Washington is preparing for a snowfall, people are buying products

Washingtonians make reserves before the snowfall. Most shops are empty. Photo: Alex Osaka

On the morning of Friday, the capital of the United States lives in full readiness for approaching blizzard. Government offices, schools, universities are closed in the city, until Monday the International Motor Show suspended all events.

The Washington Metro will be closed until Monday. Photo: Lesya Bakalets

The metro operates only until 23:00, then closes - tentatively until Monday. Metro CEO Paul Weidefeld explainedthat only in this way they will be able to protect the transport from damage. This is the longest metro stop in the last 40 years.

On Saturday and Sunday, you should not count on buses, they will also be canceled.

Also at the airport Dulles canceled almost all flights.

The company United wrote in twitter that plans to resume flights on Sunday. Southwest posted on Online list of cities where the departure schedule may be violated. All passengers are advised to check online flight information.

City power will work until noon. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser asked all residents to return home from work as quickly as possible, writes The Washington post. She also apologized for the slow response of utilities during a light snowfall on Wednesday. And she assured that the city is now ready.

Rescue service, the police work in enhanced mode, utilities, too. Snowblowers and almost 40 tons of salt are ready for cleaning roads and sidewalks. Residents of the capital are asked not to park cars in the wrong places - they can interfere with the work of equipment.

Preparing for a blizzard and Washingtonians. In the shops hype. Most popular are shovels and salt. Also buy stocks for several days. In some supermarkets, empty shelves, to the cash registers - multi-meter queues.

On the eve of a blizzard. All stores in Washington have long lines. Photo: Lesya Bakalets

Snowfall predicted by weather forecasters from National weather servisewill begin in Washington in the afternoon, closer to five in the evening and will last 36 hours. If the meteorological data is confirmed, during this time a record amount of snow will fall in the capital - more than 60 cm, and this will be the second indicator in the history of the city. It was more only in 1922, when the snow depth exceeded 70, see

Как reported by ForumDaily earlier, a snowstorm will cover the East Coast at the end of this week. For many cities, this will be the biggest seasonal snowfall in history.