The Dude

Snow caves! Hadn't thought of that in a while. After the storm in 2016, our parking lot had snow piles over 10 feet tall. The neighborhood kids built an extensive complex of tunnels in the biggest pile. It was truly impressive. I had to make some of them a bit larger, so I could fit in! I was just at the Cabin John rink last week teaching my youngest to skate. He was terrified to try, but picked it up in 5 minutes. Now all he wants to do is go skating. The rink looks nice. They just finished up a big renovation. It still smells like dank sweaty socks, though...

My 8-year old was on the verge of tears this morning when he was complaining about the lack of snow, and I told him there was no sign of snow in sight... I may have to resort to taking him out behind the ice skating rink, so we can make some snowballs from the zamboni piles.

A few flurries about an hour ago in N. Bethesda.

It was 58 when I got up; and we're down to 42 with sleet pellets mixing in.

The winds seem unidirectional from that shot. I wonder what they looked like on the other side of the building.

Sorry to hear about your sister. Sounds bad, but I'm glad it wasn't worse. Car accidents are scary! I'll be keeping you all in my thoughts.

Then why are you in the medium/long range discussion thread?

Jim Zorn era...

1.87" ^ is both the amount of rain I got last night, and the amount of snow I've had this season

If I swept my deck, I might have enough for a small snowball. This is a hell of a way to run a winter storm...

What Bob actually wrote: What the weenies see: Edit: Ninja'd by Zugzwang!

A few flurries in N. Bethesda about an hour ago.

I think it can be implied in the right to bare arms.

That, and Mdecoy's fleshlight...

Looks like 11.5" will be the total here.

Up to 10 inches here. It just doesn't want to stop.

7.5 inches here. Perfect snow day.

I've got around 6" in N. Bethesda. Beautiful sight!

3" in N. Bethesda.

Great find. at the cars being tossed around at :40.

Just a beautiful storm!

This is the last bit of damage I could find: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Joplin,+MO&hl=en&ll=37.030441,-94.330346&spn=0.003606,0.006968&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.772232,114.169922&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=18 What are you seeing down by Granby?

It woke my wife up, and she woke me up. I felt the bed vibrating a bit. It felt pretty similar to the Germantown earthquake last year; nothing like Tuesday's.

Yeah, but it was in Missouri then...

Agreed. There is zero need to take any precautions like checking structural integrity. This is America's capital, damnit. I'm sure the buildings and subway system were built strong enough. And I am appalled that the news is covering this event. Sure, we don't get quakes this size around here but one a millennium or so, but other places get them pretty regularly. They are such pansies for focusing on it. And anyone taking pictures of their trash cans to show the impact of a weather event is definitely a pansy. Glad there's no one like that around here.