Comments on: Snowy Situation: Will the Capitals Play?

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:34:33 +0000

Word is the off-ice officials have been in hotels since Friday. The Flightless Foul flew (uhhh…you know) into Richmond and will be bussed up. I expect they will be tired, sore, and whiny.

By: Grooven

Grooven — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:36:39 +0000

Best idea I’ve heard for the game tomorrow…. date swap. Thrashers on Sunday (since they’re still in town), Penguins in April (when the Caps were scheduled to play the Thrashers).

By: Cathy W

Cathy W — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:47:03 +0000

Well I made the right decision to stay home as I take both Metro rail and Metrobus. While Metro is suspending above ground service rail service at 11 pm tonight, Metro is suspending all bus service as of 9 pm. I would have been in big trouble as it is too far to walk (besides no sidewalks and being dark, the route from the nearest Metro now includes VDOT construction zones) and there is never any taxis at that Metro stop.

By: Valleycapsfan

Valleycapsfan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:35 +0000

IT’S PANDOLERIUM!!!!

By: xke4me

xke4me — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:58:04 +0000

Mike, I’m just hoping I would get snowed in with the Caps. HMM, twenty five or so highly conditioned athletes….They may have the world’s largest slumber party at Verizon this weekend!

By: JackRussell

JackRussell — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:10:40 +0000

Metro says that they won’t shut down the outdoor stations until the snow reaches 8″ deep. Right now we have one or two, and it isn’t coming down all that hard, so my guess is that if you are arriving by Metro, you shouldn’t have a problem. But the trick is getting to Metro, as the roads are getting pretty slippery.

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:22:42 +0000

@ GROOVEN: I’m with you — it seems the worst of this storm will happen in the wee hours of the morning, well after the Caps’ game concludes.

Sunday’s matinee is still in doubt IMO, given the area blew its snow-removal budget long ago.

By: Dougeb

Dougeb — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:06:54 +0000

I have one ticket for tonight’s game versus the Thrashers — sect 404 row c seat 13 that I would give away to someone who emails me @ dcbenskin@comcast.net

By: Grooven

Grooven — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:02:21 +0000

At 5p, the ground in downtown DC is almost covered, but no real accumulation yet. Unless it snows at a rate of 2″/hr (not too likely), Metro will still be running to the outdoor stations. And I’d wager many of the roads will still be safely driveable.

By: Concerned Fan

Concerned Fan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:41:01 +0000

I saw BOO to the Caps front off, the league, etc. Not everyone lives in D.C. or within a driving distance, thirty miles or less, and according to the weather service not only should we as a community not be on the roads to allow for VDOT, DDOT and MDOT to perform their work, it will be unsafe and “life-threatening”. Per the weather service –
“THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF THE ROADS.”

I think that the Caps should take into consideration that the game is not only for the teams taking part, but also for the mass of fans that will be unable to make it to the game tonight due to the unsafe driving conditions and Metro which will almost certainly be closing down stops due to severe weather.