tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post4465613245632131628..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Memories of Washington DC snowstormsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2425214916815554522016-01-24T20:53:49.801+01:002016-01-24T20:53:49.801+01:00Yes, funny how much age makes a difference. In 198... Yes, funny how much age makes a difference. In 1983 I was out traipsing around – including to Georgetown. Today, I'm just hunkering inside. ebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767726042233132746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47977281896523092632016-01-24T19:23:27.517+01:002016-01-24T19:23:27.517+01:00They are saying the amount of snow that fell excee...They are saying the amount of snow that fell exceeded the amount measured at National airport.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-21843848530955665072016-01-24T19:19:33.802+01:002016-01-24T19:19:33.802+01:00Yes, that's the car that I bought from you in ...Yes, that's the car that I bought from you in 1982, and the photo is one you took in Wilmington and gave me. It was fun having the 4WD, especially on that snow day in 1983. You must be snowed in right now.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75964967130987067122016-01-24T18:16:46.825+01:002016-01-24T18:16:46.825+01:00That's the car you bought from me, yes? I thin...That's the car you bought from me, yes? I think in the photo it's parked in the driveway in Wilmington. You & C took the train up to drive it back down. I, instead, headed to Bucharest. 19" again yesterday in DC. --Bebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767726042233132746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50643044266482950472016-01-24T14:51:18.086+01:002016-01-24T14:51:18.086+01:00See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-we...See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/23/washington-d-c-snowfall-total-called-into-question-after-improper-measurement/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_cwg-measurements-905pm%3Ahomepage%2FstoryBob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9611683240439673682016-01-24T14:50:51.047+01:002016-01-24T14:50:51.047+01:00My platform: A cassoulet in every pot.My platform: A cassoulet in every pot.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12565068046682106132016-01-24T10:17:39.712+01:002016-01-24T10:17:39.712+01:00Yes, well, it seems like it might be the biggest s...Yes, well, it seems like it might be the biggest snowfall ever on the east coast of the US. It is hard to imagine the hot and humid New York that we visited as being snow bound and shut down. Some areas have snow a metre deep, so hard to imagine. Central Park did look quite lovely on our tv news though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34916585060358408872016-01-24T10:06:14.036+01:002016-01-24T10:06:14.036+01:00I'm not sure I want to go there...I'm not sure I want to go there...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39952742382832487032016-01-24T09:24:54.248+01:002016-01-24T09:24:54.248+01:00Can't trust the statistics these days , they h...Can't trust the statistics these days , they have been manipulated.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56019507471460311542016-01-24T08:24:17.951+01:002016-01-24T08:24:17.951+01:00I certainly have my political opinions, as you can...I certainly have my political opinions, as you can imagine. I won't display them too much here, though. I started going to DC fairly regularly in the late '60s, when I was at Duke and had a lot of friends there who came from the DC area. After graduation, Duke friends moved or moved back to DC. It was a good stopover point on trips from Champaign-Urbana, where I lived then, to NC and back. I had always thought I would enjoy living in DC, but after four years there I decided I didn't like the weather and I didn't like the politics. For various reasons, Walt and I ended up moving to California and staying there until we got a chance to move to France, where we had first met in 1981.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56629536665828684912016-01-24T05:18:55.194+01:002016-01-24T05:18:55.194+01:00Thanks for the beautiful picture of Georgetown in ...Thanks for the beautiful picture of Georgetown in the snow. I went to Georgetown undergrad from 1973-77, and got married in February 1979. We moved out to my husband's home state of California early that month, but he had to go back to D.C. for a work assignment with the President, and had to deal with that storm! Love CHM's comment about Reagan and W., although I'm sure you want to generally stay apolitical. Cassoulet knows no political party. :)Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80327339914636676252016-01-24T03:26:12.961+01:002016-01-24T03:26:12.961+01:00Amen! That's what it was like in Boston last y...Amen! That's what it was like in Boston last year (or the year before??)-- even relying on public transit was difficult, because it was hard to find anywhere to walk on the sidewalks, all caked with snow yards high, snow that was being moved off of the road. And, it went on for weeks. (I don't live in Boston, but one of my sisters does.)