Snowmageddon Days 3-4: Joe Returns

It was a harrowing trip, but at long last Joe returned from Las Vegas to the winter wonderland that is the Greater Washington DC area. This proved to be a challenge, with several canceled flights thanks to closed airports. At last, Dulles re-opened for limited flights at 3 PM on Sunday and Joe managed to make it in.

Getting from the airport was another challenge. Public transit was not running, cabs were sparse, and lines were long. At last, Joe managed to hop a cab with 3 other passengers bound for Vienna, VA. The ride proved dramatic with an Indian cab driver (not experienced in snow driving) and passengers that lived off a snowy, windy country road (Joe had to help push the cab out of the snow at one point). At 10 PM, he arrived to a family that was very happy to see him. He missed the Super Bowl, but decided to make the sacrifice.

Joe was able to try his hand at some shoveling today and survey the piles of snow thorughout the neighborhood. Theresa decided to strap on the cross country skiis for a morning work out. Washington remains closed Monday and Tuesday. The Commonwealth of Virginia is dispatching snowplows from Richmond to help in Northern Virginia. There is so much snow, they literally need to haul it away as there is no where to push it. All this, and there is another winter storm warning with a possible 10-20 inches of more snow.

Great.