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). 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...

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[Nancy Turner Thompson]

12:57 PM on 02/03/2011

Love it! I was also caught for hours in snow traffic, but didn't have the eloquent imagery of the Capt'n - my thoughts ran more in line with Kate. In any case, you have once again successfully captured the absurdity of life's little moments. What would we do without RFML?! You're brilliant!

[Julianna W. Miner]

10:33 PM on 02/03/2011

Oh Nancy. Will you please be one of my very best friends who I love and admire so much? Oh. Right. You already are. Woot!

[scruff]

06:01 PM on 02/02/2011

Read this post this AM on the RFML site. Love that you all are getting more exposure here via the Huff Post. I can always count on your posts to make me laugh (and/or cry...depending on the subject). I think it helps that I live in your neck of NoVA. Keep up the fab work!

[Julianna W. Miner]

07:37 PM on 02/02/2011

Thanks Scruff! I am really grateful for you taking the time to check us out here and at RFML. You're extra special and you get to borrow my unicorn and taket him for a ride ANYTIME YOU WANT. The fact that you're local makes that even easier to schedule.

[Sherry Boswell]

05:30 PM on 02/02/2011

Sooo funny! You ladies always make me laugh! Glad I live in Central Florida!

[Julianna W. Miner]

07:37 PM on 02/02/2011

A little jealous of that right now. Not gonna lie. But thanks!

[Joslyn Cleghorn Gray]

05:22 PM on 02/02/2011

Awe. Some.

[Julianna W. Miner]

05:28 PM on 02/02/2011

Almost as awesome as you in the cowgirl hat, Mama.

[MamaClaire]

04:54 PM on 02/02/2011

This is hilarious. And I think Kate was justified in giving that car a love tap into a ditch. The roads were lawless! She was just trying to restore order. And a traffic pattern.

[Julianna W. Miner]

05:29 PM on 02/02/2011

Kate thinks so too. And she hopes the police agree with her.

[Erika Zeigler Hammond]

04:49 PM on 02/02/2011

Funniest. texts. ever.

[Julianna W. Miner]

10:19 PM on 02/02/2011

I'm just lucky that the Cap'n and Kate have a good enough sense of humor to let me post them!

[Lencicea]

04:47 PM on 02/02/2011

Who would have thought an ice storm could be so funny! Thanks--that made my icy, snowed-in afternoon.

[Julianna W. Miner]

10:18 PM on 02/02/2011

Thank YOU. Sorry you're snowed in! Hope you don't lose power!

[Emily Pugh Ward]

04:31 PM on 02/02/2011

Text messaging--letting people into our minds whether they want to be there or not.

[Julianna W. Miner]

07:38 PM on 02/02/2011

Yes! And if you're unfortunate enough to be either married to or best friends with me - shared with everyone on the internet as well. Poor Cap'n. Poor Kate. Now I do my evil laugh.

[Deb Dennis]

04:28 PM on 02/02/2011

I LOVE Kate and Lydia!!!! They are the BEST way to start my morning!!!!

[Julianna W. Miner]

10:10 PM on 02/02/2011

Aw! Thanks Deb! You just made my night!