I would like to send a shout out to the winner of the 2010 Neighborliest Neighbor award: the man who spent the last two hours shoveling snow out of a snowbank and into my recently-plowed street. He says he was clearing a parking spot.
Note that the spot he just cleared is in front of a [...]
There is no time for pleasantries this morning. There is time only for panic.
If you haven't begun to panic, it is too late. True panic must begin early. Otherwise, it is not true panic. And it doesn't help.
Anyway, listen up, City Desk!
The good folks over at the National Weather Service are also panicked: They have [...]
Hey, you know what would happen if they got an inch of snow in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.? Nothing! You know what would suck worse? Living in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.*!
Every time it snows here I get ready–make sure I have ice melt, find the snow shovels in the basement, check air pressure in car [...]
Let's have a little winter magic, even if it lasts only a few minutes.
Hey Mr. Expensive Bike Guy,
I couldn't help noticing this morning that you weren't whizzing past me on my way to work–the Four Mile Run trail, the Mount Vernon trail, and the Rock Creek trail were absolutely free of guys on $3,000 carbon-fiber Cervelos and Colnagos who don't signal with bells because those add 25 grams. [...]
I'm not with the Capital Weather Gang or nothin', but it looks like you may not want to plan a picnic for Saturday:
Today has been declared "Code Orange," weather-wise. I'm still not clear why it's not called something more creative, like "Miserable Maroon Monday," "Red Hot Heat," or even just "Code Red," (what is orange supposed to imply? acid?), but that's another thing entirely.
MSNBC.com's local news page reported:
The National Weather Service forecasts the temperature in the Washington [...]
Question: when it’s 90 degrees outside does it really need to be below freezing in your office? What’s the logic behind Arctic indoor temperatures in the middle of July?
I blame men’s workplace fashion. If offices would stop forcing men to wear jackets and ties maybe they wouldn’t need the air conditioning up so high. Call [...]
Capital Weather Gang's got a fascinating explainer about the tornado that hit Suffolk, Va., yesterday. And if you've always wondered why tornadoes always seem to hit mobile homes hardest, here's a page about tornado myths.
Some vernal obsessive, no doubt a poignancy fan, has demonstrated his/her enthusiasm for the change of seasons by putting leaves on traffic signs. I saw these ones down by Thompson Boat Center. Any other sightings?
I spend about two hours each day outside, commuting to and from work via bicycle, and on days like this I can't help but reconsider my raingear strategy. Currently that strategy is hoping it doesn't rain. I have rain pants, but they don't seem to really work (maybe they're worn out?). So lately I've been [...]
With Ruth Samuelson taking her first vacation in nearly three decades, Erik Wemple must be a little lonely. Good thing he found his comfort zone: Yelling about the weather, of course!
Got a story you'd like to see discussed on the next Fuego/Frío? Wondering how much money we're spending on glue stick? Let us know in [...]
The 10-day outlook for D.C. on weather.com turns up a classic late-winter outlook for this region: Some rain and temperatures in the high 40s, 50s, and 60s. The relative balminess is expected to last through the tail end of that 10-day forecast cycle.
Which means that D.C. may well come out of the '07-'08 winter [...]
OK, so just making the rounds this morning in search of D.C.-related news and tidbits. Checked the weather on weather.com. It tells me the temperature in the District is 29, but it "feels like" 21.
Yeah, right. It feels more like 40 out there, especially on the sunny side of the street.
One thing you [...]
