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Good morning, Washington. First things first, an update to last night’s limited Metro service announcement: since we posted that first batch of information late Monday, WMATA has managed to clear 10 additional above-ground stations, and the entire length of the Red Line is now operational. That leaves only the Blue Line that is operating a partial route, from Franconia-Springfield to Stadium-Armory. The planned frequency of trains has also improved somewhat, with the transit agency now predicting 20-minute intervals and maximum speeds of 35 miles per hour.

Now we’ll just have to wait and see if eight more inches of snow accumulate today and tomorrow. That’s still looking likely, with 10 to 20 inches predicted starting sometime in the mid-afternoon today.

Bad News of the Non-Snow Variety: Mayor Adrian Fenty has ordered about $100 million slashed from the city’s budget, the Examiner reports. “The D.C. Public Schools, Child and Family Services Agency, Metropolitan Police Department, and Fire and Emergency Medical Services were spared, but most other agencies were hit hard.” The move comes on the heels of recent projections of $200 million in “spending pressures,” which is mostly made up of overtime expenses, but now certainly includes unexpected snow removal costs. OK, so maybe this wasn’t totally non-snow related.

Yeah, Don’t Run a Generator Inside Your House: Some solid advice from the Washington Post this morning: did you know that running a portable generator inside your house could easily kill you? Well hopefully you did, but we can’t say the same for the families featured in this piece, who were trying to wait out the region’s ongoing power outages but instead gave themselves rather serious cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you or someone you know still doesn’t have power before today’s storm starts, just make sure they find some other shelter, and leave the generators be.

Briefly Noted: Thousands still without power … Some grocery store shelves already empty ahead of the next storm … GSA set to announce new federal cafeteria contracts … McDonnell directing more education money to N.Va..

This Day in DCist: Last year, prosecutors were once again seeking jail time for Marion Barry.