{"id":883,"date":"2006-02-13T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/02\/storm-wrap-up.html"},"modified":"2006-02-13T00:34:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-13T00:34:00","slug":"storm-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/02\/storm-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/stormcenter.gif\" border=\"1\"><br \/><\/center><br \/><strong>ARLINGTON, Va. &#8212; <\/strong>Well, up to a foot of snow fell in some parts of the region, but at <i>WWN<\/i> headquarters there was about five on the tops of cars and four on the grass &#8212; in other words a cataclysmic Washington snowstorm. Had we gotten what the Ombudsman got up in New York, well let&#8217;s just say the federal government would not open until Wednesday or so. There is probably a downside too.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/pentagoninsnow.jpg\" border=\"1\"><br \/><font class=\"ap\">A snowy military-industrial complex<\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Some official WWN snowfall totals<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pentagon City 5&#8243;<br \/>West Alexandria 6&#8243;<br \/>Vienna 11&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MERCERSBURG, Pa. &#8212; <\/strong>Being brave, Erica and I decided to tempt fate and dared to venture out onto the roads, which were largely okay. We found our way to Whitetail for a little bit of skiing. I had not been there in over ten years. It is a nice resort, the cafeteria for one thing is better than most and a number of other little things reflect the relative newness of the resort. 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