Below The Beltway

Someone up there doesn’t like the Washington, D.C. area very much:
WASHINGTON – If this weekend’s record-breaking blizzard hasn’t left you wishing for summer, you probably will be by the end of the week.
Another storm is on the way. This time around, it could bring 10 to 20 inches of snow.
Although it’s sunny and temperatures are [...]

Just as Washington D.C. is starting to dig out from Saturday’s blizzard, there’s the prospect of more on the way:
In the aftermath of the weekend’s massive snowstorm, the region came to grips with the fact that digging out will take days, even as more potentially paralyzing winter weather appeared headed this way by Tuesday.
Snow might [...]

On the off chance you’ve been, well, on Mars, the D.C. Metro area is getting socked with a storm of historic proportions.
Thanks to a very cool neighbor with a snow blower, our driveway is clear and I’ve been spending the day drinking adult beverages and watching movies.
Back tomorrow.

I’ll just let the National Weather Service tell the story:
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES.
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 30 INCHES POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL MOVE [...]

The weather is the D.C. area is about to get interesting:
A major, high-impact winter storm is very likely to strike the metro region with heavy snow Friday and Saturday. This storm has the potential to be as strong as the “Snowpocalypse” storm of Dec. 19-20 earlier in the season. The one difference is that the [...]

This is embarressing:
February?
So little to recommend it. The Super Bowl comes and goes as quickly as a plate of nachos. Then Valentine’s Day — always a letdown. There are endless gray skies and gray snow drifts that never seem to melt entirely. Now comes the indignity — unwelcome for most of the [...]

Some good news from the District of Columbia:
The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, as the city moves quickly to join five states in allowing gay couples to marry.
After months of debate, the council passed the bill 11 to 2. It still must take a second vote in two weeks [...]

Since nobody in the Washington, D.C. area wants to talk about the latest Redskins’ loss, the big news of the day around here was the deer who got into the lions’ den at the National Zoo:
A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of [...]

It’s been months since anyone in Congress has talked about advancing the bill to give the District of Columbia voting representation in Congress, and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime soon:
D.C. voting rights advocates ran into a major obstacle Tuesday, as the top Senate appropriator said he’d block any proposal to attach [...]