Secret Service agent stands guard at the White House

[Kingofalldems]

[longship]

1. Looks like about knee deep. nt

[NightWatcher]

2. Holy shit, GI Joe's Snake Eyes is guarding the White House

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. I wish I had seen your post

because that is exactly what I posted bellow

[sufrommich]

3. Those poor guys.lol.nt

[gordianot]

4. Also remember the soldier standing guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier.

Weather does not break that duty.

[hlthe2b]

5. I sure hope that is goretex he's wearing. Stay warm, agents!

Ski goggles are a smart touch

[CTyankee]

9. I don't think they are allowing guards to stay outside too long...

they are plenty safe from the elements, I am sure...

[AngryAmish]

6. He's dead. Everyone in DC is dead.

[sufrommich]

10. LOL! nt

[phantom power]

7. Mental image:

[Kingofalldems]

8. Pandas seem to be enjoying themselves:

https://twitter.com/NationalZoo/status/690915532539838464

[CTyankee]

11. I love this! Did you see him/her bite their foot they were so happy!

that clip was so funny and sweet! Thanks for posting...

[Kingofalldems]

13. This can't be real, I gotta bite myself!

[Kingofalldems]

14. Tian Tian says --me want more snow:

[beac]

15. Oh my, that is adorable.

Wonder if he liked the frozen bamboo as much as the snow.

[malthaussen]

12. A touching, albeit stupid, photograph.

Dude should get inside where it's warm. Like having some poor fool standing out in the snow is going to help security. This isn't even symbolically virtuous. (Standing sentry by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at least has the virtue of symbolism)

-- Mal

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Ok this is bad, when real life imitates fiction

Yup, that is what I thought off... GI Joe

[Beacool]

18. Poor guy, his feet must be frozen.

Standing still for too long in that wet snow makes your feet cold, no matter what you're wearing.

It's snowing like crazy in my part of NJ (across the Hudson from Manhattan). It's snowing more than a few hours ago. Oh well, no big deal. I'm home nice and cozy, baking brownies.

[Lawud]

20. Electric socks really work but I doubt he has them on

[madokie]

21. To a certain extent the snow acts as an insulator

but if the core of his body is warm his feet probably are too. I have Reynard's so my feet are cold all the time but if I keep the rest of my body well covered I don't notice my feet so much

[Beacool]

23. I have stood in knee deep snow and after a while you feel the humidity seeping through.

I don't know how long he's supposed to stand there, but I hope that in this kind of weather they rotate them frequently.

[Lawud]

19. Not enough layers for that

Would hope they rotate those guys every half hour

[Donald Ian Rankin]

22. Is this why they call it the White House? N.T.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

24. Interesteing, but with the technology available such as cameras, infrared, motion detectors, etc

are foot patrols really necessary? What's wrong with a security team inside ready to rush out and respond to any threat within seconds?