I lived in Boston for 9 years, and there were many cold and snowy winters. I do remember one year that it snowed a lot and the weatherman measured the season's inches of snow against the height of a Boston Celics player. Sure, we got blizzards in Boston. Sure, we got 2 feet of snow while I was there. Yet, nothing compares to Snowpocalypse 2010 in the Washington, DC area.
On Saturday February 6th, we got about 26 inches of snow. On Tuesday February 9th, we got about another 15 inches of snow. It is the most snow that the DC area has gotten in over 100 years. That is over 40 inches of snow. Since the weather stayed cold in between the 2 storms, none of it melted. The weather was so bad, that the federal government was closed for 4 days straight from February 8th - February 11th. Due to the storm and the metro not being able to get rid of the snow fast enough, our metro station was closed and Keith had to work from home when they finally opened work back up on Friday February 12th. The first storm actually started Friday morning February 5th, and he worked from home that day too. Today, Monday February 15th is President's Day. So, Keith pretty much got a week and a half off from work. I am sure that won't happen again without taking vacation days. What an experience!
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