Residents of the U.S. capital and nearby states were buried Saturday from a likely record-setting blizzard that President Barack Obama jokingly dubbed "Snowmageddon," and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow.
The snow was falling too quickly in the U.S. capital for crews to keep up, and officials begged residents to stay home and out of the way so that roads might be cleared in time for everyone to return to work Monday. The usually traffic-snarled roads were mostly barren, and Washington's familiar sites and monuments were covered with nearly 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow.
Hundreds of car …
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