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Snow actually didn't use to happen in those places. Not in this way. That's why the word "change" is in "climate change". DC, btw, is not a state, and has no "

• whimsicalism 5y ago
  > Snow actually didn't use to happen in those places. Not in this way. That's why the word "change" is in "climate change". Grew up in DC, this is wrong. Large snowfall happens irregularly, but it absolutely happens. The 2009-10 Nor'easters had substantially more snow than this. See the charts here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/14/washington-dc-snow-drought/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/14/washington...
• wiredfool 5y ago
  Grew up outside of DC. Snow absolutely happened then, and it was a standing joke that the Russians were investing in weather control so they could cause an inch of snow to shut down the city. I still remember Feb 1979, when we got 2 feet of snow overnight and school was closed for a week.
  • wiredfool 5y ago
    What is new is the leaves coming off the trees in December instead of the end of October, and the common occurrence of 70 degree days in the winter. It used to be that shorts weather at Christmas was something to remember and retell to the next generation. (That would be the year of the roller skates, and the horrifically muddy ski trip) Now it’s just last week.
• Spooky23 5y ago
  You can be pedantic about it, but DC functions in many ways like a state government. Snow has always happened. Large accumulations are atypical, but snow is a thing and Virginia is uniquely incompetent at handling it.
• flavius29663 5y ago
  Everything south of the river is Virginia, and that is a state.