Oh, that '95-'96 winter was epic. We were in NJ then, and I was home a LOT with a very bored four-year-old Jake.

Oh, Word. Why won't you let me add a header and a page number to a new document the way you used to? Argh. Stop changing everything all the time, people! This old dog has a hard time with new tricks.

((amyth))

Connie -have you had the pretzel centered M&Ms?

Also, the wind is already picking up here.

95-96 was a very snowy year in DC. (It was my senior year of high school, so my last winter at home, and turned out to be surprisingly good preparation for going to college in Evanston.)

[eta: And according to Google, this is the snowiest January on record in NYC. 55", besting the previous record high of 28. Yowza!]

[eta2: Previous record for Snowiest Month EVAR was 37" last February.]

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The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch for the Chicago area, warning that a storm swooping in from the South could dump more than 18 inches of snow and pack winds up to 40 mph.

The weather service said the storm, expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon over much of northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana, could be "dangerous, multifaceted and potentially life-threatening."

I've got 14 hour days all week, starting Tuesday. I hope they keep the trains running.

Interrupting the snow talk to say that msbelle is the AWESOMEST, as well as the nicest!

I hope they keep the trains running.

Good luck. CTA trains seem to have a more difficult time in heavy snow than Metra trains do. During the last big storm we had (1999?) I took a CTA train to O'Hare. The train operator had to stop a few times and kick off frozen slush from the parts of the train that contact the third rail.

I remember one ice storm we had in the winter of 88-89, when my sister and I were living in River Forest and were taking the Green Line downtown to our jobs. So many people decided the El was a great option when the ice coated the Eisenhower that the trains were packed to the brim, even though the trains were having a really hard time with the ice on the tracks.

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Airlines brace for monster snow storm

And guess who has a temp job at the airport info desk Wed evening, Friday, Sat & Sunday evenings this week? With only one day of training and that was last Thursday? And it's solo?

You'll never guess!

I also unexpectedly have work today and tomorrow? I guess laundry and cooking will have to wait until tomorrow night. Oh, well, I do need the money.

Once again, DC is in that weird no-man's-land of storms. Points north and west of the city are under a winter storm watch, but the nearer suburbs and the city itself look more likely to get mostly rain.

So I don't know why the Federal government has already announced unscheduled leave/telework for tomorrow.

Oy, quester. Good luck.