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Storm of the Century

December 20, 2009 by host

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It’s been called Snowpocalypse — the storm of the century on the east coast. Eighteen inches were dumped on DC in a 24-hr period.  In Wisconsin, we used to call this a dusting.

On Saturday, every single car I passed was either stuck in the snow or in the process of getting stuck in the snow.  I can’t figure out why people who live south of the Mason-Dixon line attempt to drive in a foot and a half of snow.

Why not stay home drinking hot chocolate and enjoying the view from your window, or putting on some heavy duty boots and hoofing it to the store if you absolutely must go out?

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Extreme weather seems to bring out the best in people, though, and despite all the delays and cars stuck every which way, everyone was doing their best to help out people stranded in snow piles.

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Unfortunately, traffic police still handed out tickets to cars parked or stranded illegally.  The cop below actually cleaned the guy’s windshield off so he could place a ticket on it.

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Just seems wrong…

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