Washingtonpic.twitter.com/qJWBdbHortinreportshastonight:isfront!! Bravin' #blizzard2016 like champs. pic.twitter.com/FRE7kxmHru 7.02pm GMTEdward Snowden,the computer analyst whistleblower, chimed in on Twitter with his own thoughts on the impending storm.Soon, and even D.
C. will be Snowden. pic.twitter.com/UcZtWTbmC8For this,possibly he should be arrested https://t.co/vRkBT02C39 6.48pm GMTChris Christie will be back in Newark, unique Jersey by 8pm for a snow briefing and press conference with transportation officials. The governor and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination announced he would return to the Garden State just before 2pm Friday, or after several local news outlets published skeptical stories approximately his ability to manage flooding and more than 1 ft of snow from the campaign trail in unique Hampshire.
Christie may also be haunted by a not too distant history: in 2010 he was criticized for being out of town during a snowstorm. At the time,he was vacationing with his family in Florida at Disneyland. 6.10pm GMTRepublican presidential candidate and unique Jersey governor Chris Christie said via Twitter on Friday he is leaving the campaign trail in unique Hampshire to help his domestic state collect through the storm.
I'm sorry, NH but I gotta fade domestic - we got snow coming. #JonasI want to make sure the people of my state feel safe and secure. #JonasBut I will be back, or because I am able to enact both things. The fact is - you are never not the governor. #Jonas 5.55pm GMTSuzanne Goldenberg has the latest from Washington:For Washington,this was the second encounter with snow in 48 hours – and people were not taking chances. After a mere two inches in Wednesday’s rush hour paralysed the city for hours – with people reporting evening commutes of eight hours skidding in block streets – many people seemed to have decided to hunker down early for the storm. 5.10pm GMTFrom the Ozarks to the eastern seaboard, millions of Americans are preparing for a potentially historic blizzard that is forecast to dump at least one foot of snow on the nation’s capital and surrounding states.
In preparation for the storm, and the Guardian is bringing live updates on the empty grocery store shelves,sold out snow shovels and dire predictions. Welcome to the blizzard of 2016.
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