Scan down to read James' thnking as of late Friday night about this weekend's icing potential...
It was Friday, February 14, 2003. I had just started my own company. I flew to Washington, D.C. and met with a set of prospective clients. Winter Storm Warnings were in effect for the Nation’s Capital as I flew into Reagan national Airport. The snow began late that night, and by the next morning, three or four inches were on the ground. It was a beautiful sight for someone who is from the South.
The really heavy stuff was expected to arrive early on Sunday morning. I met all day long with the new clients, planning on just getting out of town the next morning before the expected foot of snow. As I retired that night, I set my clock for 3 a.m. for an early drive back to National, hoping to beat the weather, which was showing up on radar back in West Virginia. I awakened to seven to eight inches of snow on the ground and more falling furiously. I hurriedly left and started driving my rental car. Frankly, I was very worried. Snow was falling so heavily that I could not see building just off I-95. I just tried to stay in the middle of ruts left in the road by the few other cards that were out. It you varied just a few feet, you could easily get stuck in the snowbank left by the plows. I ended up down on US-50, New York Avenue. Being on the surface streets made me feel better.
I pulled into the airport after twenty mile drive that took me two and one half hours to drive. I have never been so glad to turn in a rental car. But the airport was closed and I found myself trapped in the Marriott Courtyard in Crystal City was three days watching local coverage of what would be Washington’s sixth biggest snowfall ever. A total of 16.7 inches fell right outside my hotel window at Reagan Airport. Just up the road, Baltimore picked up an even more amazing 28.2 inches of snow, making it the biggest snow ever there. An astounding 49 inches of snow fell at Keyser Bridge in Garrett County, Maryland.
It was Friday, February 14, 2003. I had just started my own company. I flew to Washington, D.C. and met with a set of prospective clients. Winter Storm Warnings were in effect for the Nation’s Capital as I flew into Reagan national Airport. The snow began late that night, and by the next morning, three or four inches were on the ground. It was a beautiful sight for someone who is from the South.
The really heavy stuff was expected to arrive early on Sunday morning. I met all day long with the new clients, planning on just getting out of town the next morning before the expected foot of snow. As I retired that night, I set my clock for 3 a.m. for an early drive back to National, hoping to beat the weather, which was showing up on radar back in West Virginia. I awakened to seven to eight inches of snow on the ground and more falling furiously. I hurriedly left and started driving my rental car. Frankly, I was very worried. Snow was falling so heavily that I could not see building just off I-95. I just tried to stay in the middle of ruts left in the road by the few other cards that were out. It you varied just a few feet, you could easily get stuck in the snowbank left by the plows. I ended up down on US-50, New York Avenue. Being on the surface streets made me feel better.
I pulled into the airport after twenty mile drive that took me two and one half hours to drive. I have never been so glad to turn in a rental car. But the airport was closed and I found myself trapped in the Marriott Courtyard in Crystal City was three days watching local coverage of what would be Washington’s sixth biggest snowfall ever. A total of 16.7 inches fell right outside my hotel window at Reagan Airport. Just up the road, Baltimore picked up an even more amazing 28.2 inches of snow, making it the biggest snow ever there. An astounding 49 inches of snow fell at Keyser Bridge in Garrett County, Maryland.
on February 17, 2006, 11:12 pm
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