Maybe it was only 16" of snow at National Airport

But in NW DC we see at least 20" on top of, say, this table on the porch:



My Minnesota-reared wife, aka Nanook, went out and measured 20"+ in areas that had settled a little bit overnight.



Another illustration of brave citizen voices correcting the Mainstream Media!

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/12/maybe-it-was-only-16-of-snow-at-national-airport/32387/