‘Snowpocalypse’ Archive

Snowpocalypse wrap-up

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — At this point, Snowpocalypse has melted into a slushtopia during the day and iceland during the night. Let’s look back at this latest and perhaps greatest winter storm.
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Biggest lesson learned from Snowpocalypse — pictures of rulers are huge for blog and flickr traffic.
The Post had a banner headline for Sunday’s [...]

Snowpocalypse: Final Alexandria snowfall total — 19 inches?!

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The final measurement of Snowpocalypse is a somewhat controversial one. After measuring 20 inches at 9 p.m. on Saturday, this morning’s measurement comes it at 19 inches. Where did that other inch go?!
It appears that other inch is frozen solid on the ground, my tape measure, attached to a flagpole, could not [...]

Snowpocalypse: 20 inches in Alexandria at 9 p.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The final measurement for today — 20 inches after just over 24 hours of non-stop snow. This is the most snow that I have ever seen in Northern Virginia.
I will post a final measurement tomorrow morning.
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Snowpocalypse: 17 inches in Alexandria at 4 p.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The total now stands at 17 inches and it is only slowing down to an inch per hour. This is going to be the most snow I’ve ever seen in Northern Virginia by the time it is over I believe.
Have you been measuring the snowfall? Let me know in the comments.
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Snowpocalypse: 13 inches in Alexandria at 12:30 p.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — After a little bit of sledding with my family — my son’s first time, I measured our current snowfall total — 13 inches! The snow is coming down at a rate of greater than 1 inch an hour too. It has just about doubled since the last measurement with a lot more [...]

Snowpocalypse: 7 7/8 inches in Alexandria at 7:50 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Good morning! I’ve just come in from the first official measurement of Snowpocalypse ‘09 here in the West End. At 7:50 a.m. 7 7/8 inches of beautiful white powder had accumulated in the grass.
I wish I had a yard stick. Looks like I will be switching to measuring tape for the next [...]

Snowpocalypse ‘09 has begun!

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — Harris Teeter bread shelf at about 7:30 p.m. I didn’t get any.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Snowpocalypse ‘09 arrived in the West End at about 8:30 p.m. By 10:00 p.m. about half and inch had accumulated here.
This is going to be a BIG one.
Major to historic snowstorm starts this evening – The Post
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