snoverkill

[jazzfish]

It's kinda windy out there.

Sideways snow is impressive. Snow that's falling up is just scary.

There's about an inch of accumulation on the porch right now. The covered porch.

The snowman that someone built a week ago, when the snow was wet enough to stick to itself, is now hip-deep. He also has a pointy hat.

So far today I have had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and attempted to sell my shoes for a good cause (helptheproject; check it out). Later today I shall provide feedback on someone else's story, and attempt to find some semblance of plot in my own. These seem like reasonable tasks for a day when going outside is potentially punishable by death.

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Snow-blind: "I realize there are lots of problems that cannot be solved just by throwing money at them, but snow removal is not one of them." Can be extrapolated to other basic infrastructure requirements. This is exactly why I say that taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilised society.

The evolution of Metrorail, 1976-2010: an absolutely fascinating slideshow, demonstrating (among other things) that Metro service during Snowpocalypse is on par with Metro service circa 1982. I had no idea Van Dorn was such a recent addition. This also explains why my hindbrain is firmly convinced that the correct conclusion to "Blue line train to" is "Addison" and not "Largo." (These matter because in high school it was equally (in)convenient to drive to either Dunn Loring or Van Dorn to go into the District.)

How to report the news.

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[thanate.livejournal.com]

My mother tells me that for years after we moved up here she had to drive in to Ballston to park & get on the metro (usually to go to the zoo or museums with a small kid or two.)

I thought Addison road was one of those alternate endpoints where half the trains stop there anyway, but perhaps I'm delusional? Either way, I'm still entirely thrown for a loop by the fact that green line is now the closest to get to, so I'm not automatically coming from West Falls Church as I have been since it opened. I find that I know small bits of the metro system extremely well, and the rest of it barely at all, which leads to confusion.

Good luck in the plot search! I have baked cookies, but should be doing some of that writing thing myself.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Largo is pretty recent. Within the last 5 or 6 years it was still 'blue line train to addison road'

[zaph.livejournal.com]

Snow-blind: "I realize there are lots of problems that cannot be solved just by throwing money at them, but snow removal is not one of them." Can be extrapolated to other basic infrastructure requirements. This is exactly why I say that taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilised society.

Note to self: do not read the comments on articles like this. no good can ever come of it.

I'm all for higher taxes if we get more out of it. And I would count not having to be stuck at home for most of a week as getting something out of it.

The evolution of Metrorail, 1976-2010: an absolutely fascinating slideshow

I didn't realise the Green Line was such a recent addition entirely. I knew it was finished later, but I always thought I remembered seeing open Green Line stations on the map in the 80s. I guess not.