The end of the world! Or not

The Washington DC area received a respectable amount of snow today, with accumulations ranging from 16-30" of snow. While the storm disappointed expectations that it would be the worst storm in DC history (there were some predictions of 40" of snow), the people in DC are still treating it like it was the end of the world. As usual, people made a run on the grocery stores towards the end of the week, clearing the stores of milk, eggs, and produce. I stopped by one of the local Safeway stores on Friday to pick up some supplies to make chili, and was entertained that almost all of the produce was sold out.



The Arlington area received about two feet of snow, and it is probably going to be several days before Arlington County gets to plowing the area. According to the Arlington snow plowing map, the street I live on is on the lowest priority tier for plowing. Based on past experience, that means that it probably won't be plowed at all. So whether I can get out of my neighborhood will depend on how well the neighborhood works together to clear the snow out of the road. It is such a difference from being back home in Michigan, where my street would have been already plowed four or five times by now.