We're fairing much better than New York or New England, but nonetheless the roads are snowy or icy enough (and the Metro running on a reduced schedule) that my office and Sam's day care both closed for the day. The government had a dalayed opening, but Sheryl decided to take the day. (Since it really takes both of us to even barely keep certain ( Read more... )

Following the readers of the Capital Weather Gang, my go-to source for local weather info, who voted to go with "Snowzilla" as the name for this storm ( Read more... )

Been a few days since I reported in from our corner of the Snowpocalypse/Snowmaggedeon. So far, we're surviving. Took about six or seven total hours of shoveling between Saturday and Sunday to free my car, and a couple more to free Sheryl's. The job would have been easier if (a) the guys shoveling and blowing the snow off the common sidewalks hadn' ( Read more... )

(Subject courtesy of the_sheryl)

Poking my head out of a snowbank to give y'all a status report from Buffalo Winterpeg McMurdo Station Maryland. We're all snuggled up warm and cozy here. (Well, except for Luna. She's probably off hiding somewhere.) Brief scare this morning when Nova came demanding food at the usual 6:30am and we discovered the power was off ( Read more... )