New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:37 PM Feb 2014

Talk about a nightmare and disaster in the making.

Temps are just above freezing and we have lakes in the streets and sidewalks of this city. Temps will go down to 23 degrees tonight and well...

Not good!

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Talk about a nightmare and disaster in the making. (Original Post) hrmjustin Feb 2014 OP

Stay safe hermetic Feb 2014 #1

The drains have not been shovel for weeks. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #2

Cripes. hermetic Feb 2014 #3

Even the ones that did are backed up with waterlogged snow from last night/today JHB Feb 2014 #9

Stay safe, Justin. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #4

The whole city is a nightmare. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #5

It's FEBRUARY. What do you expect? silverweb Feb 2014 #6

The untreated ice and standing puddles are a nightmare because it is going below freezing for hrmjustin Feb 2014 #7

Okay. Be careful. silverweb Feb 2014 #8

I am planning to hibernate until April oshma Feb 2014 #10

Black ice. aquart Feb 2014 #11

hermetic

(8,301 posts)

1. Stay safe

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:41 PM

Feb 2014

Hope you don't have to go out then. Are the drains not draining?

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. The drains have not been shovel for weeks.

Reply to hermetic (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:43 PM

Feb 2014

We have snow here from last month and the store owners refuse to shovel the drains.

hermetic

(8,301 posts)

3. Cripes.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:45 PM

Feb 2014

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JHB

(37,157 posts)

9. Even the ones that did are backed up with waterlogged snow from last night/today

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 05:49 PM

Feb 2014

And even where those were cleared, the slush at streetside impedes anything close to normal drainage.

sheshe2

(83,669 posts)

4. Stay safe, Justin.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:51 PM

Feb 2014

Your situation does not sound good.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

5. The whole city is a nightmare.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:52 PM

Feb 2014

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

6. It's FEBRUARY. What do you expect?

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:15 PM

Feb 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I grew up in the NY metropolitan area. January almost always brought a thaw and weather such that we kids peeled off our coats and scarves, and then February always dumped us into the midwinter deep freeze.

February temperatures in the teens and 20s were expected and not unusual at all. It's recent mild winters that are the anomaly.

Why is normal Northeast February weather suddenly a "nightmare" and "disaster"?

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

7. The untreated ice and standing puddles are a nightmare because it is going below freezing for

Reply to silverweb (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:17 PM

Feb 2014

days.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

8. Okay. Be careful.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:41 PM

Feb 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]n/t

oshma

(63 posts)

10. I am planning to hibernate until April

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 07:15 PM

Feb 2014

If I can get my boss to pay me for huddling under covers and issuing occasional Deep Thoughts about data.

aquart

(69,014 posts)

11. Black ice.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 08:17 PM

Feb 2014

Use your brains and stay inside.

New York does not clutch pearls for snow and ice. Seriously. Did you buy proper shoes? A down Jacket? Lined jeans? Earmuffs? Were you taught how to layer?If your power is still on, you are sitting pretty.

Stop fussing and let Mamma watch her soaps.

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