Snowpocalypse 2010. Live blogging the storm.

1 PM view of the deck:



4 PM view of the deck:



4 PM view of the street:



5 PM view of deck:



5 PM view of the street:



5:00- You can see the snow has picked up a bit and the temp has dropped a bit. Its sticking much better than an hour ago. And if you look closely, you can see where Sawyer and I were playing in the street shot. He's now fond of catching snowballs.

5:12- The snow is really coming down hard now. Pretty impressive how much is falling and how large the flakes are. We're gonna have fun tomorrow!

6 PM view of the deck:



6 PM view of the street:



6:00- The road is basically covered. Only one line of tracks visible, all taking same line regardless of in or out. Predictions for overnight snow now include the possibility for thunder snow. I hope I'm awake when it happens. Also possible rates overnight have been bumped to 2-3 inches per hour. Amazing.

7 PM view from deck:



7 PM view of street:



7:00- Blizzard warning for DC. You can see the snow falling much heavier in the 7 PM photos, especially the one of the street. Winds have picked up as well. I had trouble taking a shot without the flag getting in the way. We're the lead story on the NBC Nightly News.

8 PM view of deck:



8 PM view of the street:



8:00- Some local programming in the 7:30 hour was completely pre-empted by weather news. Nothing new is happening. Big flakes, falling fast. Ejdo shoveled the walk between the 7 and 8 pictures. You can barely tell in the 8 pic. Watchin the Caps play the Thrashers. Decent game.

9 PM shot of deck:



9 PM shot of street:



Gratuitious shot of our flag, with snow accumulation:



As of 9, its really coming down. Local weather is reporting sightings of lightning from the thundersnow. Mostly near Charlottesville. I'm hoping we get some here cause that would be really cool. Ejdo just shoveled again. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts this time. Worth noting in the deck photo, the tomato pot is just about totally covered at this point.

10 PM shot of deck:



10 PM shot of street:



10 PM shot of dog in back yard:



Looks like about 9.5-10 inches in the backyard right now. Rough estimate. Last update for the night. I'm not posting pictures all night long. It sure will be interesting to see what we wake up to. Tomorrow will be a new post. See you all in the morning.

This all should be entertaining if nothing else.