No flight out? Make snow angels
Snow fell hard and fast Saturday morning,
accompanied by wind gusts of up to 29 mph at points, creating whiteout
conditions on some roadways. More snow and even stronger gusts are
expected later today, as a blizzard warning remains in effect.
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The City Market and Deli in Arlington’s Courthouse plaza is so
essential to its customers that one of them gave the owner and her
father a place to stay overnight so that the small grocery store could
open on time.
And it did. Susie Lund and her father, Wilbur Lund, opened the deli at 9 a.m., even though Susie, 36, is still recovering from a broken right hand. They had stayed the night in an apartment in the 20-story complex that rises over their store.
“We know the residents depend on us,” Susie Lund said, as she made sandwiches behind the counter. “One girl was making a recipe that called for whole milk. She came in yesterday and we were out; but we got a milk delivery at 3 p.m., just before the worst of the storm hit, so she came back this morning and got her milk.”
The deli across from a closed Starbucks, was the only outfit open in what is normally a busy plaza with restaurants, take-out joints, a manicure shop and a movie theater. A steady stream of people stopped in Saturday, seeking refuge or refreshments. They were residents who live nearby, workers clearing snow and building security personnel.
It wasn’t the first time the market proved itself worthy of residents’ trust — it stayed open through previous storms, too.
The deli will stay open Saturday until 10 p.m., Lund said.
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Anna Castillo is ready to go home. Unfortunately, it will have to wait.
Castillo, who is in town on business from Uruguay, was supposed to fly home Saturday evening, but instead she’s snowed in at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.
Castillo and her colleagues came to the Gaylord for an Inter-American Development Bank meeting that was slated for Wednesday-Friday night. In preparation for the storm the meeting was cut short Friday.
“We came here to work and the meeting was shorter than we predicted and now we feel like we are doing nothing,” she said.
At home, Castillo said her 13-year-old son is enjoying a summer day out on the golf course. She hopes to get out as soon as she can tomorrow to get home to him, she said. Her work has been bringing her to the DC-area multiple times a year for about a decade, but this is the first time she has been stuck due to weather, she said.
In the meantime, Castillo said she and the others in her group plan to head out into the snow to make snow angels and make the best of the situation.
“You know, we are all 40 and older, but it will be funny. Although, we all have families and we all have work and we are ready to get home.”
— Courtney Kueppers
Castillo, who is in town on business from Uruguay, was supposed to fly home Saturday evening, but instead she’s snowed in at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.
Castillo and her colleagues came to the Gaylord for an Inter-American Development Bank meeting that was slated for Wednesday-Friday night. In preparation for the storm the meeting was cut short Friday.
“We came here to work and the meeting was shorter than we predicted and now we feel like we are doing nothing,” she said.
At home, Castillo said her 13-year-old son is enjoying a summer day out on the golf course. She hopes to get out as soon as she can tomorrow to get home to him, she said. Her work has been bringing her to the DC-area multiple times a year for about a decade, but this is the first time she has been stuck due to weather, she said.
In the meantime, Castillo said she and the others in her group plan to head out into the snow to make snow angels and make the best of the situation.
“You know, we are all 40 and older, but it will be funny. Although, we all have families and we all have work and we are ready to get home.”
— Courtney Kueppers
The City Market and Deli in Arlington’s Courthouse plaza is so
essential to its customers that one of them gave the owner and her
father a place to stay overnight so that the small grocery store could
open on time.And it did. Susie Lund and her father, Wilbur Lund, opened the deli at 9 a.m., even though Susie, 36, is still recovering from a broken right hand. They had stayed the night in an apartment in the 20-story complex that rises over their store.
“We know the residents depend on us,” Susie Lund said, as she made sandwiches behind the counter. “One girl was making a recipe that called for whole milk. She came in yesterday and we were out; but we got a milk delivery at 3 p.m., just before the worst of the storm hit, so she came back this morning and got her milk.”
The deli across from a closed Starbucks, was the only outfit open in what is normally a busy plaza with restaurants, take-out joints, a manicure shop and a movie theater. A steady stream of people stopped in Saturday, seeking refuge or refreshments. They were residents who live nearby, workers clearing snow and building security personnel.
It wasn’t the first time the market proved itself worthy of residents’ trust — it stayed open through previous storms, too.
The deli will stay open Saturday until 10 p.m., Lund said.
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