snowmageddon

Engineers exonerate snow in B'burg school collapse

The engineering firm eyeing the February 13 collapse of the snow-covered gymnasium at Blacksburg High School is placing blame on a yet-unstated structural problem with the truss seats that were supposed to hold up the roof. So it wasn't a case of an overloaded roof, says th

Powerless: Trees down, irritation level rises

Heavy snow, saturated soil and high winds wreaked havoc on area trees. PHOTO BY CHARLES WERNER Between

6% of Dominion's Albemarle customers w/o power, more snow coming! (4:24pm Monday update)

4:24pm Monday update: Dominion has reduced its number of Albemarle powerless by nearly 1,000 since our last count to bring the total to just 2,355.

Light snow: 2-5" expected today (w/new video)

The National Weather Service predicts an additional two to five inches of snow today. (At the Hook weather station near Ivy, it's been snowing steadily since around 8:30am with a temperature of 33 degrees.) Hook journalist Hawes Spencer, who documented shopping opportunitie

Annals of snow: Dude, where's our blizzard?

One National Weather Service station indicates more snow–- but not much. NWS/BLACKSBURG So Saturday has almost dawned, and no doubt there are 13,000

Shelter open: Worst conditions expected after sunset (updated 7:24pm)

7:24pm update: Dominion Virginia Power spokesperson Dan Genest just told a radio audience that 5,700 Central Virginia customers are now without power and that the rest of us should be prepared for a potential multi-day outage. 7:15pm update: Although some mixed precipitatio

Shovel stampede: Shoppers make last-minute buys amid flakes

A journalist decided to roam from Charlottesville business to business this morning in the opening hours of Snowmageddon to see how shoppers and managers were dealing with lovely little flakes–- which will grow in intensity tonight and tomorrow into a record-challengi

13,515 out: Power outages skyrocketing (5:29am update)

5:23am Saturday update: As snow- and ice-coated tree limbs crash down on overhead electric wires, 13,515 customers in the Central Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley find themselves withou electricity from Dominion Virginia Power, the area's largest utility c