One expensive snowstorm

Have you been keeping up with the snow storms on the East coast --specifically, the ones going through Washington, DC?

It seems a 2nd big one is going through now so the nation's capital--our seat of government is shut down for the 3rd day. No one's been in their government offices all week, save the President, since he can walk there from upstairs.

Normally, Washington can count on about 10 inches of snow per year.

This year? They've gotten 45 inches.

Holy cow.

That's a lot of shoveling.

Anyway, I understand they will likely be shut out of their offices all week--five full days.

It's estimated this is costing us $100 million dollars per day in lost productivity.

Once you do the simple math, you see that the total, then, hits $500 million dollars, give or take.

And that's one thing but then think about it--$500 million dollars spent.

And nothing's getting done.

Dang.

One-half billion dollars and nothing's getting done.

It's as now-deceased Senator Everett Dirksen is reported to have said once:

" A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money."

Try to think good, happy, positive thoughts.