snowmageddon


Engineers exonerate snow in B'burg school collapse Published on Jun 11th, 2010 4 comments The engineering firm eyeing the February 13 collapse of the snow-covered gymnasium at Blacksburg High School is placing blame on a yet-unstated structural problem with the truss seats that were...
Powerless: Trees down, irritation level rises Published on Feb 8th, 2010 34 comments Heavy snow, saturated soil and high winds wreaked havoc on area trees. PHOTO BY CHARLES WERNER Between Friday and Saturday night during last weekend's not-quite-a blizzard, 40,000 Dominion Power...
6% of Dominion's Albemarle customers w/o power, more snow coming! (4:24pm Monday update) Published on Feb 6th, 2010 73 comments 4:24pm Monday update: Dominion has reduced its number of Albemarle powerless by nearly 1,000 since our last count to bring the total to just 2,355. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service points out...
Light snow: 2-5" expected today (w/new video) Published on Feb 6th, 2010 3 comments The National Weather Service predicts an additional two to five inches of snow today. (At the Hook weather station near Ivy, it's been snowing steadily since around 8:30am with a temperature of 33...
Annals of snow: Dude, where's our blizzard? Published on Feb 6th, 2010 36 comments One National Weather Service station indicates more snow–- but not much. NWS/BLACKSBURG So Saturday has almost dawned, and no doubt there are 13,000 very unhappy, power-deprived households...
Shelter open: Worst conditions expected after sunset (updated 7:24pm) Published on Feb 5th, 2010 18 comments 7:24pm update: Dominion Virginia Power spokesperson Dan Genest just told a radio audience that 5,700 Central Virginia customers are now without power and that the rest of us should be prepared for a...
Shovel stampede: Shoppers make last-minute buys amid flakes Published on Feb 5th, 2010 14 comments A journalist decided to roam from Charlottesville business to business this morning in the opening hours of Snowmageddon to see how shoppers and managers were dealing with lovely little flakes...
13,515 out: Power outages skyrocketing (5:29am update) Published on Feb 5th, 2010 23 comments 5:23am Saturday update: As snow- and ice-coated tree limbs crash down on overhead electric wires, 13,515 customers in the Central Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley find themselves withou electricity...