[img]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.2b79fa6e24d646538231f2a63a1f3db6.winter_weather_vaco102.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=1R7fqzvF_vrQnDLq4LtyKg--[/img]AP - Life in the nation's capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the beginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest in modern history.