Buried Mid-Atlantic Faces More Snow

(CBS/AP)  A storm expected to begin Tuesday could dump a foot or more of snow on parts of the Mid-Atlantic that got two feet over the weekend.

National Weather Service forecaster Bruce Sullivan says the next storm is expected to begin late Tuesday afternoon and run through midday Wednesday.

The most significant snowfall is expected across the northern Mid-Atlantic region, including central northern Maryland and northern Delaware and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Sullivan says the storm will also bring wind, which could cause considerable blowing and drifting of the snow and hamper cleanup efforts under way.

The snow is expected to stick around for a while.

Sullivan says they "don't really see any warm weather in sight to melt it."

Meanwhile, scores of workers in the Mid-Atlantic region were given Monday off to shovel out from a blizzard that buried some areas in nearly 3 feet of snow.

Federal agencies that employ 230,000 in Washington will be closed Monday, as will many businesses and school districts across the region.

CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports that Washington's snow removal crews have been working 12 hour shifts since Friday to move the white stuff, but their efforts were no match for the winter blast.

The sight of cross-country skiers cascading down monument steps and flying snowballs has since given way to images of people hunched over snow shovels or huddled next to fireplaces.

John and Nicole Ibrahim and their 2-year-old son, Joshua, have been without power at their suburban Washington home in Silver Spring, Maryland, since overnight Friday. They were among hundreds of thousands without electricity across the region, and utilities warned it could be days before electricity is restored to everyone.

"We were all bundled up in the same bed together and (Joshua) was coughing in his sleep and his heart was racing, and we worried he might be getting pneumonia," Nicole Ibrahim said.

The National Weather Service called the storm "historic" and reported a foot of snow in parts of Ohio and 2 feet or more in Washington, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Parts of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia got closer to 3 feet.

Eric Berry, a plow driver for Baltimore, said he worked 12-hour shifts Saturday and Sunday. He said overanxious residents were sometimes hindering his ability to clear secondary roads by digging out their cars and moving them into the path of his plow.

"They feel like they need to park in the street, so that when it's time to go, they can up and go," Berry said.

In Philadelphia, 28.5 inches of snow fell during the storm, just shy of the record 30.7 inches during a January 1996 blizzard. Snow totals were even higher to the west in Pennsylvania.

Almost 18 inches was recorded at Washington's Reagan National Airport, which had canceled all flights. That's the fourth-highest storm total for the city, and airport officials haven't decided when flights would resume. At nearby Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the record was shattered with 32 inches. Some flights there have resumed.

At Reagan National Airport, 59-year-old Gwen Dawkins was trying to get back to Detroit. She was supposed to leave Saturday but still hadn't Sunday afternoon because of delays and cancellations. And she said there was "no way we're getting out of here tonight."

"You've got a whole city held captive here," she said. "They were very ill-prepared."

Authorities say most public transportation in Philadelphia has resumed. In Pittsburgh, bus service restarted but light-rail wasn't running. Washington's Metro trains were to be limited Monday to underground rails, and its buses were going to operate on a very limited basis.

In Mount Lebanon, a suburb south of Pittsburgh, Robb and Meredith Hartlage were again trying to clear the sidewalk in front of their house.

"We did a couple hours yesterday. I would say about four hours mixed with sledding," said Robb Hartlage, 40, who said he's not too old to play in the snow. He acknowledged, however, that the shoveling was hard work.

"I made some 'old man' noises when I got out of bed," he said.

[noloyalisti]

How could it possibly snow in the winter? How can there be global warming when it is cold in Siberia (although it is boiling hot in Australia)? At the same time?

This science stuff sure is confusing!

[WeGotCactus]

All we need to do is get all the global warming Libs to dig these folks out, and add it to Obama's "green jobs"....yeah thats it !

[HolyVoice]

Global warming suggests that there will be longer periods of hot weather, and shorter but more intense periods of cold weather. That the green house effect will change weather patterns based on increased melting of fresh water thereby diluting the salt content in the oceans, and changing the saline pump mechanism of ocean currents and trade winds.

You will be happy to know that this winter blast will be short lived, but the accompanying floods that will start in the next month will be a bit more of a situation.

[CBSisCommunist5]

Those Republicans mess everything up. We almost got the GLOBAL WARMING movement going and those pesky Republicans created snowstorms to ruin the progress of Global Warming legislation.

Bad Bush/Cheney Bad

[gwjackie]

How much of this Global warming are we going to get this week.

[lloydbest1]

by wyodutch February 8, 2010 7:29 PM EST

"...Or, you can do what 99.9% of the lazy, shiftless American public does..."

