"When it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things. My children's school was canceled today because of what? Some ice." —President Obama commenting on the typical Washington metropolitan hysteria during winter storms.
Having grown up there, I can tell you that he's exactly right. For some reason, commuters in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia go batshit whenever there's so much as a wad of spit on the beltway.