SomeguyfromTakomaPark

The biggest issue DCPS was/is having with this is not knowing when this is going to end. At first they seemed to really believe the closure was only going to last 2 weeks and they haphazardly allowed teachers to do whatever in terms of schedule and didn't standardize anything in terms of learning platforms, amount of assignments, etc. Teachers zoom sessions were conflicting and students were overwhelmed with the amount of work since no one was coordinating due dates or workloads or anything. DCPS also declared that anything that happened post-closure couldn't reduce a students grade, so any work during the quarantine is counted like extra credit. I think now they are coming to terms with the fact that our year is likely over and we're adopting a district wide schedule which makes sense. I'm not sure how the 4th quarter will look in terms of grading. I don't think this experience will be anywhere near as good as actually physically going to school (obviously) but its the best we can do.

I agree with this. Just keep everything moving.

I saw a study, maybe I can find it later, that Even if you stopped 99 out of 100 flights for every impacted area, which is effectively impossibleC you only delay the pandemic by a few weeks.

The time between infection and death i was reading is generally around 1 month so hopefully once we get a month out from the SD we’ll see a drop in the death count. I know NYC had some SD implemented in mid March but didn’t do a stay at home order until March 22 so maybe this week is the worst and then we’ll see improvements.

My guess is May is mostly toast.

Is +21 deaths the biggest one day increase?

Most of the states with bad outbreaks recorded their worst, or close to worst day yet: GA, MA, CT, LA, NY, NJ, IL, MI, PA, CA

Absolutely, he’s been very visible and was quick to pull the trigger on closing the schools which is one of the most important factors.

Have been following this closely and the outbreak in Maryland looks very bad to me. Cases in 81 nursing homes is a big problem. Secondly, Maryland is reporting currently 26% of cases are hospitalized, which should be around 10% based on other states/countries. This suggests there are at least 2.6 times the number of reported cases. Thirdly, our whole region was really slow on the testing.

Light sleet/graupel in DC at 48 degrees.

Actually looks like a decent event for them.

Our long range thread has just become that one guy who posts snowmaps that show no snow over and over.

I'll be up in the Montpelier area Friday-Monday visiting a friend. It seems like there will definitely be snow on the ground as it seems a few shortwaves will be moving through. Looking at the 10:1 clown maps I see a huge difference vs. the Kuchera maps. Just wondering if those kuchera maps ever pan out up there. I'm really hope to do some cross country skiing and sledding with my kids.

Pretty nice event on the GFS, by the time we lose 850s the precip is mostly gone. Looks like thump to dry slot.

Yeah you can definitely see it already, everything shunted south a bit.

Yeah but next weekend hasn’t really ever looked very promising for us. It seems like our real window starts after that.

This for me is my 3rd favorite storm since moving to this area in 2009. 1. Feb 5-6, 2010 2. Jan 20-21, 2016 3. This The reason I put this ahead of Feb 9-10 is because this one was a big reverse bust and broke a big streak of no good storms. Even halfway through the storm we weren’t sure if it was over. Last night around 7:45 walking the dog was one of my favorite jebwalks ever. **disclaimer, I was out of town for Dec 2009

11.5 inches at like 9:30pm last night, apparently it kept snowing til like 1 am so I’m calling a foot in Takoma Park.

Before I forget I wanna note that the ICON did pretty well with this storm. Nailed the 2nd part.

Measuring snow depths between 11-12 inches on an undisturbed picnic table. Still snowing lightly.

Would be cool if those 2 bands could link up before pulling off...

One of my favorite storms ever, wasn’t it just like Wednesday we were talking about how 2-4 would be a win?

Wow at this SN+, the southern edge of these bands overpeforms the northern parts. I think I undermeasured earlier, did a more broad survey of undisturbed areas and am finding 11 inches in Takoma Park.

Wow at this SN+, the southern edge of these bands overpeforms the northern parts.

Maybe but..