<br /><br />Ken, funny, growing up in New Jersey, I absolutely never thought of DC as a place that got regular heavy hits of snowfall-- of course, "growing up" just meant a little stretch of about 15 years, which is nothing compared to the many decades we've lived since then, so my idea of what was "the norm" is skewed :) Your list of important snowfalls in DC was an eye opener!<br /><br />CHM, hope all is still well for you!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37737444464405280392016-01-23T19:31:06.626+01:002016-01-23T19:31:06.626+01:00We have English friends who had American friends w...We have English friends who had American friends who lived in Vallatie. We drove through there once, about 10 years ago. Close to you, I reckon. It must be called "the Chathams" because there are the villages of Chatham, Old Chatham, North Chatham, etc.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57310377850964295622016-01-23T19:14:19.465+01:002016-01-23T19:14:19.465+01:00Walt and I had three Subarus between 1982 and 1992...Walt and I had three Subarus between 1982 and 1992. They were great cars. We drove one of them across the U.S. from D.C. to S.F. with a car-top carrier full of Walt's clothes and stuff over our heads. Then we towed another one along the same route, using it as a rolling greenhouse to move our houseplants to the West Coast, behind a truck full of our furniture, books, record albums, kitchen equipment, my clothes, and other stuff. That was a great time, in Washington, between our year in Paris, where we met, and San Francisco, where we lived for nearly 18 years.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6689205911503549532016-01-23T19:02:24.023+01:002016-01-23T19:02:24.023+01:00Carolyn, you must be getting a lot of snow where y...Carolyn, you must be getting a lot of snow where you are, too.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80156407956420632692016-01-23T18:37:34.037+01:002016-01-23T18:37:34.037+01:00That's a wonderful photo of the snow. I like r...That's a wonderful photo of the snow. I like remembering big snows like these. People help one another and it is fun to try driving if you have the right vehicle (you did). My daughter just got a new Subaru, she replaced her Outback station wagon with another Outback.<br />Bonne chance, CHM! Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4498931803197818262016-01-23T17:27:44.678+01:002016-01-23T17:27:44.678+01:00??????Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40817666165011316062016-01-23T17:26:28.437+01:002016-01-23T17:26:28.437+01:00Didn't realize you had lived in the DC area. I...Didn't realize you had lived in the DC area. I can't remember what I was doing there in Feb. '79. Some conference or something, I guess. That weekend, I got out just in time.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-62881536958420364662016-01-23T17:23:12.599+01:002016-01-23T17:23:12.599+01:00I hope it doesn't turn into two feet -- or mor...I hope it doesn't turn into two feet -- or more.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7613019684826338302016-01-23T14:59:58.022+01:002016-01-23T14:59:58.022+01:00I was living in Arlington during the 1979 storm. I...I was living in Arlington during the 1979 storm. I remember going to bed having heard a forecast for a modest amount of snow. Then I woke up next morning and looked out the window and thought that something was wrong with my eyes.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74936587398374729812016-01-23T14:47:58.993+01:002016-01-23T14:47:58.993+01:00As someone said ' It's the coldest (hott...As someone said ' It's the coldest (hottest) year since records began ... to be adjusted.'pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79294197385358421152016-01-23T14:41:38.317+01:002016-01-23T14:41:38.317+01:00Yes, Carolyn, I remember David Stockman and one of...Yes, Carolyn, I remember David Stockman and one of the worst president we've ever had, second only to W.<br /><br />So far, the FSM has been considerate, but we're not through with the storm yet. Keep my fingers crossed.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58855429641936930252016-01-23T14:38:14.493+01:002016-01-23T14:38:14.493+01:00There was so much snow on the ground that I don...There was so much snow on the ground that I don't think we were supposed to go to work the next day, especially since we were not considered to be essential wheels of the government machine! I probably stayed home.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-92205389334903922122016-01-23T14:28:16.963+01:002016-01-23T14:28:16.963+01:00About a foot of snow here in Alexandria, and still...About a foot of snow here in Alexandria, and still falling, I was here for #4 on the list. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52814172364232807932016-01-23T14:27:50.983+01:002016-01-23T14:27:50.983+01:00I had a good friend in California who ended up wor...I had a good friend in California who ended up working for 6 or 7 years at Microsoft and living in Seattle. When she decided to retire, she moved to Naples, Florida. She said it was as far as she could get from Seattle, both meterologically and geographically, and still be in the Lower 48.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.com