Archive for December, 2009
Dig out that hydrant
‘Frozen Chain’
courtesy of ‘LisaW123′
NBC Washington reminds us that fire hydrants are among the things that need to be dug out today. If you’re one of the many lucky folks who got the day off today courtesy of Uncle Sam, perhaps you could do 10 minutes of volunteer work with your shovel. It’s not entirely selfless [...]
Snowpocalypse Flashback: 12/18 – 12/20/2009
‘Great Blizzard of ‘09′
courtesy of ‘pixelmasseuse’
Snowpocalypse! Amazingly, several of our intrepid area photogs got out and about over the weekend and captured some fantastic shots of our area under nearly two feet of snow. (Yes, I’m jealous. A little.) So while most of us lounge around on our ‘enforced’ day off today, reminisce of our [...]
NatGeo Closed, Warriors Open
‘National Geographic Terra Cotta Warriors – Eternal Faces – 11-18-09′
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
Some important information NatGeo wanted us to pass along:
Though the National Geographic Society and its employees will be closed Monday, the National Geographic Museum and its popular exhibition “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor” will reopen to the public for regular operating [...]
Federal Government Closed Monday
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Tomorrow just got a whole lot more interesting. The Federal Government has announced that they’ve closed all agencies and offices tomorrow:
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are closed. Nonemergency employees (including employees on pre-approved leave) will be granted excused absence for the number of hours they were [...]
NBC Washington Mocks WV, Shows Enormous Ignorance
‘NBC Logo’
courtesy of ‘alexa627′
Update 9:09AM: As of very recently, NBC Washington has taken DOWN this post in response. Thank you NBC for this first step. We anxiously await your written response as well. Thanks to everyone for your action.
As a DC area resident and WV native, I am outraged at the recent insulting and downright [...]
How’d DC Do?
What grade would you give DC for handling this snowstorm?(survey software)
The snow has stopped, and the sun has come out, and DC has started digging out from the Snowpocalypse. I know on our street, it was a ton of neighbors helping neighbors dig their cars out, and a lot of waving at the guys [...]
More »Office Over-reaction, in the act
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
City Paper has a good writeup of the bringing a gun to a snowball fight situation, complete with pictures of the man with his pistol in his hand. Their photos come courtesy of matthewbradley and the full set can be found here. AJ Ashton also has pictures, his showing the first moments [...]
10 Ways to Avoid Eating Your Family
What? You aren’t getting stir crazy? Cabin fever isn’t setting in yet? You must either be one of my friends in Bangkok keeping tabs on me or else you own a four-wheel drive. Me, I am just glad I have not yet been cooked and eaten by my Lovely Wife. We are starting to feel [...]
More »Why Milk and Bread?
‘Harris Teeter bread isle’
courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’
We’ve been reporting since yesterday that, in light of the storm, stores have been running out of “essentials” like milk and bread. Now, I’m not from DC originally, I’m from Maine, but I’ve lived in the south for most of my life. It’s always perplexed me that citizens [...]
MPD Cop Brings Gun to Snowball Fight
‘mischief – it’s how i roll’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
The City Paper’s City Desk blog is reporting that during today’s snowball fight at 14th & U, some of the snowballers decided to target a maroon Hummer making its way down the street, only to have the driver get out, lose his shit, and start waving a gun [...]
Are you a Fairfax 4WD owner looking to help?
‘On Patrol…’
courtesy of ‘korona-pl (looking for inspiration…)’
If you’re home in or near Fairax and the keys to your 4WD are burning a hole in your pocket there might be a justification for you to venture out in this. INOVA Fairfax hospital might have a need for you and your vehicle to help some of their [...]
Soviets Can Handle Snow
Soviet Safeway by maxedaperture
I have been hearing from friends that grocery stores in the area are fresh out of the basics: milk, bread, and toilet paper. Oh, and by “hearing”, I mean via photos on Flickr and Facebook updates – sorry, I forgot that nobody actually speaks to each other anymore. So I decided to [...]
Snow Cancels Flights, But Not Trains
Flying out of DC today? Probably not: according to the FAA, National Airport (DCA) is closed till tomorrow afternoon. Dulles (IAD) and BWI are experiencing gate, taxi, and arrival delays of “15 minutes or less,” but MWAA says most airlines have cancelled flights. Pretty much every local airport website is crawling right now, and BWI’s [...]
More »Metro Closes Above Ground Service at 1pm
Metro has just announced that they will discontinue above-ground rail service at 1pm today, until the snow has stopped. That will close 39 stations until the snowfall has been managed.
In addition: Metrobus and Metro Access will stop running at 1:30pm.
The reason for the closures at 8″ of snow is that if the third-rail is [...]
Ford’s Theatre Cancels “Christmas Carol”
‘DSC_3450′
courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
We received this from Ford’s Theatre regarding today’s performances of “A Christmas Carol“:
Ford’s Theatre has canceled both performances of “A Christmas Carol” for Saturday, December 19, 2009. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change, but we felt it to be in the best interest of our patrons and staff. A [...]
