Living in Washington DC - V

Finally a very significant amount of snow fell Tuesday night, very significant for this area. It started off as early Tue afternoon as rain. By 4:00 it turned to freezing rain and by 4:30, sleet. We had about 2.5 to 3 inches of sleet by the time everything ended by 4 AM.

The affect, all schools closed for the day, manly local governments and businesses remained closed and the Federal government was on 2 hour delay/liberal leave. I headed to the office just after 8 to find the roads wet and slushy in spots. The traffic was thin as most people were staying home and within 35 minutes was at the office. At the office only about one out of three came in at all and at 3:20 it was announced that we were closing at 3:30 to allow people extra time to get home. For the return trip the roads were wet but clear.

Evie’s office was closed so she stayed home with Josh. Jonathan went to the Day Care which they closed at 10 because no children were being dropped off. The Corps activities, Songsters and Band, were cancelled.

Everything would have moved as normal for those in the north. What we got was not significant, but here it is another matter. The mention of the least amount of snow causes some to express concern about travel. Snow falls are over hyped. The over hype can be bought into in subtle ways as evidenced by Jonathan who on Monday night turned around from going to Cap Band because he ran into a small snow flurry in Falls Church (we all had a good laugh at his expense over it).

Today (Thursday) the schools are still closed. This evenings concert is being rescheduled. It is all part of living in this area where the least bit of snow and temperatures below 22 make the top of the news. All Evie and I do is smile.