Snow is Gone

Jeff and I were out the other day, and I was thinking it is incredible how quickly the snow disappeared. These are pictures from February 12, 2010 and February 27, 2010 - just 10 days apart.

Home Office

We share a desk... but it's got a great view.

It's snowing again!

We woke up this morning to see snowpocalypse round 2 had already begun! Federal gov't is closed, University of Maryland is closed... looks like it might be a Snow Week in DC!

Snowpocalypse

Jeff and I did make it back to DC yesterday around 1pm. We were lucky to get in, because the snowstorm over the weekend had caused lots of flights to be canceled, and an incoming snowstorm had already caused the flight right after ours to be canceled.

One thing that happens in DC, even though roads are cleared within a couple days, is that people go crazy and stock up on food (like overflowing grocery carts, canned foods, and gallons of water) and all sorts of things. When Jeff tried to get bananas from Whole Foods last Thursday at 7pm (the night before the first storm started), he was told that so many people were already inside Whole Foods that it was a safety hazard, and they were only letting people out for the rest to the night - no more people could enter.

When we landed in DC yesterday, we overheard a woman on the plane talking on her cell phone say this: "Yeah, I know the grocery stores are crazy... just get as much of everything as you can."

I think that mentality pretty much explains what everyone is doing at the store... and why the storm is being called 'Snowpocalypse'.

When we got here, we saw what all the fuss was about. (These pictures were taken almost 48 hours after the snow had stopped falling from the first storm.)

The Snow Has Stopped

Sunday morning at 9:30am - it's no longer snowing. Hopefully this means the airports will open.

Not over yet...

Here's the view as of about 9pm:


And Jeff and his dad just after shoveling the driveway (for the 3rd time today).


And I baked cookies!


We'll see how much snow is there in the morning. Though my phone suggests we'll be ok by Monday...

It's Snowing!

We're currently having the biggest blizzard that DC/Maryland have seen in years. We're supposed to get almost two feet in a day and a half. In the days leading up to the storm, you'd think people were preparing for Armageddon.

People were stocking up on essentials and trying to finish last minute shopping - lines at Walmart snaked through the lines and took about 30 minutes to get through. The gas station was completely sold out of gas.

Jeff and I had a fool-proof plan to go from Baltimore up to our friend Stephanie's house in DC for a 'Tacky Xmas' party. The storm wasn't supposed to start until after midnight on Friday night, so we figured we'd get there at 9pm when it started and then leave by 11pm to beat the storm on our way back to Baltimore.

But this is what it looked like when we got to Stephanie's at 9:15pm:

So we decided to have a bit of an express-style Tacky Xmas, before turning back around and heading home.

We had some cider and brownies and took part in the Yankee Swap. (I think I might re-gift my 2010 Twilight calendar - any takers?) Jeff got this awesome grabber - 'as seen on TV.'

Then we started on the trip back to Baltimore. It took us over an hour just to get to the beltway - usually a 10 minute expedition. Traffic was pretty crazy - about a quarter of the cars just drove with their hazard lights on the entire time. Even though they were going the same speed as the other cars and they were in with the group of other cars. It's not clear how this is supposed to be helpful, and it makes it impossible for them to signal any lane changes, which seems less safe.

In any case, we made it back to Baltimore - the storm was less heavy as we got further north - I guess we were going a bit faster than the storm. We didn't quite make it all the way up the big hill by Jeff's house, so we had to do a bit of walking.

It looked like this when we woke up this morning, and it's still going strong!