“Snowcrete” is the word of the week: If you’re wondering why this snow is extra hard to remove (and boy, do I have the backache to back.. uh… up that assertion), it’s because after the snow fell, ice came on top of it AND THEN we have had record low temperatures that have solidified it into a terrible, plow-breaking mess. Makes you really despise ICE, doesn’t it? Other than that, how are we doing?
Well, Mayor Bowser had a situational update that took me back to COVID times. You can watch the video or read my notes on ThreaderApp (don’t worry– no login needed)
Tl;dr? Schools are open tomorrow on two-hour delay, we had to contract special snow plows for this crazy snow, WMATA is slowly getting back to normal and oh yeah! More snow this weekend, maybe?!
Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen sent out a newsletter right before the situational update. Read it here.
Our wonderful, inspirational and hardworking Delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, has announced her retirement. Fair winds and following seas to an extraordinary lady. You can read it on The Hill and you can read her own statement here.
Looks like we’ll be having West Virginia’s National Guard through the end of the year. They can stay if they shovel. Braxton, WV, News
And some National Guards did, indeed, shovel. NBC Washington on Instagram
If you’re one of the residents who’s been affected by power surges and by Pepco’s seeming inability to communicate directly, you may have been at a meeting at the Northeast Library to address residents’ concerns. Larry at Capitol Hill Corner attended and he has a two-parter on the meeting– part two isn’t up yet. Tl;dr? It was not very satisfactory.
Notes on the recent ANC 6B meeting. Hill Rag
In NoMa, residents were freezing inside their apartments during this horrible storm. WJLA
It took them five years to find Brian Cole, the man who terrorized our neighborhood by planting pipe bombs… but his lawyers say he’s not a danger to the public and should be released? Excuse me?! FOX-5
Take a look at all the ways in which the District stood up to, you know, *gestures maniacally.* The 51St