I have not been paying much attention to weather forecasts, so I was pleasantly surprised this morning to wake up to world covered with a dusting of snow. Normally this small amount of snow would not be newsworthy, but we have been in a snow drought for quite some time in my area. It has been two years since we last had an accumulation of two inches (50 mm) of snow in a single storm and for the entire winter last year we had a total of only about a half an inch (13 mm).
I probably did not need to do so, but I got out my snow shovel and cleared my steps and the sidewalk in front of my house. I don’t really plan to drive anywhere, but I brushed the snow off of my car to keep it from freezing into any icy crust. Many of you know that I drive an orange KIA Soul and the final photo shows my BLESS MY license plate inside of a frame that says SOUL. I like this positive message and frequently get thumbs-up signs of approval from my fellow drivers.
Weather forecasters predict that we could get another 2 to 4 inches (50-100 mm) later today. I grew up in New England and that amount of snow would be a minor annoyance, but here in the Washington D.C. area, it will paralyze the area, undoubtedly resulting in numerous accidents and delayed school openings or even closures tomorrow. Some of the effects may be mitigated by the fact that today is a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so traffic congestion should be lighter than usual, which will allow road crews to more effective clear and treat the roads.
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