2204 14th Street, NW
This is the bike rental store, Bicycle Stations at 2204 14th St., NW just north of W. Why they were open, I’ll never know…
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snowsanity
Lots of folks are having cabin fever set in. They’ve watched all the movies they can, drank all their booze and naturally it will lead creative people like this to make a video. Ed. Note: I don’t know these people and perhaps it is because of my own cabin fever but the longer this video lasted the harder I found myself laughing…
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Thanks to a reader for sending in this great find from Craigslist:
“$140 a month, including utilities.
10-minute walk from Union Station and Capitol South metros.
Amenities: Wireless internet, doorman with fez, premade snowballs.
Available for move-in immediately.”
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Photo from mediaslave
More photos after the jump. (more…)
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“Dear PoP,
Due to the recent heavy snow and ice, my gutter took a beating and will need to be replaced along with the part of the roof (overhang) to which the gutter is attached. I also need to have my porch roof replaced and elevated, so I was hoping I could find one contractor that is able to perform all of these repairs at a reasonable price.”
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Photo by PoPville flickr user CarrieA
“Dear PoP,
Though the snow emergency route parking scofflaw did generate some amusement, you might want to post this link so people can actually find out what roads not to park on. Snow Emergency is supposed to start again today at 4p.m”
Snow emergency routes can be seen here.
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Photo from PoPville flickr user hellomarkers!
Are you out of booze? Food? Better stock up soon. But in the meantime feel free to vent and/or rave. And if you can help some readers out with a few questions they have:
“Dear PoP,
I was wondering if you knew of any underground parking lots that allow overnight parking during the snowstorm(s). Or anywhere along the green line. Side streets aren’t plowed up by my house and there is no available parking on the main roads- even so it would take a lot of shoveling. Any help would be great!”
I believe you can use DC USA’s lot in Columbia Heights. Did anyone have luck with them last storm?
“Dear PoP,
I was wondering if you know anything about mail delivery during the snowstorms. I checked the USPS website and DC was not listed as a place that is not receiving mail due to weather, but we haven’t gotten mail since Friday. Do you know if others are receiving mail or when regular mail delivery will resume?”
Great question. And when do you think newspaper delivery will start back up?
Since lots of people are still at home your videos won’t be blocked by the man. So I’m gonna share a couple that were sent to me. This is a great one with lots of fun footage from Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. I’ll be posting another one called ‘Cabin Fever’ later this afternoon.
Washington, DC Snow Storm from Es Video! on Vimeo.
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Photo by PoPville flickr user rosiedawn
“Dear PoP,
With all the snow we have had, and more on the way, you may want to do an article about the dangers of snow / ice falling onto your head from above. We live in a Victorian-style rowhouse on capital hill with no awning, and most of the houses around us are similar. During this storm, as well as the last bad one, I was struck on the head by falling snow / ice that was jarred loose by the opening and closing of my front door. The sloping roof seems to lend itself to the accumulation of overhanging ice and snow with sharp icicles. This afternoon, we heard a huge crash as the ice and snow from next door that was hanging right above the entrance door fell crashing down onto the porch. It was about 60 – 80 pounds of snow and ice hanging 8-10 inches over the roofline, complete with razor-sharp icicles. A little melt from the sun and it let go catastrophically. Long time residents are aware of the danger, but newbies may not be. The solution? Open the tops of your upstairs windows while standing on the sill, and reach up with a broom to knock the dangerous overhanging snow and ice off the roofline. Please post this warning, as, if someone had been standing on the porch next door when the avalanche occurred, they could have been seriously hurt or even killed!”
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A reader asked about this in one of yesterday’s comments but I thought it was worth a separate post. At one point should we start to freak out about our roofs? If we get another 20″ are we in trouble? If the roof is slightly pitched will it be ok? Anyone know roughly how many inches of snow our roofs can support? I feel like I hear 18″ somewhere. It is not possible for many of us to shovel our roofs, if that is the case do we just drink and hope for the best?
I guess lots of folks are thinking about this because I just received the following email:
“I live in one of those two-story mini-houses discussed here with some frequency. It’s 13-feet wide, 30-some feet deep and two stories tall without a basement.
My question is this: Should I shovel my roof? My adjoining neighbor just did so to explore a leak that developed on Sunday and he must have pushed tons of snow off the edge. I wonder if all that weight could breach the roof or cause it to fail? Now there’s more snow coming — more than this house has seen in years — and although my roof has never given me any trouble, it is more than a decade old. If anybody is wondering, my roof has a slight pitch back from the street, probably less than 10%.”