Jonah: As a Michigan native, I often snicker at D.C.’s snow-day wimpiness. It only takes an inch or two to call off school. But this was a big snowstorm no matter where you live. The rink where my kids play hockey was destroyed. The roof collapsed beneath all the weight. It’s a total loss. (Pictures here.) I know a guy whose neighborhood streets still hadn’t been plowed yesterday. Etc. On the bright side, when the federal government tells its “non-essential” workers to stay home — as it did yesterday and today, and probably will do tomorrow — we know they won’t spend the day messing up the country. (If they’re “non-essential,” then why must taxpayers employ them? But that’s a question for another day.)

UPDATE: A e-mailer:

When I saw your post in the Corner entitled “Snoverkill,” I at first thought of Snover, Michigan (Snover is located in the Thumb, east of Saginaw, near the tip of what would be an equilateral triangle whose base is formed by Flint and Port Huron).
I was expecting a Snover resident to have said something about DC residents’ capacity to cope with harsh weather.

For what it’s worth, a couple of my ancestors are buried not far from Snover, Mich.