"In weather like this it's impossible to show love to nature, and I know the argument that says it's lack of love for nature that's got us into this mess. Without going so far as climate change denial, I don't hold with quid pro quo explanations of natural events. This blizzard is an act of motiveless malignancy and there's an end of it."
I'm a big fan of Howard Jacobson's, so it's not surprising that I enjoyed his column about the blizzard in Washington. You might too! In other weather-related postable material, this time-lapse video of The Great Snow-Ploughing Of '10, as seen from Brooklyn, is very cool.
Monday, February 15, 2010
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Looks Like Jack Frost was rather kind to BK, he put his foot in our ass down here in D.C. and is still wiggling his toes up in there.
Seriously. Can we talk about how they're filling up dump trucks with snow and driving them out of the city? I find this beyond ridiculous.
Nothing we can do It's a historical first that no one could really predict... Imagine the Potomac when this really gets melting, I was watching a tiny river flow down my street yesterday.
Then you'll get district closings due to massive flooding, and school won't get out 'til after 4th of July. Whee!
Meh. All that'll get flooded is Foggy Bottom and the southern bits of G-town. Maybe parts of the Mall. The most useless parts of the city, in other words.
This is true, losing gtown also means we'll lose one of the least attractive (resident wise) parts of the city too!
The proper term is "wriggling in the excrement."