Surreality TV

I'm so glad I'm getting on a plane to Florida in about 43 hours. I drove home with the top down yesterday and it was awesome. In fact, I've driven home with the top down every day so far this week save for one. Today? It's supposed to be snowing by this afternoon. No accumulation, mind you, but none the less, the white stuff will be falling from the sky. No top down today.

A coworker and I were talking about software switches vs. hard switches. Another coworker walking by asks what a hard switch is. Said questioner knew the difference, but was being a smart ass, so I returned in kind. My response? Switching from coffee to tea.

After two hours and twenty minutes sitting in traffic, with at least another forty minutes before I could possibly get there, I gave up on trying to get into the office today. VDOT has spent the last 36 hours clearing the main roads. The neighborhoods suck, but once you get out, the major thoroughfares are clear, dry, and completely open. Maryland and DC? Not so much. Once I got inside the Beltway, everything just stopped. The Fed is open today, so of course, they're all trying to get back to work. I-66 and US 50 once you get to the Roosevelt? Down to ONE lane. 66 and 50 merge going on to the Roosevelt. That's 5 lanes of incoming traffic. Wisconsin Ave? Still not cleared (which means M street is also still not cleared), so US 29 was also at a standstill. Wilson Blvd? Not moving. Getting into or through Rosslyn? Good luck with that. The Metro is still on limited service, and, just for fun, the Red line is shut down due to a derailment at Farragut North. Basically, you can't do anything in DC proper, and it's fucking up everything surrounding it. Which is, I suppose, normal.

After two hours and twenty minutes sitting in traffic, with at least another forty minutes before I could possibly get there, I gave up on trying to get into the office today. VDOT has spent the last 36 hours clearing the main roads. The neighborhoods suck, but once you get out, the major thoroughfares are clear, dry, and completely open. Maryland and DC? Not so much. Once I got inside the Beltway, everything just stopped. The Fed is open today, so of course, they're all trying to get back to work. I-66 and US 50 once you get to the Roosevelt? Down to ONE lane. 66 and 50 merge going on to the Roosevelt. That's 5 lanes of incoming traffic. Wisconsin Ave? Still not cleared (which means M street is also still not cleared), so US 29 was also at a standstill. Wilson Blvd? Not moving. Getting into or through Rosslyn? Good luck with that. The Metro is still on limited service, and, just for fun, the Red line is shut down due to a derailment at Farragut North. Basically, you can't do anything in DC proper, and it's fucking up everything surrounding it. Which is, I suppose, normal.

Can we get a break? Please? I know you're going for the all time record here, but you know, I'm totally okay if we don't break five feet of snow in a seven week span. Really. I don't live in New England on purpose.

The radar indicated it would be a good time to leave. As I crossed the Capitol Beltway headed west on I-66, the snow started. I love living in the future. Especially since it means I can finish my day from home.

The radar indicated it would be a good time to leave. As I crossed the Capitol Beltway headed west on I-66, the snow started. I love living in the future. Especially since it means I can finish my day from home.

The Snowpocalypse is upon us:



This video is a couple hours old now, and the snow is still coming down ridiculously heavy.

The snow that's not supposed to get here till midnight? Twenty miles south. The latest NWS forecast is calling for 14 - 21 inches by the time it stops early Sunday morning. I just don't believe it's going to take nine hours to move from Potomac Mills to here.

The snow that's not supposed to get here till midnight? Twenty miles south. The latest NWS forecast is calling for 14 - 21 inches by the time it stops early Sunday morning. I just don't believe it's going to take nine hours to move from Potomac Mills to here.

Every time the NWS updates the Winter Storm Warning for our area, they increase the expected amount of snowfall. We've gone from an upper bound of five inches accumulation to an upper bound ten inches in the last twelve hours.

Bread, milk, eggs. Make sure you actually have some, because you KNOW the grocery store shelves will be denuded of them by nightfall.