it's way way worse the further north you go. There were many April days where we'd be stuck in the 40s/50s in NYC while you all would be basking in the 70s and 80s. And then up in Boston that shit lasts until late May.
i loathe MD but I was actually pulling for them. The game just got away from them in the 2nd half. But they are on the rebound - too bad the left the ACC.
Arlington and Alexandria were already populated in the 1950s (albeit smaller than present day). DC actually was larger (804k people in the 1950 census). It's not like it was farm land around DCA in 1950. In other words, the UHI already existed by then in and around DCA.
the built environment around DCA isn't dramatically different from 1950 to the present. Some place like IAD? Definitely. But your core urban stations (DCA, NYC, etc) were already built up by the 50s.
yeah that was a wild one. We lived on the top floor of a downtown apt building, and man you could hear it once the wind really picked up. The next day they closed the pedestrian bridge connecting the Tysons Corner silver line station and the plaza by the mall and office buildings.
lol - just want to point out that the Tucson photo is some ugly sprawl while Philly is a gorgeous skyline photo and DC is the Jefferson Memorial. Enjoy your snow tho!