MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010


Snowstorm skirts D.C. area, hits rest of East Coast


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straight on and then spread northeast, causing slick roads and putting a damper on post- Christmas bargain-hunting. In Philadelphia, Eagles fans had only boos for the white stuff, as their Sunday-night game against theMinnesota Vikings was post- poned until Tuesday. After a weekend full of tidings


of a white day-after-Christmas, the storm made a curious end run around the Washington re- gion, as themore severe weather hit areas east and south of the Beltway inMaryland and Virgin- ia. The federal government an- nounced it would be open Mon- day, operating on a normal schedule. By Sunday evening, only a


dusting had fallen in the District and surrounding suburbs, ac- cording to Dan Stillman of The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. A few inches of accumulation were reported fur- ther east in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland. Maryland and Delaware beaches were walloped, with Ocean City reporting 10 inches of snow and counting by evening. Flurries were expected to ta-


per off in the region overnight, but Monday will usher in high winds and colder temperatures, with expected highs near 30, Stillman said. The good news, he said, is that a warming trend is expected as the week wears on, with the possibility of hitting the 50s by the New Year’s weekend. Late Sunday, Amtrak was not


expecting to cancel any trains out of Union Station, but some Sunday service was stopped south of Washington and be- tween Boston and New York, a spokesman said. On one Amtrak train from New York City to the District on Sunday morning, the conductor warned passengers that there had been a last-minute surge in ticket sales. Megabus stopped all service in


New York, Philadelphia and Washington, and BoltBus can- celed its Monday service. Grey- hound canceled several routes in the Carolinas and Virginia and service to New York City. Major airlines canceled flights


in the storm’s path, the Associat- ed Press reported Sunday after- noon. Continental Airlines can- celed 250 departures from New- ark, and United Airlines can- celed dozens of Sunday departures from Newark, Phila- delphia, New York’s LaGuardia and Kennedy, Boston Logan and other airports. AirTran and Southwest Airlines also canceled flights,mostly in or out of Dulles International, Baltimore-Wash- ington International Marshall and Newark. Courtney Mickalonis, a


spokeswoman for theMetropoli- tan Washington Airports Au- thority, said runways at Dulles and Reagan National airports were clear. But she said some airlines had canceled flights and urged passengers to check before they set off for the airport. “It really is on a flight-by-flight


basis,” she said. “At least it’s after the holiday. But still, nobody


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wants to be stuck.” The forecast for the District


and its suburbs fluctuated over the past fewdays, as once again a stormzigzagged up the coastline with Interstate 95 serving as a rough boundary between the return of Snowmageddon and a complete bust. This time, the perennial guessing game kept forecasters, shoppers and chil- dren eager for a day of sledding expecting a big blast, but getting the occasional stray flake. But with memories of Febru-


ary’s crippling snowstorms still fresh,many people took a better- safe-than-sorry attitude. Trucks brimming with road


salt were deployed around the area. District officials asked neighbors to organize shoveling teams to make work lighter. In Alexandria, among the localities where roads were pre-treated in anticipation of snow, officials reminded residents of the snow emergency hotline number on the city’sWeb page. John Lisle, spokesman for the


D.C. Department of Transporta- tion, said that about 200 salt spreaders and plows were out on city streets Sunday. He said road crews are prepared if needed Mondaymorning, but itwill help that schools being closed and other holiday vacations will mean a light commute. “You can’t be caught off guard,


and the only way to deal with that is to have what you need,” Lisle said. “It was unpredictable all along. As late as [Saturday] morning, they were saying it was going to be an inch, then it went to three to six, then as high as five to eight.” At a Giant supermarket in


Upper Marlboro, Kristi DeCaris made sure she was well pre- pared, too. For her, that meant stocking up on snacks for the Redskins game and a cozy night inside. “We’re going tomake it for the


second half,” DeCaris said as she and her cousin wheeled down the aisles, filling their cart with hot dogs, ground beef, chips, dip and fruit. The snow almost kept Monica


Imonide of Greenbelt at home, but she has had her eye on cashmere sweaters, and the Macy’s after-Christmas sale lured her to Bowie Town Center. “I’ve been in worse condi-


tions,” she said. “I’m a nurse. When it rains or snows this high” —and she raised her gloved hand about three feet off the ground. “This is nothing.” The stormbroughtmore anxi-


ety for people who couldn’t hun- ker down. Kulya Nzogu, 40, who visited


friends in the District, stood on a downtown street corner just af- ter noonwaiting to catch a bus to Union Station, where he was scheduled to take Greyhound to New York and then a train to


MARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POST InWashington, the snow Sunday afternoon was limited to flurries, and people were out strolling and biking around theMall.


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The storm hit harder in southeasternMaryland. An Amish buggy braved the weather inMechanicsville, in St.Mary’s County.


Connecticut. Nzogu said he’d been watch-


ing forecasts allmorning but had braced himself for the possibility that his trip would be stalled. “It’s Mother Nature,” he said. “There’s nothing to do about it.”


As snow started to stick in the


parking lot outside the Lowe’s store inWaldorf, Devin King, 38, of Bowie, was inside checking out the feel of two different shovels — one ergonomic and one standard.His broke last year.


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Edwin Burgess, 7, snowboards in Raleigh,N.C. The area around North Carolina’s capital sawas much as eight inches of snow.


“I’mtrying to figure out which


one will save me from the most wear and tear because I’m get- ting up there in age,” he said. “I’m not as young as I used to be.” King said he wasn’t too wor- ried about this storm, but “you


never know for next time. I remember last year they ran out, so I had to hire people. I said, ‘Let me get a good shovel this time.’ ” glodm@washpost.com


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