Fire (Station) in the Hole

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I think this is how we all feel now. (If you can’t tell what it is, its snow breeching the northern wall of the Koons Toyota garage.)

Here’s a before Snowpocalypse I and after Snowpocalypse II. First picture was taken Feb 1, right after the Jan 28 mini storm that dropped a few inches. Second picture was taken yesterday morning. Yeah, wow.

If you are wondering how this affects the completion of the garage and “Ground Breaking” for Fire Station 3, Arlington County has a progress meeting with the FS3 contractor, Whiting-Turner scheduled for Feb 17. That should be around the time FS3 construction starts in earnest.

This blog is officially pre-empted by Snomageddon, Snowzilla, Snowpocalpse, or whatever you are calling this ridiculous snow of 2010. I had a regular construction update prepared, but snow rules. (Bonus: bookmark this post and re-live it in August. I think it might be looking pretty good then).

Of course we all thought the December snow was our “once a decade” storm. Who knew it would be followed by a “once a century” storm (well, I certainly hope so at least).  I have a couple videos to show the damage, and pics too. (Be sure to kick up the video to 720p and watch full screen for full impact). No idea what this does to the construction schedule, but can’t be good.

Dec. & Jan. Storm Comparo — take a look at the far northern wall on the left side in both pics:

Close up of the far northern wall:

Video as storm winds up Friday Evening:

Video during storm on Saturday Afternoon:

Lee Highway Looking West; East:

21st Rd @ Lee Looking North:

Between Service Bay and Garage:

Take note near neighbors and remember last Saturday’s snow well. It will likely go down as the most serene moment in the Koons Garage’s history. Ah, next year we’ll be forced to listen to Toyotas and Scions in a honk off  to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne”–hopefully not the mondo sapptastic Dan Fogelberg version; that would be too much.  Here’s a during and after pic of the garage and Lee Hwy, then it’s back to work  Monday. Bah. Merry Christmas to those celebrating.