5 Lessons from the DC/Baltimore Snowpocalypse

Not sure if you heard about the snow in the Baltimore/DC area but we got a slammed with over 40 inches of snow on two different occasions over the course of a week. Schools were closed for the entire week, mail service was spotty, and the area came to a grinding halt for about a week. Grocery store shelves were bare even before the initial snowfall and stayed that way for about a week!

For those keeping score at home, we had about 30″ of snow come down February 5th-6th and then another heavy dose (8-10″) mid-week last week. It was hard for us to measure the exact amount of the mid-week snow because the wind was absolutely ferocious.

However, we escaped unscathed and we learned a little bit in the process.

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