We're having a slow melt in DC, with a few more inches expected tomorrow.

The 10-day forecast has the high temps mostly in the 30s and topping out around 40 degrees so looks like we're not going to have a rapid melt that would cause extreme flooding. If we had a couple 60 degree days it would be another story for areas, such as the lowest blocks of Old Town Alexandria, that are right on the Potomac.

My neighborhood remains punctuated with virtual icebergs which have formed from snowplows running up against the snow people have dug out from around their cars and then there's the mountains of snow dug from the sidewalks. It's really an astonishing sight every time we walk around here.

I'm still taking a snowshoe pole with me everywhere, to get over the snow mountains at many intersections and the sidewalks that were never or poorly shoveled.

And we haven't had garbage pickup in the past 10 days. It's getting messy around here.