# Where's the D.C. snow? feb 15 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921 "2017-02-15T17:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![virtually\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@virtually\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtually_yours)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/21 "2017-02-16T16:45:42Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > When you say ‘up there’ are you confusing Washington, DC (which is between Maryland and Virginia) with the state of Washington (which is on the Canadian border)? oops my apologies, with all my “I’m a pilot” bragging I just saw the weather channel and new york is north of washington dc. I was assuming without double checking that it was the other way around and wondering if ny had snow so should Dc. My bad. Should have checked the map and shut my trap. virtually yours Virtually Yours ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/22 "2017-03-13T01:17:45Z")
Evidently it’s all coming in one big pile starting tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/23 "2017-03-13T11:32:20Z")
I knew it was a good idea not to put the plants out on the patio just yet. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/24 "2017-03-13T12:36:47Z")
I blame **Asimovian**! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/25 "2017-03-13T14:03:24Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I blame **Asimovian**! If he could make it snow like this, he’d be a Millionaire with his own chain of ski lodges in NH and VT. He’d have a Huge house with a heated indoor Olympic-sized pool. After his morning laps, he’d climb the ladder out, put a towel around his shoulders, walk to his breakfast table (the one next to the Huge thermal pane bay windows) and he’d shake his head at the skiers whizzing down the slopes. At some point, he’d raise his glass of champagne and say, “Gee, I wonder how the Other half live?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/26 "2017-03-13T14:25:45Z")
Bring it! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/27 "2017-03-14T14:57:21Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Bring it! 🆒 This is it?? I’m more than a little disappointed. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/28 "2017-03-14T15:57:22Z")
This was pretty weak. Car was a block of ice, but ran the engine and heater for about 15 minutes and it all basically came off in a few big sheets. Roads were just wet. Didn’t even see anyone sliding down my street last night (it’s a fairly steep hill). ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/29 "2017-03-14T16:14:06Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > This was pretty weak. Where are you at? Here in Gaithersburg, MD it was a mix. There was ice last night, then some snow on top. The Gov was 3 hours late and I was thinking on going in, but when I was shoveling it was sleeting pretty hard so I decided to stay home. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/30 "2017-03-14T16:19:26Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Where are you at? Here in Gaithersburg, MD it was a mix. There was ice last night, then some snow on top. The Gov was 3 hours late and I was thinking on going in, but when I was shoveling it was sleeting pretty hard so I decided to stay home. Heh. I lived up-country MD when I lived in that area. Fort Ritchie, NE of Hagerstown and just at the Mason-Dixon line. We always got brisk snowfalls whenever DC and Baltimore were getting ice. I wonder if they got a good fall out of this, up on South Mountain? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/31 "2017-03-14T16:32:06Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Where are you at? Here in Gaithersburg, MD it was a mix. There was ice last night, then some snow on top. The Gov was 3 hours late and I was thinking on going in, but when I was shoveling it was sleeting pretty hard so I decided to stay home. This was also my thinking. I’m working from home and go out at intervals to shovel/scrape. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/32 "2017-03-14T16:42:06Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Where are you at? Here in Gaithersburg, MD it was a mix. There was ice last night, then some snow on top. The Gov was 3 hours late and I was thinking on going in, but when I was shoveling it was sleeting pretty hard so I decided to stay home. I’m in Hyattsville. It looked pretty serious at 1100 last night; the street went from just wet to completely white in about 10 minutes. But by midnight it had changed from snow to sleet to sleet/rain. Plows and salt trucks were everywhere, and comprised the majority of the other vehicles on the road. I came into the office. Just a couple other people here. Guess everyone else figured they should take advantage of liberal leave while they have the chance. Whatever. I got to sleep in and I’m off tomorrow anyways, so I don’t mind coming in. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/33 "2017-03-14T18:40:57Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Heh. I lived up-country MD when I lived in that area. Fort Ritchie, NE of Hagerstown and just at the Mason-Dixon line. > > We always got brisk snowfalls whenever DC and Baltimore were getting ice. I wonder if they got a good fall out of this, up on South Mountain? I grew up on the same side of the mountain, between Wolfsville and Myersville. I believe they got it pretty good, though I don’t know how much. Hagerstown I believe got 10 inches or so. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/34 "2017-03-14T21:38:27Z")
We’re inside the Beltway in Silver Spring; it was nasty even with a couple inches of snow this morning. I work for DC Public Schools, and we had a two hour delay. Out of 350 students only 79 attended. I spent my afternoon watching 6 preschoolers peacefully playing with blocks, using their imaginations. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921/35 "2017-03-15T19:33:47Z")
It’s been a warm winter in a lotr of the US. We got no snow here in northwest Arkansas until this past week or so. At least, none that stuck. And, just last week, temps were in the 70s (low-mid 20s Celsius). The weather in the US this year is not typical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-d-c-snow-feb-15/779921.md?page=1)