'Biggest ever snowstorm' ever coming to New York

[editor]

Batten down the hatches New Yorkers - you might be getting anything up to 3 feet of snow tonight!

A "potentially historic blizzard" could dump up to 90cm (3ft) of snow on the US north-east coast, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned.

New York's mayor said the storm could be the city's biggest ever, telling residents to "prepare for the worst".

Heavy snowfall is forecast from Philadelphia to Maine. More than 3,000 flights have already been cancelled.

A blizzard warning has been issued for New York and Boston from Monday afternoon until Tuesday.

More than 1,800 flights on Monday and more than 1,600 on Tuesday had been cancelled, according to the website FlightAware.

Airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia have already been affected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30978320

 

[editor]

Well it was a bit of a damp squib, but if it had happened in London it would have been UTTER SNOW CHAOS!!!

Here's some photos posted by my friend in NYC:

More: http://www.urban75.org/blog/photos-...of-new-york-in-the-wake-of-winter-storm-juno/

 

[JTG]

I was there for Nemo in Feb 2013 - about a foot in NYC overnight. Connecticut got over three feet

 

[mod]

Not a criticism of you posted this (as I know you have a connection to the city) but why the fuck is the weather in New York headline news in the UK. I really couldn't give a fuck. Earth Quakes that kill in other parts of the world get a fraction of the attention.

 

[editor]

I was there for Nemo in Feb 2013 - about a foot in NYC overnight. Connecticut got over three feet

When I was working over there I waked home during what was said to be the coldest night in ten years or whatever. My face got frozen into a pained expression!

 

[editor]

Not a criticism of you posted this (as I know you have a connection to the city) but why the fuck is the weather in New York headline news in the UK. I really couldn't give a fuck. Earth Quakes that kill in other parts of the world get a fraction of the attention.

Maybe because there's a huge amount of connections between London and NYC? And us Brits are fascinated by the weather?

 

[JTG]

When I was working over there I waked home during what was said to be the coldest night in ten years or whatever. My face got frozen into a pained expression!

Yeah it can be a bit parky

Changed trains in Chicago one morning on the same trip. FUCK me it was cold there!

 

[editor]

Yeah it can be a bit parky

Changed trains in Chicago one morning on the same trip. FUCK me it was cold there!

I walked across a field when I was in Chicago. I later learnt it was a frozen lake!

 

[JTG]

I walked across a field when I was in Chicago. I later learnt it was a frozen lake!

Heh, yes. Crossed the Rockies by train. Colorado River frozen solid, where it had cracked you could see the ice depth was a good foot at least.

And then I reached California and all was sunshine and froth

 

[weepiper]

Massachusetts seems to have copped the worst of it

lots more pics here
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...der-siege/aWK0FEAT7oNPZXFjxYSzIM/picture.html

 

[editor]

Massachusetts seems to have copped the worst of it

lots more pics here
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...der-siege/aWK0FEAT7oNPZXFjxYSzIM/picture.html

Blimey! Some amazing pics there:

 

[mod]

Maybe because there's a huge amount of connections between London and NYC? And us Brits are fascinated by the weather?

Punk, love of drugs, victims of terror and average snow storms?

 

[Ax^]

more in common now shutting down the city at the first hint of snow..

don't they get this sort of stuff almost every year

 

[Onket]

A snowstorm isn't really a proper storm, is it. I find thunderbolts and lightning very, very frightening and there's none of that.

 

[mod]

When I was working over there I waked home during what was said to be the coldest night in ten years or whatever. My face got frozen into a pained expression!

What were you doing over there? Work wise? You get down to Brooklyn much? Down by the docks? I loved it down there.

 

[Greebo]

<snip> thunderbolts and lightning very, very frightening <snip>

Onket

 

[Onket]

Onket

Too late!

 

[JTG]

Too late!

Carole King

Stop it

 

[Roadkill]

Maybe because there's a huge amount of connections between London and NYC? And us Brits are fascinated by the weather?

Yeah, and 'cos we get their weather in watered-down form a few days later!

 

[1927]

Well it was a bit of a damp squib, but if it had happened in London it would have been UTTER SNOW CHAOS!!!

Cos of course we are always banning people from driving their cars and closing the underground cos of a bit of snow!

 

[Boycey]

COSHH of course we are always banning people from driving their cars and closing the underground cos of a bit of snow!

Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health?

 

[1927]

Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health?

Lol. Should have been cos, but as I'm a health and safety consultant I guess auto correct found COSHH! Lol

 

[editor]

But when it does snow in NYC - this happens!

 

[Miss Caphat]

more in common now shutting down the city at the first hint of snow..

don't they get this sort of stuff almost every year

we get snow all the time, about 50 or 60 inches a year up and down the (northern) east coast.
but a relentless two-day blizzard with 65 mph winds is a different story. they have to keep people off the roads or they can't get a chance to clear them.
that being said, everyone stayed home for 2 days, and by dawn after the storm all roads were clear and it was business as usual.

I just realized I forgot to post my pics

 

[Miss Caphat]

 

[Geri]

I have a client near Boston (Beverly) and I'm guessing they had it bad as I didn't get a single e-mail from any of them on Wednesday.

 

[Miss Caphat]

I have a client near Boston (Beverly) and I'm guessing they had it bad as I didn't get a single e-mail from any of them on Wednesday.

On Tuesday & Wednesday there was a travel ban...only essential personnel were allowed on the roads (this was all the northeastern states) so basically all non-essential businesses were shut down too.

 

[Miss Caphat]

I have a client near Boston (Beverly) and I'm guessing they had it bad as I didn't get a single e-mail from any of them on Wednesday.

Beverly's nice by the way ever been there or seen pictures?
It's right next to Salem. I live in that area, about 25 miles further north.

 

[Geri]

Yes, I've looked at some pictures - it does look nice. Maybe one day they will invite me!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

They're naming snowstorms now: 'Winter Storm Juno'?

For fairness and equality's sake, they should name rainy days here on the West Coast. They could use tragic figures from 19th Century British novels - Rainy Day Heathcliff; or from Greek plays - Rainy Day Jokaste....