Even in sweltering August heat, this year's earlier pesky blizzard won't go away. Over the weekend, Nurses United, a union that represents 1,600 registered nurses at Washington Hospital Center (WHC), voted for a one-day strike. The union is demanding that the nurses who were fired following February's massive winter storms for not making it through [...]

It's a law of nature every bit as ironclad as a Noreaster: People are descending on milk supplies right now throughout the Washington region, thanks to the forecast.

This evening, LL interrupted Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells's dinner of fried okra to get his perspectives on the weekend's massive snow event:

Hey, this isn't a blizzard, if I'm reading my weather-geek info properly. The specifics on different sites vary, but the conditions for the proper use of the term are very similar. A blizzard has:

High winds. The Canadian government says winds of 40km/hr (25mph) or more. Weather.com says 35mph.
Significantly reduced visibility.
Wind chill that brings the temperature [...]