Mother Nature dumped a whole lot of snow on much of the DMV this week, much to everyone's surprise.
Forget the handful of inches that were being estimated on Sunday; towns and counties were reporting up to and over a foot of snow by the time it was all over. The event was quickly dubbed "Snomicron" and Twitter went wild.
It started off with pretty snowfall total shots, with everyone pulling out their rulers and tape measures.
Finally tally, a little over 7 inches in Petworth! #Snomicron @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/x3NAdOUV5T
— Jessica Ennis (@ennisjess) January 3, 2022
Videos of white-out conditions followed, then things quickly went downhill once traffic started being affected.
#Snomicron #DMV pic.twitter.com/VEuieQTl6o
— 🖌Karen K Rutledge 📚📸 (@KarenABQNM) January 3, 2022
My commute yesterday morning as people were getting stuck. It took three hours to go 17 miles from Stafford, VA to Fredericksburg, VA #Snomicron #Snowmicron pic.twitter.com/qey9ur4rfE
— Nigh (not quite) Functioning Geek (@2_Funny) January 4, 2022
Sunny and 60° out yesterday, to 26° and ~8” of snow today. #Snomicron pic.twitter.com/PFyBUkvmbn
— H (@hthrjns) January 4, 2022
In the city, a giant snowball fight broke out, all in good fun.
#Snomicron @dcsnowball Thanks for the fun! pic.twitter.com/CbRtbwCdIU
— K Irving (@KSIrving) January 3, 2022
The big story of the day ended up being the debacle on I-95. It even made national headlines as drivers were stranded for hours on end.
Good morning i-95 its been 13 hours since my tires has been moved!!! No food no water no fuel pic.twitter.com/jyn7IK95AO
— Abdulkarim Alghazali (@AbdulkarimAlgh8) January 4, 2022
6:07am and finally, a tweet from @VaDOTFRED. Good morning & welcome back to the nightmare. We’ve not moved since your last tweet at midnight.
— Susan Phalen (@SAPOTUS) January 4, 2022
No SB headlights on I-95 now. Either all the SB cars were let through & choke point moved, or they all ran out of gas. pic.twitter.com/WPjGsKZp5h
How did you spend Snomicron? Were you toasty at home, or were you stuck in the snow day traffic? Let us know in the comments!
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