Complete and utter joke: Federal government has not yet shut down in DC Thursday.

[Faygo Kid]

Ridiculous. I can't get out no matter how hard I might try; not one single car has gone down my side street in Silver Spring today. Not one. What a joke. Doesn't matter; I can't get to work anyway, no matter what they do.

[HipChick]

1. can you take a sick day..

I fear the roads tomorrow

[FBaggins]

2. I heard that Montgomery county schools gave up on the rest of the week yesterday.

Surely the government can make a call for tomorrow?

[Ocracoker16]

3. That is stupid

I will checking the OPM website in hopes that they will decide to close.

[HipChick]

4. not to mention dangerous..

[onenote]

6. ir will be dangerous if they don't close. but how is it dangerous not to have announced it yet?

[ZombieHorde]

5. The roads have not been plowed yet?

edit for awkward sentence.

[Faygo Kid]

8. No. Hell no.

Maybe the main roads, but can't even think of getting to them.

[Happyhippychick]

12. My street still hasn't been plowed from the first snow dump on Saturday!

[northernlights]

16. the plows have been called off the roads in some areas nt

[onenote]

7. The federal government has announced its closed in DC on Thursday

announced at 6:50 PM.
Sure they could and probably should've announced it earlier, but in the great scheme of things, I don't think announcing it at 3 pm or 7 pm the day before would make that much of a difference in anyone's lives.

Heck, I'm still waiting for my (non-governmental) office to announce its closed. It has stayed open when the government has closed.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Thanks. About damned time. Ridiculous to wait this long.

They may as well close for Friday, too, because this is ridiculous.

[ThomWV]

10. Would you mind telling me what the phone number is for the Federal Government

DC's problems are the problems of any city, its day to day operation have little to nothing to do with the Federal Government. In DC there are many Agencies, some have critical missions, some do not - some are partically critical. Would you call them off in mass?

Think.

[onenote]

11. here you go

U.S. Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415 | [phone]

http://opm.gov/status/index.aspx

[amandabeech]

18. DC is not anywhere close to being prepared for this.

You're city in West Virginia would undoubtedly do better.

DC can't even keep the snow emergency routes clear today.

Emergency vehicles are having real problems, and anything close to rush hour traffic is truly dangerous.

There are designated crucial positions that must be filled, and those people do come in.

Since almost all the agencies are in DC and the close in suburbs, when DC cannot remove the snow sufficiently for the buses to run and anything like normal traffic to proceed, it is the federal government's problem.

You need to visit some time during rush hour and imagine what it would be like with 40 inches of snow blowing around.

You think.

[dysfunctional press]

13. cross-country skiiing is fun, and good exercise, to boot.

[AnnieBW]

14. Wrong.

Message came through about 7:30. We're shut down. I wonder how long it will take before some wingnut starts bitching about "lazy Guvmint bureaucrats" having four days off at taxpayer expense?

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[RB TexLa]

17. If some workers can get to work why shut it down? Just don't penalize the ones who can't while

giving those who can a reward.