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Texts From the Snowstorm Beyond Thunderdome

Last week in Washington, DC there was a snowstorm. It came complete with thundersnow (which turns out not to have been an 80's hair band even though it totally sounds like one). Here are some texts from the occasion.
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Last week in Washington, DC there was a snowstorm. It came complete with thundersnow (which turns out not to have been an 80's hair band even though it totally sounds like one). Only eight inches fell, but because of a combination of timing, ice, and stupidity -- the storm resulted in the worst rush hour the city has seen in its EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEAR history. Some of us were at home, feeling snug and warm and nicely buzzed. Feeling sorry for people whose normal 45-minute commute was now taking 11 hours on ice-drenched, post-apocalyptic, lawless roads. Then the texts started, and they documented their descent into madness and fury...

Texts from the Snowstorm Beyond Thunderdome
The Warnings Begin(01 of13)
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Texts from husband start out normal(02 of13)
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Texts from husband start to get weird(03 of13)
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The weirdness starts to make sense...(04 of13)
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The Warnings get worse...(05 of13)
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Friend is starting to lose her schmidt...(06 of13)
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Aaannnd that's what she said.(07 of13)
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The Warnings are now dire.(08 of13)
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Whuck is he talking about? Blackbird?(09 of13)
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Why are the Warnings talking to me? (10 of13)
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Conserve your cell battery - this B is crazy(11 of13)
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Setting things on fire is wrong. We all know that.(12 of13)
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It appears the Warnings have been toying with me all along...(13 of13)
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