photograph, but the first flurries of the season began to fall in D.C. during the lunch hour today. By no means a snowpocalypse, but bona fide snow nonetheless. Where I am on U Street, the flurries lasted for about eight minutes before the clouds rolled past and the sun came back. Did you see flakes where you are? Rest assured, we've put a call in to Davy DCist to see if this merits an appearance from him.
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I want to see Davy Dcist flipping one over.
Maybe!
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caught a little in Bethesda just after 1
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I saw a few flakes downtown by the Wilson Building. Phil Mendelson, for example. Also a tiny bit of snow.
And allow me to renew my suggestion/request/demand/threat for a Davy DCist tag.
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first blizzard of the season hit the NGS courtyard at about 1 pm.
second blizzard of the season hit the NGS courtyard at about 1:05 pm.
OMG! get yr TP now! and milk, of course.
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I see flakes everywhere I go in DC. You don't see me writing headlines about it.
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CANCEL SCHOOL! SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT! ALERT! ALERT!
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I was high atop a building on Cap. Hill with a view across the city. The clouds were gloriously blue and white, something seemed to be falling from them.
I was behind a glass window but it sure looked pleasant. It must be snow.
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a few snowies here in glorious silver spring
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As I was eating lunch in our office kitchen I overheard one of my coworkers mention that she kept her daughter home from school today because of the possiblity of snow. I almost choked on my cheez-its.
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Make sure to drive like a complete f***ing lunatic on the way home tonight. It's a DC snowpocalypse tradition.
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Woohoo, I get to leave early, go get my car, put the flake deflector on the hood, and then proceed to drive all slow and swervy on my way to buy all the bread at Safeway.
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Got a flake or two in Crystal City.
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Also, be sure to throw a temper tantrum when you find out your office isn't preemptively closed for tomorrow.
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This all just makes me nostalgic for my life in NC and Maryland, wishing that the snow would stick, watching the sidewalks for signs of puddles.
Now I live in Chicago.
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What if that white stuff isn't snow?
I'm call Haz-mat! Hello Haz-mat! There's some white stuff falling from the sky. Go outside and look.
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I work up near UDC/Van Ness, where it was snowing.
I stuck my tongue out to taste it, as depicted in so many old movies. When I asked the guy next to me why it tasted like shit, he said:
Next time, turn her over.
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I nominate smperk for comment of the day.
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boo, snow. i think i may go hibernate for a few months.
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It's dry and boring in Pentagon City and Old Town.
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I know what the Top Story will be tonight on all the news channels.
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caught a little in Bethesda just after 1
I thought for a moment this was a salacious comment directed at me, and I was sort of flattered. It's been that kind of day.
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It's snowing in November.
Quick, somebody start on debate on why global warming is a hoax perpetrated by Freemasons!!! Then we can all head home early and put comments up on this thread instead of at work . . .
. . . with HOT CHOCOLATE, of course!!!
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Been sunny and flake-less out here in Springfield. The dog is going nuts with the cold weather and has been running about like a maniac, so I've still got some entertainment there...
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reporting from the north: the snow flakes made their way in and out of philly just now.
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Snowflakes + sunshine = strange.
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Snowflakes + sunshine = AWESOME
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Too bad its only the usual DC winter tease. I'm jonesing for a real winter for a change.
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Man, why you white folk gotta be bringing your frozen precipitation downtown? That's racist! First the CIA floods cities with crack, then they control the weather to turn it all white. This is all part of "the plan" to turn DC into a honkey winter wonderland. Also, why are there no black snowmen? Marinade on that joint, yo. Peace. We outta here.
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I don't miss all the heavy breathing about snow out here in Fargo. The 15 minutes of flakes that requires a SNOWMG post in DC is classifed as "not snowing" in the hinterlands.
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I see nothing in Alexandria. Oh well, I'm going home to Chicago for Turkey Day. We always stuff our turkey with snow.
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people, remember: GROCERY STORES DELIVER NOW! put that shit on backorder STAT
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Oh great, another Northerner deriding us mindless idiots for pissing our pants when it snows. You know what Hillrat? You can take your superclubs and stuff it. Yeah stuff it like you would your lefse! Hah!
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opps.
i meant "supperclubs" not "superclubs." though those pies marjorie bakes would make any supper super. Ja.
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There is a light dusting inside my nose.
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Oh crap, I better sleep in my office tonight, because every asshole driver in this area is going to clog the freeways on my commute home.
Seriously, learn to drive in "snow". It happens every year.
Sincerely,
Someone who grew up in Michigan
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I love Davy DCist.
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As a followup to the bitterness of my last post (I'm low on caffeine today. . . *sigh*), I'd like to add my vote for love of Davy DCist and the whole Snowpocalypse theme. It's nice to see folks not take this place so damn seriously.
Anyway, time to run out and raid the store for TP and milk.
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triplee: i'm heading back home to michigan for thanksgiving, and looking forward to the chance to drive on some crappy roads with people who (mostly) know what they're doing.
except for that guy who drives his SUV at 85 on US 23 and flips it when he takes the exit to I-96 too fast. love that guy....
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Oh yeah, that guy is entertaining. Sometimes he makes it all the way up to US 10. Best entertainment until springtime, when some redneck inevitably thinks April is still a good time to try driving onto Saginaw Bay.
~EEE~
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triplee: unfortunately, that redneck was invariably by great uncle, crazy don.