Oh, don't be so depressing. Do you really think we are all that helpless?
I agree with your point about preparedness, though. Speaking only for myself....We have a stash of non perishable food kept in a secure, cool, dry and accessable place. There's enough there to last the two of us a week - two if we're careful. We even rotate stuff in and out periodically. I've also got six-eight gallons of water kicking around. We won't be able to bathe but we are not going to die of thirst if municipal water fails either.
We have a fireplace so we can heat with wood (or furniture if things get dire enough). There are gobs of blankets and winter clothing at our place so if the poop and the fan have a romantic encounter, we won't freeze.
I have a tank of propane and a gas burner so we can cook with some of that water we've stored. The tank, by the way, is one of those two gallon things not a Coleman canister - and it's full.
Candles, Flashlights, Batteries, oil lanterns and some oil to go with...Sometimes I have to sweep that stuff out of the way to get from one room to another. Got a few LED flashlites, too.
Leftover from my days as a (not very good) athlete, I have acquired a first aid kit that would do an EMT specalist proud. OK, I don't have the defibrilator but I do have a lot of stuff that's come in real handy in the past and might again.

I could go on but my main point is we really are more resourceful and proactive than the impression I get from these boards. I can't believe my spouse and I are among the chosen few. There are a lot of us who have a "disaster kit". We Americans aren't whiners, I don't think; not usually anyway, and we certainly aren't as stupid as all that.
Having said the above, however, a reminder now and then that we are the primary owners of our outcomes doesn't hurt.

[HolyVoice]

You needn't concern your self too much on this topic. According to Revelations, 144,000 will be the chosen few. With a world population of over 6 billion, not too many are going to get to be proactive.

Over 99.999976% of the world's population will be left out.

Praise the Lord God Almighty.

[ilyaquiss]

By the amount of stupids sh..t being posted here, very soon we will finally get somebody posting that the earth is flat followed by burning more scientists at the stake for not agreeing with the republican and also followed by the usual book burning. Never mind that these scumbags were wrong about iraq and that their mistake cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars along with the thriving economy that Clinton left us.

[wyodutch]

You can either look after your family by having a bit of extra food.. an oil lamp or two on hand... Or, you can do what 99.9% of the lazy, shiftless American public does... Whine and cry that "The Gubmint" isn't looking after your family for you.
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Which one are you... a man who takes care of his family... or a Wall Street pansie who wants someone else to do it?

[wjksea]

I hope you don't have a car and use the public roadways...that would just be socialism.

[chaseangus]

Will someone explain to me why the governors of MD and VA have not declared states of emergency and asked the Feds to send in the National Guards to get this sorted. The store shelves are bare. People are without power. Seems like CA, FL, TX, New Orleans get help all the time even though the people in those areas choose to live where natural disasters happen regularly. DC Metro does not usually get this kind of snow. The region is not equipped to deal with it. And, it's my understanding, everyday the Fed govt isn't open it costs the taxpayer 100 million dollars. It would sure save some money if they'd get in here are sort this out sooner rather than later.

[wyodutch]

Cause it ain't the responsibility of the taxpayers to make sure you have a can of beans in your cupboard.
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Good LOord man.. have you never heard of personal responsibility?

[newsterl]

They were among hundreds of thousands without electricity across the region, and utilities warned it could be days before electricity is restored to everyone."

Yeah, because we are STILL running our electrical grids on telegraph poles with wires strung up over them on glass insulators like they did in the 1870's.

"And, it's my understanding, everyday the Fed govt isn't open it costs the taxpayer 100 million dollars."

Nope, cause they get their money ANYWAY, it doesnt cost extra for the mo fo's to sit at home instead of at the office.
Only difference is they are getting paid to play at home instead of the office, and the paperpushing will still get done, just a few days later.

[stoptheidiots]

To all the repugs out there who ignore scientific proof that the global climate is changing; at the same time that the Mid-Atlantic states received record snow, Vancouver, Canada recorded temps in the 50's with rain. Olympic official directed snow from other areas to be deposited at the games site, warm in the North cold in the South.

But certain media will never present facts that is counter to their deceptive agenda, issue after issue - regardless of the truth!

Also, if a few smokers can affect the air quality in and beyond designated smoking areas, why don't you think the daily activities of 6.3 billion pepole will not affect the earth's eco-system?

[ajvw]

right after you give up your car you might consider giving up period. guess this global warming thing didn't work out so well for you did it?

[ffoulkes-2009]

Even if it is somehow proven that man is creating 'Global Warming', nothing we can do will so much as slow it down at this point. I am all for cleaner air, but quit using the false specter of man made 'Global Warming' to beat everyone into submission by creating new taxes and making it to where no one can afford to live anymore.

Global Climate Change has happened since the planet cooled the first time. There have forever been cycles of approximately 10,000 years where the planet would go between Ice ages and drought. Rather than try to stop the un-stoppable, I would suggest trying to find ways to adapt to what the planet WILL become.

[ibzjem]

Is America really this stupid?

[ilyaquiss]

they are more stupid than you give ever dreamed. I think it is a product of religion mixed with sexual oppression and you know that where there is religion absolute ignorance follows. The US thrives on ignorance and stupidity.

[ilyaquiss]

they are more stupid than you ever dreamed. I think it is a product of religion mixed with sexual oppression and you know that where there is religion absolute ignorance follows. The US thrives on ignorance and stupidity.