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8.1 IMBY just now. Had to do a triple take, don't remember seeing it that low here in quite awhile.

TY for noticing that -- agree 100%. Seems like we often get gorgeous sunsets the day (or so) after a winter storm in this area. And I love that.

Apparently the latter Superman movies are bad as the latter 1990s Batman movies...as soon as Tim Burton relinquished directorial reins after the first two Batman movies, it was a very fast and ugly ride downhill thereafter. Yep, I've only ever seen the first two 80s Superman movies...and this clip cements my resolve never to see the 3rd/4th movies. This is beyond cringe.

You should be sitting there in anger...I'm sure you can do your job working remotely from home, no prob, like most of us here. On a related note, that Windows profile pic is pretty tame compared to some of your other shared content online, so I wouldn't worry too much about it...

I still love snow. I just can't imagine, as a man of a certain age now who has diminished shoveling capability, having to deal with THAT kind of snow. Dear Lord...

God bless him...and anyone else...who has to endure the 270 commute. I can barely handle that road on weekends, returning to the DMV from occasional trips to points north, let alone on a regular weekeday. It just gets worse and worse...

THIS. ALL of the snow is still sticking to the trees, wires, etc. and this is the part that I enjoy the most...and which tends to melt or fall off the day after a snowstorm. Not so much today, and it's just wonderful. So, I should ask in banter, but....how does a four-month old horse respond to its first snow? I'll bet that would be kinda fun to watch... Oh, and currently, up to 31 here. Bit of melting on pavements, but all other surfaces seem to be holding the snow.

We are required to be "in the office" two days per pay period now, essentially one day per week (what most do). The days I go into work, I am almost always the only person in my building, or perhaps one of out 2-3 others in the building...which, pre-COVID, used to house 40-50 staffers and three classrooms of up to 30 students. It's utterly ridiculous. Mine is a gov't training organization, and we made Herculean strides to convert probably 90-95% of the training to online over the past three years. In-person training is no longer a necessity, at least not for most courses/topics. Our HR folks conducted surveys over the past two years, with the wide majority of employees (probably over 70%) preferring to stick to fully remote work. Our org president's decided otherwise, and his justification when we started this current routine about a year ago was that it promotes "teamwork and camaraderie." I can assure you neither of those things are happening with only one or two others in my building on the days I report to campus (folks with whom I do not even work on my team)...and I hear confirmation of the same from others who report on the other days of the week. Again...utterly ridiculous.

Currently 29, with generally 4" around the house. Definitely looks compacted in some areas, and front pavements and driveway are just wet in spots...given how good we were ripping around 1-2 a.m. before I crashed, looks like we also got also got a slug of that sleet or ZR here.

Nothing better than deck pics during a snow event... Holding at 29 with -S

MAN, I wish I were a (closer) neighbor of yours....the smells must be amazing wafting out of your backyard. Currently 29, and back to light snow. Perfect winter day for NoVA.

Unpopular opinion, and I beg to differ on your assessment of a "good" decision on the part of FCPS (which rarely makes any "good" decisions, unless it's an issue that makes the school board look good from a "feel good" standpoint). Those of us who have been "adulting" for awhile, and specifically, working in federal government have had to telework on "snow days" for well over a decade (or more) now...and snow days during the COVID emergency were absolutely no exception. I see zero reason why FCPS students nor students from any school district shouldn't do virtual learning on snow days...and were my two sons still in the FCPS system (which they were able to escape in the early 2010s, thank God) I would have no problem holding their feet to the fire to virtually learn on a snow day. Yes, I know that FCPS and all school districts "builds days" into the calendar, but on this side of the COVID lockdowns/pandemic, why? Virtual learning may not always be ideal or optimal, but it can be done much easier on a single day basis (in the case of a snow day). The federal government has proven this for four years now, and the school districts for the most part have somewhat proven this in that same timeframe. So, yeah -- I feel FCPS made a bone-headed decision in this case. But they nearly always have in the couple decades I had to deal with that school district as a parent and as a PTA/PTSA president at two schools, and frankly, I'm not surprised.

So, I sort of captured that nice "hazy" look of snow in the streetlights at 3:20-ish this morning when the first light round came through, which Bob alludes to in his quote here...love to watch snow falling at any time, but especially at night.

Yes, @Scraff...but what beers do you have your fridge stuffed with, in order to cope with the NAM jackpot?? Inquring minds want to know...

Fell asleep on couch last night, woke up at 3:20am...light snow! And it was beautiful. For most of the daylight hours thus far...light snow! I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw snow falling within a 24 hr period. Currently 29, the early AM snow is holding on, and snow intensity picking up over pst 30 min. Tentative congrats to those of you in the northern half of the District progged to get ~3" -- God knows y'all deserve it after years of screw jobs.

Please. Us Dolphins say..."HOLD MY BEER."

WaPo gets a LOT wrong.

As one who's suffered in the SE FfxCo lowlands with mere "fattie" snow flurries for about 15 min earlier this afternoon...I'll take a shit run of 2" over the next 48 hours. Although the warnings issued forth from LWX are definitely encouraging for tonight and the next day or two, as well as the end of the week.

Dude. This looks like heaven on earth to me...so gorgeous!

Guy Fleegman. CLASSIC. As a lifelong Trekkie...I sometimes recommend Galaxy Quest as a meta-fictional entre into the quasi-ridiculousness that is the ST universe...

Wow, @H2O, @GATECH, @mattie g, @WeatherShak -- SEFfxCo and Burke is suddenly "snowtown" this week. Suck it up and enjoy, gentlemen...

I hear you, friend -- I have a similar concern in reverse in spring/summer, when we have kickass thunderstorms here, that then cross the river, pick up even more steam, and tend to put down tornadoes in your neck of the woods... :/ Amen! Hoping that greater chances for snow this week inspire you to post some new snowy pics!

Yeah, that was an impressive drop since ~11:45am-ish. And smoking meats on a winter day = HEAVEN. I know it has, I'm just poking fun...and yeah, it IS nice to see big, fat flurries here and most places this afternoon!