Washington D.C.'s "Snowpocalypse," Told in Pictures

Your author is from the Northeast, and tends to think that D.C. residents get a bit carried away with winter storm panic.  But the blizzard that passed through Washington over the weekend was extraordinary, resulting in some beautiful downtown scenery and, at the same time, difficult circumstances for many due to downed tree branches and power outages.  Here are some photos snapped by current and former (tip of cap to Jarrod) PSLawNet staffers:

A snowed-in White House gate:

Accumulation as measured by the print media:

A view from the street:

Spontaneous snowball fights to avoid cabin fever: