From a sports perspective and in my own view, the postponement of the Masters was the biggest call so far. If theres any place that can provide isolation for its players, its Augusta National. If they're taking this seriously, you take notice.
Seeing lots of ski talk....you need to look into heli-skiing the Chugach. Some of the best spots in the world and even low elevation spots like Thompson and Turnagain Passes avg insane amounts. Some of the interior terrain at higher elevations avg > 1k. Was just up that way earlier this month and stopped by Alyeska. Snow was deep.
Folks need to pick up other hobbies and stop tracking this dreadful winter. It's a beautiful day out there for a cycle, round of golf, till the garden or take the kids to the playground. Tulips and daffodils are already emerging. Lol.
You reply with something generic thanking them for their response. Especially if it was within the requested RSVP timeline. We parents all know time gets away from us and we forget things like RSVPs, if not more important things.
I guess it should come as no surprise that when DCA ends January with BN snowfall for the season, chances of reaching normal snowfall are slim. In the last 30 years, it's only happened once....2014-2015 where AN snowfall in both February and March saved us.
Folks forget how sucky our snow climo is. Especially in the cities. DC has eclipsed 20" 20x in the last 70 years with only 5 of those instances coming in the last 30 years. We live and die by the big coastal storms.