Posts Under "Weather":
January 28, 2009
Obama, who said his girls' school was closed due to the ice storm, gave the tounge-in-cheek remark as the area grapples with the worst storm of the season. Washington DC, which receives on average 20 inches of ice each year. Chicago, on the other hand, gets almost double, at 38.5 inches annually. Obama is, of course, from Chicago.
Word has it that the Obama girls were quite pleased with the snow day, saying that their school in Chicago never closed for ice or snow. Government employees, on the other hand, were not given a snow day; I'm sure that endeared them to the new boss.
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January 27, 2009
Washington was treated (er, can you say that about a winter storm?) to a blanketing of snow overnight. Since it shows no signs of stopping for now (at least until it turns into rain tonight), it's both beautiful and totally paralyzing for the region. Montgomery County closed their schools, and half my office called in to say they wouldn't be in due to the snow.
Snow does provide some fantastic photo opportunities, though, and until it freezes again and turns to ice, it's reasonable to walk around on. So, for those of you who need a picture of the winter weather for your viewing pleasure, here goes (this is also today's entry in the Project365)...
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December 7, 2008
Last night we got our first snow here in Washington. Though we'd had a few flurries in November, this was the first snow to either accumulate or make the streets wet. Some cars (like mine) that hadn't been moved in a while accumulated a quarter-inch or so, which was a perfect reminder to me that I needed to purchase an ice scraper - a task I performed last night.
Friday night my church went to Build-A-Bear and built stuffed animals to give to Toys 4 Tots. We then went back to the Fullerton home to watch Across the Universe, a musical built around many Beatles songs.
In two short weeks I'll be home for Christmas, and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you while I'm there!
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October 3, 2008
It's clear that fall is here in Washington, with cool days and cold nights, rainstorms that don't feel like we're in Bermuda, and shorter days.
The blogging should pick up too. With only eight posts in September, and 14 in September last year, October is a month for writing and reflecting on the year that is passing all too quickly.
I'm hoping to make a trip this year to photograph the fall foliage since I don't have my traditional Veterans Day holiday this year. But rest assured, if I am successful, photos will follow.
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August 13, 2008
It's August in Washington, which means nothing moves.
Nothing.
The streets are emptier, the Craigslist boards are slimmer, the e-mail...well, the e-mail keeps coming and so does the work.
But the people are gone.
It's odd, because we've had some unseasonably cool days. Days where the day started in the 60's and ended in the 70's. Today's high of 86 is just an example (last year at this time it was in the 90's).
As we approach the almost-halfway point it's notable that my blog has seen much less posting than normal. That is due mostly to my overbearing work schedule. But to you, my faithful readers, I do hope that there is some loyalty from you to my work.
How has everyone spent their summer?
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July 26, 2008
It's been a busy week here in Washington. Lots going on. First, Restaurant Week has been announced, bringing some of DC's finest dining establishments to the locals at about $20 for lunch or $30 for dinner.
Let's see, what else is going on...
Robert Novak, conservative columnist and best known for committing an unidicted Federal crime of disclosing classified information about Valerie Plame struck a homeless pedestrian and tried to commit another felony of hit-and-run...he was stopped by a biker and cited $50 for violating a crosswalk. [WaPo]
Metro had a fun week, with a signaling problem Monday night that literally shut down the entire system for two hours, followed by Red Line problems that stalled traffic entirely on that line for most of Wednesday afternoon. Loads of fun!
Richard Simmons visited the Capitol and apparently did some sort of a dance routine on the steps (not safe if you're eating): DCist.
Congress is thinking about striking DC's gun ban by barring the District from passing such laws. Apparently they missed the Supreme Court decision on the subject. [DCist]
The United States Congress took Union Station to task over threatening and intimidating photographers. Apparently some in Congress think that Constitutional rights matter...who would have thought? [Greater Greater Washington]
And Google Maps now supports walking directions!
Hope everyone else had a great week!
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June 5, 2008
Wow. Just wow.
It's been a crazy week.
Three days of conference. Three days of geeks together, talking about geek things, and drinking bad beer. Not me so much with the drinking, but certainly the talking and geeking out part.
Yesterday we had terrible thunderstorms. So bad it shut parts of the Metro down. Predicted 50% chance of rain today, but since I bought an umbrella it wasn't going to rain.
Invited to speak at ZendCon, a PHP Conference in September in California. Very cool, and quite a resume point (if I can secure the time off).
Today working on the Greenpeace Seafood report. HTML, CSS, PHP, I think some JSP and maybe some ESP or something like that. We release next Friday. Exciting.
Shoutouts to Tony Bibbs, Keith Casey, Mike Ho, Eli White(?) and others who presented phenomenal presentations at DC PHP '08.
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April 20, 2008
It's raining today.
A lot.
They say that April showers bring May flowers. They forgot to mention the lightning and the thunder, though! Continue Reading...
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January 24, 2008
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December 16, 2007
If you've really paid any attention to the news over the last week, reports of a major winter storm affecting the Northeast have been dominant for U.S. news. However, where I am in Washington, we seem to have dodged the bullet of the storm for now.
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December 5, 2007
The snow is falling in Washington! Our first snow (my first snow in DC) is here!
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December 4, 2007
Welcome to Washington I guess...
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October 26, 2007
Finally, it's fall here in Washington, DC!
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July 30, 2007
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July 25, 2007
With the temperatures in the mid-80's for the past few days and looking to extend into the 80's for the next week or so, it is a "breath of fresh air" so-to-speak in comparison to the 96 F - 100 F that California is experiencing...
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