I remember that.... but I had my weather radio handy that night next to me. I had no idea about weather boards or internet yet... i was in 8th grade... i remember hearing all the forecasts about how we were going to get only a dusting in DC if we were lucky and I think it was Bob Ryan on NBC at the time at like 6pm was like its going to be close, but not this time for us... i went to bed with my weather radio next to me listening to it over and over hoping something would change... then the tell tale "beeeeeeep" noise that came on when a warning was issued... i believe the first warning issued by LWX was for 3-6/4-8 inches... i remember running downstairs to tell my dad and he was like uh huh sure... sure enough, 11pm news came on and there was the huge changes in how much snow was forecasted for us and the rest is history lol
I was in West Springfield in Fairfax County where I still live at the time