Yes, It Snows in Washington

I interviewed about 10 people Inside The Beltway on Wednesday and Thursday from my office here in The Original Las Vegas, N.M., and before we addressed the topic I wanted to discuss, each and every one of my interviewees felt the need to tell me a tale of woe about snows, past, present and future.

What's the big deal with snow in D.C.?

Last week we had a storm that closed I-40 -- from 20 miles east of Albuquerque to all the way across New Mexico, through the Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma border -- and, as far as I can tell, folks in these states viewed the snow as a minor inconvenience, not a D.C.-style National Emergency Weather Event.

I guess I have been away from the nation's capital way too long.