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The White Menace: 1939
January 14, 1939. "National Capital digs out after storm. Nearly five inches of snow blanketed Washington yesterday, followed by sleet. Icy steps made the going to and from the Capitol difficult until workmen arrived this morning and scraped away the menace." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
As little a 1/4" causes mass dementia
Here in Northwest Washington DC it's known as "White Death From Sky." The natives celebrate its irregular appearance by suspending all vehicular etiquette and buying large quantities of bread and milk.
And the News from today
showed us a view of these same steps during the night of Feb 5/6, 2010, with go carts and snowmobiles driving up the almost invisible steps after they were covered by close to two feet of snow dumped by (so far) the snowstorm of the century.
What a sight, both then, and now!
Appropriate
Having a bit of bother at this moment with the white stuff, eh what Dave?
And now
Washington is digging out from a 20-inch snowfall. Fourth-greatest on the record books. Paralyzing, but not approaching the 29 inches of the 1922 "Knickerbocker storm."
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