Yes, I am fine. Back hurts like absolute hell after shoveling my townhouse's area and my in-laws driveway and entire cul-de-sac. Why? Because snow plows -still- have not made it up to "secondary roads". I am at work. The only reason why I could make it in was because our townhouse complex has two people with snow plows that were kind enough to plow out the complex (getting paid). And some massive trucks in the area smashed through the snow a few times to get it down to where I could get my car out onto a semi-major road that was cleared sometime ago but still has about 8 inches on it.

We got an estimated 36" of snow (that's three feet or a meter). Snow drifts were taller than me and most cars were completely covered... the parking lot looked like just a snow hill. BWI, the major airport in the area, was completely shut down from Friday until today (they may still be closed). It was estimated it cost $44 Million thus far to clear the roads, and they still aren't done.

I got to work today, although I probably should have turned around. Veteran's Highway (which runs parallel to 97 (a major highway)) was pretty much an ice sheet. 97 (the major north/south highway in maryland) was one lane with on and off ramps still barely cleared.

And even with the 3 feet of snow we did not get any government assistance. Why? Because the measurements are taken at the airport. The airport got 26 inches. How? I have no freaking idea. North, south, east and west of the airport were reporting a minimum of 33". Government only assists if it reaches 28 inches. Eff that.

And for christmas I bought Nat and I tickets to go to the Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals hockey match, which was scheduled for yesterday at noon. Out of complete greed, the caps still decided to play, as it was a nationally televised game. The Penguins were up in Canada the afternoon prior to the game where they flew to New Jersey then took a 4 hour bus ride to the stadium, arriving somewhere around 2am. And since the game wasn't postponed, I lost about $250 for those tickets. Hell, the governor was on the air and said "It is absolutely ill-advised to attempt to make it into Washington, let alone on local roads." The metro (our underground rail system) was shut down except for the few stations that were completely underground. So I would have had to drive all the way into the heart of DC then attempt to find a parking spot.

And we had to cancel our home tours from Saturday.

So I am annoyed, in pain, and grumpy. But yes everything is fine. A lot of people were without power through the entire weekend, so hopefully they were able to stay at other locations until their power turns back on.

And we are supposed to get another 12" on Tuesday. Boo.

@Justin... I have no idea who that weather man is... but I wonder what he would have been like if he realized that 12"-22" was actually 30"-40".

And this is my coworker's car.