People living in other parts of the country may not fully recognize the magnitude of the results in the three Feb. 12 'Chesapeake primaries'--Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. That Obama trounced Clinton in a high-turnout Democratic race has been widely reported. But people living elsewhere may not know the full extent of the weather event, that afternoon and evening, that produced almost unparalleled gridlock all over the tri-state area.

From an inside-the-Beltway precinct, I heard firsthand accounts of multiple vehicle accidents on every major road. Every bridge in the area iced over--meaning that EVERY bridge on roads connecting Virginia to Maryland ...   more »