 Boston University students studying in Washington, D.C. this semester expected to escape Boston snow, but instead are experiencing blizzard conditions and are anticipating 18 to 24 inches of snow in the nation's capital by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. I'm Mary Grace Gronkow. I am in D.C. at the State Department. And I am here working at Barsapita because I was actually, I did a D.C. program last summer, and I worked at this restaurant. I loved it. And then didn't really think much about this blizzard because we're from Boston and last winter was terrible, so I just naturally assumed that everyone was freaking out. And that was clearly not the case. I was proven wrong as I'm staring at like 30 mile per hour winds right now. But yeah, I came in today. It was pretty slow for the first couple hours and then a sea of people just came in. Well, I didn't even pack my snow boots, and that was clearly a mistake because I truly just didn't give D.C. enough credit for weather. I thought it'd be kind of nice and that just didn't happen. A state of emergency has been issued for the district and the metro has been shut down from Friday night at 11 p.m. until the Monday morning commute. Uber is experiencing surge pricing, which has led to limited drivers. Meanwhile, BU students are hunkering down in Woodley Park. Reporting from the district, this is Tony Ann Boris.