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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Weather in Washington, DC
Message-ID: <12548@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 17 Jan 90 20:29:36 GMT
References: <2881@decuac.DEC.COM>
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In article <2881@decuac.DEC.COM>, avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
> 
> Well, it is expected to be 65 degrees F in Washington today.  In the
> 60s tomorrow also.  (Yesterday it also got above 60.)  What does this
> mean for the weather next week?  Not a blessed thing....  Bring snow
> shoes. :-)

Fred is quite correct.  By long-standing tradition, Usenix in D.C.  is
generally accompanied by a snowstorm.  This dates back to at least
1984, when D.C Usenix was supposed to be in June, and Salt Lake City
Usenix in January.  These were switched, but the weather deities,
figuring that everyone was planning on going skiing during the Winter
Usenix, arranged for a surprise.  (In D.C. people generally go skiing
in their cars, generally at the sight of more than an inch of snow on
the ground.)

		--Steve Bellovin