Washington, D.C., and neighboring Montgomery County, Md., may have just lived up to its reputation as "wimpy" weather warriors -- suspending snow plow operations as a blizzard bears down on the region.
Or maybe not.
The National Weather Service on Wednesday used the phrases "extremely dangerous" and "life-threatening blizzard" to describe conditions in Baltimore and Washington, which have both set records this week for the snowiest seasons ever. Wind gusts have reached as high as 60 miles per hour as the blizzard passed through the region.
via foxnews.com
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Local Severe Weather Alert for Trenton, NJ (08610) ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER
STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT
HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A
COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST BEFORE
SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW...AS WELL AS SLEET AND
EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR...SOUTH...AND EAST OF PHILADELPHIA WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHWARD.
THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH AND BRING COLDER
AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO DECREASE
VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS
AFTERNOON...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES MAINLY FROM
ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO
EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
STRONG THIS EVENING SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES INTO EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS STRADDLING THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. NEAR-BLIZZARD
OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RARE FOR OUR AREA...SO IT IS LIKELY THAT
PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE PERIL THAT EXISTS IN VENTURING OUT IN SUCH
STORMS. LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND DRIVING WILL BE
HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS WINTER STORM TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IT
IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT TRAVEL BE CURTAILED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS...AND ONLY DRIVE IF IT IS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. A
BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT
HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A
COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST BEFORE
SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW...AS WELL AS SLEET AND
EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR...SOUTH...AND EAST OF PHILADELPHIA WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHWARD.
THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH AND BRING COLDER
AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO DECREASE
VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS
AFTERNOON...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES MAINLY FROM
ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO
EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
STRONG THIS EVENING SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES INTO EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS STRADDLING THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. NEAR-BLIZZARD
OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RARE FOR OUR AREA...SO IT IS LIKELY THAT
PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE PERIL THAT EXISTS IN VENTURING OUT IN SUCH
STORMS. LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND DRIVING WILL BE
HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS WINTER STORM TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IT
IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT TRAVEL BE CURTAILED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS...AND ONLY DRIVE IF IT IS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. A
BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
[Sent from my iPhone 3GS]
Yes, I was a Boy Scout at one time... Click through to the "Art of Manliness" above to read the entire article...
But now, with ebook sales soaring, and with the iPadlooking to make them soar even higher, publishers are panicking. Thanks in part to deep ebook discounting by Amazon, but also because the same people who can afford hardback books are the same people who can afford e-readers, people are starting to buy ebooks where they once bought hardbacks. The only cash-cow remaining in publishing is disappearing, like CD sales for music, and DVD sales for movies.
via techcrunch.com
