19.3 inches in NYC and still snowing eom

[LiberalElite]

[saltpoint]

1. If it's snowin' in Brooklyn...

"If it's snowin' in Brooklyn
You say it's snowin' in Brooklyn
Well if it's snowin' in Brooklyn I'd say
snow's what we've got"

--from her wonderful song, "Snowin' In Brooklyn," by Ferron, from Shadows on A Dime

[LiberalElite]

2. I wish it was only snowin' in Brooklyn -

then it would have nothin' to do with me.

[saltpoint]

3. : ) Best thing in weather like

this is to play your favorite music at top volume and make chili spaghetti for supper.

[LiberalElite]

5. I got Chinese takeout on the way

home last night so I'm good for a couple days.

[In_The_Wind]

4. zip-zero-zilch-nada in New Paltz

[fizzgig]

6. i know that kind of snowfall

hunker down and eat comfort food except to step outside and listen.

[LiberalElite]

7. The wind's hitting the other side

of my apartment building this time so it's q u i e t.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. How long is this going to last?

[LiberalElite]

9. There are some gaps appearing in the radar now -

They say that after 7 p.m. it'll start to wind down and after midnight it should be gone with the wind...

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. Good

[LiberalElite]

13. Very very Good -

When I've felt slightly concerned at times today that somehow I might run out of something.... I remind myself that yes, The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.

[kwassa]

10. Way over two feet deep in Maryland ...

a three-foot deep drift outside my back door

still snowing.

[LiberalElite]

11. Still? When did it start? eom

[kwassa]

14. about noon yesterday ....

didn't get serious until about 3 pm, will continue through the evening tonight.

Potentially our biggest snowstorm ever.

[LiberalElite]

15. Up until this morning

we thought that Maryland/DC/Virginia would be having the biggest and ours would be a minor inconvenience. The joke was on us.

[kwassa]

17. big snows are more rare down here ...

it has been about 4 years since Carmagedon.

[FloriDem]

16. How does NYC even get rid of that much snow?

How does NYC even get rid of that much snow? Where does it put it?

[LiberalElite]

19. A reporter was just talking about that - they were standing

next to a huge pile of snow that had been removed from the streets by the plows - the Sanitation Dept. has a routine whereby they first deposit the snow into piles along the way then they move in mobile melters and dump the snow into it and the water gets sent into the river. I erroneously like to think everything originates in NYC but this contraption comes from Canada. It's a brilliant idea:

[FloriDem]

24. Wow, that's a lot of work just to clear the city.

Wow, that's a lot of work just to clear the city.

[LiberalElite]

28. It takes a couple thousand Sanitation workers on

12 hour shifts to clear it all. They also hire day laborers to shovel the crosswalks and bus stops. There's 6,000 miles worth of street here.

[lindysalsagal]

29. they cart it to the rivers in trucks. The rivers are already dead, so.....

it's an ecological nightmare.

[Igel]

18. Sympathies for the people there.

I was going to school in Hoboken and overnighting at friends' near campus in 2/78.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

Didn't feel well as the snow started, had the flu the next morning. Couldn't get to the dorm. When the storm was over, couldn't find my car. Drifts had formed over the cars on the street.

Trudged through 2-3 feet of snow and drifts back to the dorm room.


Transferred to another school in spring term 1979 and was at my parents' house in Baltimore for the President's Day storm a year later with 20" of snow. Car again vanished under drifts. At least I was stranded at home. And not sick.

[LiberalElite]

21. I think I remember that one - I only worked one block away -

When I was leaving my apt. a neighbor told me to stay home - but alas, I had no excuse. Boy did I feel sorry for myself all day.

[madokie]

26. We had a big ass snow storm in 78 too

and when I finally got back home I could only make it to about 200 yards of the front door and had to walk the rest. I was beat long before I got to the house. Man that much snow is hard to walk in for sure.

[madokie]

20. I feel for you all

several years ago we had something like that here and it was the biggest snow I'd ever seen, except when I was in the navy up in the mountains in California. Anyways hope you have plenty of eats and drinks and fun things to do for a few days.

[LiberalElite]

22. Yep cat food, junk food, wine, toilet paper - we're set

[madokie]

23. Yup sounds like you have the basics

might have to watch the wine stocks though as it seems to disappear pretty fast in those conditions.

[LiberalElite]

25. beer's the backup...

i started stocking up on cat food first. Gotta feed the kitties. Don't want a revolt.

[madokie]

31. Yes Priorities

take care of the kiddies first then worry about yourself.

I'm a cat person but my wife isn't so guess what :bummer:
We don't have any cats. My border collie of 15 plus years passed away about a year back so I'm pet less now. Sad times some days.

My wife has a couple years to retirement and I'm already there so I have the house all to myself during the day and I'm here to tell you it gets mighty lonely sometimes. Hence my spending so much time here at my second home with my online family. DU

Stay safe, warm and have fun

[LiberalElite]

32. It's another day, the sun is out and

the snow's gonna melt!

[madokie]

37. Before we know it

spring will be here. morel mushroom season to me I might add

[LiberalElite]

38. I love mushrooms eom

[orpupilofnature57]

27. I live 30 miles north of Albany, love XC -Skiing and I got sh-t !!!!!

[lindysalsagal]

30. I'll be digging out a foot+ tomorrow

At least I have a snow blower and all day to do it. Glad the kids can go sledding....

[smirkymonkey]

33. We got way more than the dusting that was predicted here in Boston.

Boy, were they off.

[LiberalElite]

34. What did you get? I

did more TV network news watching yesterday than in the past six months.

[smirkymonkey]

35. At least 6 inches, they were predicting no more than 2 here.

Enough for the building management to snow plow and shovel.

[LiberalElite]

36. We should be able to return this

storm for being "not as advertised."