In the early days of Snowmageddon -- or Snowpocalypse, depending on your news source -- people were positively balmy. Who knew that five days later, many of us would still be housebound?
By the time Snowmageddon II hit, the unusual good cheer and neighborliness of our-capital-under-seige had melted away -- and its usual nasty temperament reasserted itself, with extra viciousness.
Picture this: You have tens of thousands federal employees and others returning to work and school. The already-rated worst-traffic-in-nation streets are only partially plowed. Thus the mean streets of D.C. have gotten meaner.