Our intrepid Editor-in-Chief, Sommer Mathis, is making her way from DCist HQ up to Tenleytown right now to sit down with Kojo Nnamdi at noon today. They’ll discuss the “digging out” efforts going on around town to recover from the weekend’s snow dump and how to prepare for the additional five inches we’ll be getting Tuesday. She’ll be joined by DDOT Director Gabe Klein, Pepco President Thomas Graham, and Isiah Leggett from Montgomery County….
Mayor Adrian Fenty’s cleared street in Crestwood It’s an awkward truism of urban politics that a snowstorm can be the undoing of an elected official. Take too long to get the snowed cleared off the roads — like Marion Barry in 1987 when the city struggled for a week after a snowstorm, which he missed because he was in California at the Super Bowl — and you’re an out-of-touch executive leading an inefficient government….
For those of you who managed to get into work today, we’re curious, what was your mode of transportation? And if it differed significantly from your usual method, feel free to note the relevant switch in the comments. If you went to work this morning, how did you get there?(online surveys)…
At least one local entrepreneur is trying to make some money off of this weekend’s record snow fall. A commemorative “I survived Snowmaggedon ’10” T-shirt can be yours for only $24! Before you protest the exorbitant price, we duly note that the seller promises a portion of every sale will be donated to SOME (So Others Might Eat), a worthy local non-profit. The shirts come in blue, and are available in a full array…
Fire should not be a problem during a blizzard. Fire beats electrical wires, snow puts out fire, salt covers snow: It’s the paper-rock-scissors order of nature. Yet ABC7 reports that the snow hampered firefighters, not the fire itself, during a blizzard blaze in Great Falls last night. Firefighters trudged in waist-deep snow up a mile-long driveway — wtf is up with a mile-long driveway! — and arrived in time to safely escort the residents away…
Perhaps you have not heard today’s top story: The District of Columbia was destroyed by snow yesterday. Some things you might like to do — like leaving, for example — are no longer in the cards. Here’s a short list of things you won’t be doing today: » Fly home. You maybe stand a chance of taking a flight from Dulles, but all flights from National and Baltimore have been grounded. » Take Amtrak….
Did you wake up to the blinding light this morning? It nearly makes last night’s decision to drink myself into submission seem like a bad idea. But here we are: the morning after. People of the District of Columbia, you survived an honest-to-god blizzard. The same sun that shined brightly yesterday evening after the last snow cloud fell smiles down on a highly glare-prone world today. Flickr user coolsneakers2000 gets it right. Everyone make…
With the snow done falling, I suppose it’s now time to relax and take a look back at one of the most wintry days in the history of this city. The above photographs do just the trick. Thanks for sticking around with us all day. We’ll be back tomorrow — until then, stay warm, safe, and remember to keep in mind your fellow man….
Like so many other Washingtonians, DCist’s maestro of Overheards, Andrew Wiseman, spent his day sledding down inclines, coated with two-plus feet of snow. Andrew was just doing it on 13th Street NW. It certainly makes for a striking image, no?…
Metro has announced that they will be shutting down all Metrorail service at 11 p.m. tonight, due to concerns about Metro workers being able to get to and from work and also due to light ridership. (Metro says that as of 3 p.m. today, they’ve only recorded a total of 27,000 trips — an average Saturday usually sees around 300,000 trips.) Rail service will resume tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. Adjust your evening plans accordingly….