snowpocalypse 2016

[Space Freely]

Due to the historic snowfall, all Fairfax County public schools and offices will be closed Monday and Tuesday, January 25 and 26 (Condition 1)

Are you in Fairfax? I thought you were in Arlington?

I'm in Fairfax County.

[Yada]

is Betao still in transit?

[sweetcell]

MoCo schools are closed today and tomorrow.

i spent the blizzard in NYC with the family.  we had a nice hotel with a decent beer bar that stayed open throughout (had my fill of delirium tremens, lagunitas IPA and two roads honeyspot white ipa - all on draft).  spent all day saturday running around a grade school with my toddlers - with so many toys, there was no way to NOT have a blast.  made it home yesterday on only the second Amtrak to leave NYC, after dozens had been cancelled.  by dumb luck we had tickets for that exact train.  several hundreds trying to get on it.  penn station was a mess.  took me and the missus a little over an hour to dig out the driveway and get the car off the street.  working from home today.  the end.

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Arlington schools just called it...no school until Thursday!

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WTF is up with the USPS?

I got my newspaper delivered to me today by someone who probably makes far less money than my mail carrier. But no mail deivery.

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It also sucks ass that OPM is potentially waiting until 10pm to announce a decision regarding tomorrow. We've got plans for different possible scenarios, but I can imagine some parents needing more time to make child care arrangements if they're required to go to work tomorrow. What do they gain by delaying their decision?

[grateful]

Is metro open? Are schools open? Are roads clear? Are all the Starbucks open?

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Is metro open? Are schools open? Are roads clear? Are all the Starbucks open?

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not relevant

[grateful]

I got one of those "free in january" tumblers.  I think they need to extend that by a week.

[hutch]

complaints complaints complaints

[Justin Tonation]

[DeathFromAbove1979]

East coast dodges anther potential blizzard, light snow possible over the weekend.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/east-face-more-snow-next-blizzard-nyc/54990853

[hutch]

nice to see Arlington schools closed until at least Thursday but arguing they don't have to make up the days... some weird stat called "instructional hours".. they say they will meet that so they are off the hook.. nice to be a teacher and get a FIVE days off and not have to make them up.. in Arlington they got Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday and will get at least Wed...

I love Arlington and its school system has been pretty good to my family but they are a bunch of sorry-asses when it comes to snow.

it was funny watching Tapper on CNN talking to the head of DC Emergency Services or some such .. I paraphrase "why the fuck is NYC operating at 100% with full metro transit, schools and everything while DC is closed.. I didn't see any snow plows either".. DC bureaucrat: "uuugghh.. we're totally different systems.. uggghh...dont' ask me"... Tapper should have said 'Ugh isn't New York's subway system 150 years old and yours like 40??" instead he said "Did you have enough resources in place? Did you have all you needed?" DC Bureaucrat "Ehhhh...ughh" deer in headlights

[hutch]

did you get your frickin dvd??? that is all I want to know cause it is tearing apart my guts.. my innards are spewing all over the keyboard.. I must know.

[sweetcell]

nice to see Arlington schools closed until at least Thursday but arguing they don't have to make up the days... some weird stat called "instructional hours".. they say they will meet that so they are off the hook.. nice to be a teacher and get a FIVE days off and not have to make them up.. in Arlington they got Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday and will get at least Wed...

those fucking public school teachers have it MADE.  man, i would do ANYTHING to land one of those cushy jobs.  talk about a cake-walk!!!