“[S]ignificant snow is possible across the area during the Holiday weekend.” Everybody panic. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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Correction: 12″ is awesome. 24″ is awesomer.
The problem being that Christmas is a big (relatively short-distance) travel day. My wife and I—as every year—need to drive from Stony Point to Free Union and back again. And we’ve got it easy—lots of people plan on driving a great deal farther, and may well end up stranded. It’d be too bad to see people’s Christmases negatively impacted by this.
I really really really hope this doesn’t happen. It would totally and utterly ruin my Christmas.
Waldo — help! Where are these rumors coming from? I’m only seeing 1/2″ to 1″ where I see a forecast of amounts at all.
Can we really not be grateful for the Christmas that we get? I’d love more people in mine, but I’m certainly going to appreciate the people I get. It will still be Christmas: a time when we’ve societally, if not religiously, agreed to be grateful for gifts received.
Frankincense, gold, and myrrh. Twelfth night. When the presents arrived. Boxing day, when we venture out of our homes to deliver the boxes of presents.
Isn’t Christmas a season rather than a day?
I’m sorry, I hadn’t realized that I’d omitted the link! That’s a pretty important detail. I’ve corrected this by adding the link that I’d meant to add in the first place. I’m getting this from the National Weather Service’s “scientific forecaster discussion”—basically a wire service by which meteorologists talk frankly to one another. And they say:
I really really really hope this doesn’t happen (too)! All of the (sort of) good storm names have already been taken. What ever would we do with a storm with no name?
Yikes! Even the name “The Storm With No Name” has been taken! http://www2.sptimes.com/weather/SW.3.html
I’m blamed, throughout my friend/neighbor community, as the reason for last year’s snowfall amounts, because I openly wished for LOTS OF SNOW last fall.
If it happened again, I would be among the elated.
best sites for geeking out on the weather.
wxrisk.com
and
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/image_loader.phtml?site=kcho make sure to go to the “here” link for other areas.
I like the Iowa State site, Dan!
Here’s the latest from the NWS:
wxrisk was down, but is now back and working. He is focused only on VA.
And the Iowa site is what I base my travel plan ons…
Just back from NYC. Coming out of our Broadway show, Sunday at 945, the snow was up mid calf, the wind was whipping at 40-50 MPH and thunder and lightning was crashing and echoing through Times Square.
IT Was Nuts. City was SHUT DOWN by Monday AM. ONly one subway at full strength. Airports. Cars buried.
We left tuesday AM, 24 hours later and made it home, by car, in 5.5 hours driving. They know how to clean up.