In The Road, American author Cormac McCarthy described his post-apocalyptic landscape as, "Everything paling away into the murk. The soft ash blowing in loose swirls over the blacktop." This Thursday, Washington, D.C.'s emergency snowstorm caused the city to resemble McCarthy's landscape, barren and blanketed in snow. While the imagery was not as radical or deathly as it is in the novel, the eeriness of a seemingly empty city was apparent. To celebrate the beauty of Washington, D.C. without the traffic or the noise, Curbed compiled photos from Twitter and Instagram that capture a city that for a single moment stood still.
U and 13th Streets NW. pic.twitter.com/owiszTe2pW
— Martin Di Caro (@MartinDiCaro) March 5, 2015
Sure doesn't look like spring is almost here! #dcsnow pic.twitter.com/moOi56t9Uz
— Asieh Namdar (@asiehnamdar) March 5, 2015
The snow isn't sticking to the roads or sidewalks yet in Southwest DC @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/Eb7aUU9sB6
— Haynes Bunn (@HaynesBunn) March 5, 2015
Snow, glorious snow #DC pic.twitter.com/PjNPtHs2zH
— Elizabeth Von Batten (@evonbatten) March 5, 2015
Beautiful, snow-covered #DC: This photo would be best accompanied by a Robert Frost poem @wusa9 @TenaciousTopper pic.twitter.com/NER4ViOFsA
— Simon Landau (@LandauDC) March 6, 2015
Snow much fun! #capitolhillsnow #snowmuchfun #dcsnow pic.twitter.com/oZowSdgRXq
— claire wagner (@ClubsWagner) March 6, 2015
If I'm going to work on a #DC snow day, it's nice to have a quiet ride home. #snowday #metro pic.twitter.com/ubJvtONFkX
— Karin Caifa (@karincaifaCNN) March 6, 2015
The view of #DupontCircle from my office @ForeignPolicy. #DCsnow @capitalweather @dougkammerer @mikehydeck pic.twitter.com/dG6gklMOCv
— Carol Ross Joynt (@caroljoynt) March 5, 2015
Snow covered Washington D.C. from the @ABC7News roof camera in Rosslyn, VA. #DMVSnow pic.twitter.com/ZZVAF9pqOV
— Alex Liggitt (@alexliggitt) March 5, 2015
Scene from Connecticut Avenue, looking down towards Rock Creek Parkway. Last #DCsnow of the season? @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/CJ48UwmbcZ
— Matt Bowling (@PlannerMattyB) March 6, 2015