Major NYC snow event (Page 2): Gee, I didn't know the Bahamas got snow. :sm02:...

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

HamB wrote:

5-7 inches here in Nassau, cold and windy, but no big deal...
The networks replaced "pandemic porn" with "blizzard porn"

Gee, I didn't know the Bahamas got snow.

HamB

With all the cruise ships gone we had to do something....

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jaymatt wrote:

I suppose they have to have something to talk abou... (show quote)

If two dog piss on the same fire plug it's a major weather event!!!!

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

I know what you mean, gasman...I am originally from NYC, and back in 1948, we had a snow storm, 18 inches!!! the only thing I heard at that time was "No school today." Wow was I in "7th heaven," I took my flexible flyer out, "greased" the runners and took a flying leap onto the sled. Well the sled sunk into the snow, and I went down the hill on my belly. The "supers" had spread coal ashes on the street the night before, lol. But getting back to the topic... I believe NOTHING of what the corrupt "yellow sheets" have to say.
Rich... Oh, that I can think that far back, lol, I am 84.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

Your lucky, we got about 8 or 10, height of our bottom step on the porch

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

I seem to remember that they forecast "flurries" when the Storm of '78 hit the Boston area. It was so deep that I couldn't open either the back or front doors and had to open the kitchen window to let the dog out to pee! She wasn't a happy camper floundering around in 4' of snow trying to figure out where she was going to do her thing.

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

All that matters is that I got some pics from these two guys who had a great time-- no school and enough snow to have some fun!

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LXK0930 Loc: Souh Jersey

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

About 60 years ago, I went to college in Montreal. First major snowstorm that I experienced dropped about 3 feet. Roads were impassible, and life stopped.

I figured that I would be stuck at home for about a week. I turned on the radio, only to learn that because of the storm, classes would be delayed 2 hours!

cdayton

Rich2236 wrote:

I know what you mean, gasman...I am originally fro... (show quote)

Actually, the blizzard of 1947 was worse - about 26 inches. My grandparents lived in NYC (Italian Harlem) and my parents drove down from the Catskills on XMas day - we were caught in the storm the next day. Somewhere I have a photo of us standing in the middle of Times Square without a vehicle in sight.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Xanadu wrote:

My brother-in-law is near Binghamton, NY. He is guessing 3 feet plus.

We get a "3 footer" once in a while. No big deal. Everyone knows nothing is moving, so why try. The biggest problem is what to do with it. Around here we just plow it to the side of the road. Then the individual property owners have to dig out. We had a 3 footer in March 2014 that started on a Friday afternoon. At sunup Saturday there was at least 3' everywhere in the county. My emergency generator ran until Tuesday afternoon when power was restored in our area. Kind of amusing because by Wed. most of the snow had melted. Many folks were without power long after the 3' of snow melted. Weather systems that drop very large amounts of snow are usually followed by warming trends. Around here we accept weather with much snow. In 2014 we had 225 feet of snow. We are exactly 1/2 way from the Earth's waistline to the top of it's head. The 45th Parallel is 3/4 of a mile down the road.

rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY

Buffalo must laugh at the TV idiots from NYC.

FrankR Loc: NYC

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

I don’t know where you are in The City, but measured snow depths varied. Central Park got 10.5”, Fordham in the Bronx got a foot+. Bay Ridge Brooklyn had 9.5” and Jamaica Queens, got just under a foot, while Todt Hill Staten Island had 7”.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

Xanadu wrote:

My brother-in-law is near Binghamton, NY. He is guessing 3 feet plus.

Three feet of snow is nothing for that area. Back in the 70s my uncle that lived there had to climb out his second story window to shovel a tunnel to his front door. That never hit the national news.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Given that NYC is what it is, it could be very true that 4” there is what 12” is elsewhere. Written from Minnesota which isn’t disabled by 12” snow. We have fleets of trucks with snowplows.

Gasman57 wrote:

What a load of crap. We got 4 inches here in NYC. When will we learn that the media manufacturers news. I no longer am a lemming and don't watch them. They're still on TV this morning claiming how bad the snow is standing in 4 INCHES OF SNOW. When I was a kid (50 years ago) we got 12 inches + regularly and it WASN'T a news event.

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

cdayton wrote:

Actually, the blizzard of 1947 was worse - about 26 inches. My grandparents lived in NYC (Italian Harlem) and my parents drove down from the Catskills on XMas day - we were caught in the storm the next day. Somewhere I have a photo of us standing in the middle of Times Square without a vehicle in sight.

Hey cdayton, lol, we are talking about the same blizzard, it was the end of '47 and the beginning of '48! I just called it 1948..... in our neighborhood in the Bronx, we measured it at 18" but I am sure it was deeper in other areas.
Rich...