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A Record! Blizzard '06 Officially Biggest (in NYC)
AP via WCBSTV.com ^ | 2/12/06 | AP

Posted on 02/12/2006 2:42:31 PM PST by conservative in nyc

A record storm blanketed the city in 2 feet of snow on Sunday, stranding tens of thousands of air travelers and sending sanitation workers into overdrive to try to get the streets passable by Monday.

By 1 p.m., the National Weather Service reported that 26.9 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park, the highest tally since records started being kept in 1869. The record was 26.4 inches in December 1947. The snow is measured by the official Central Park measurer for the National Weather Service.

The storm caught some New Yorkers by surprise, coming on the heels of an unusually mild January.

"It's sort of crazy because it was so warm a couple of weeks ago and now we have knee-deep snow," said Skye Drynan, walking her dogs Bella and Forest in lower Manhattan early Sunday.

With visibility at less than a quarter mile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to stay off the roads.

"This is a dangerous storm," Bloomberg said. "Don't drive unless you have to."

The mayor, speaking at a salt storage facility on the Hudson River, said that with 2,200 snow plows and 350 salt spreaders working, he hoped to have all the city's 6,300 miles of streets cleared by Monday's rush hour.

Bloomberg said 2,500 Department of Sanitation employees were working in 12-hour shifts, with vacations and days off canceled, and temporary workers were being hired at $10 an hour to shovel snow.

The storm closed all three of the region's major airports, and airlines canceled more than 500 inbound and departing flights -- 200 each at La Guardia and Newark airports and 120 at Kennedy. The Port Authority said Kennedy could be open by 5:30 p.m., but La Guardia will not open until at least 6 a.m.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blizzard; bushsfault; nyc; snow; snowstorm; weather
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To: conservative in nyc

I am very VERY happy I moved to FLORIDA. No snow here.


81 posted on 02/12/2006 4:05:06 PM PST by captain_dave
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To: angelrod

prayers sent. May the Lord receive his soul.

Mrs VS


82 posted on 02/12/2006 4:05:38 PM PST by VeritatisSplendor
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To: conservative in nyc

Upstater here- we'll no doubt be sending a fleet of State plows, loaders and truck-mounted snowblowers down there to help dig out (just like always.)
That's always the problem when it snows in urban areas- where do you put it?
Don't they actually have heated trailers down there that melt the snow and let it run into the sewers?
I wonder, will the DEC stop them from dumping the salt-laden slush in the salt water of the harbor?
Good luck, and stay warm and safe!


83 posted on 02/12/2006 4:14:36 PM PST by Ostlandr ( Hey! Where'd my tagline go?)
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To: Ostlandr

yes, NYC has 20 of those snow melters. they no longer dump in the rivers.


84 posted on 02/12/2006 4:15:54 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Ostlandr
Don't they actually have heated trailers down there that melt the snow and let it run into the sewers? I wonder, will the DEC stop them from dumping the salt-laden slush in the salt water of the harbor?

In Manhattan's business districts, yes, they do. The DEC hasn't stopped the city from doing this in the recent past. They did stop direct dumping into the rivers. The sewer water might get treated before discharge.
85 posted on 02/12/2006 4:16:53 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc

apparently, there was some kind of microburst in manhattan just east into queens that sent the accumulations numbers there off the charts. western long island numbers are only coming in around 12-15.


86 posted on 02/12/2006 4:20:29 PM PST by oceanview
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To: angelrod

A fervent prayer for your your wife's uncle. How old was he? Shovelling snow seems to cause many heart attacks and should be approached with extreme caution.


87 posted on 02/12/2006 4:24:38 PM PST by maxwellp
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To: Roverman2K
You are presuming they are liberals lol. (With the sole exception of my brother in law your right.)
88 posted on 02/12/2006 4:24:59 PM PST by jecIIny (You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
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To: conservative in nyc
Are any Mohammedans offended or inconvenienced?
89 posted on 02/12/2006 4:25:48 PM PST by Peelod (Decentia est fragilis. Curatoribus validis indiget.)
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To: oceanview

"apparently, there was some kind of microburst in manhattan..."

MICROBURST? Smacks of psuedo-science local-tv crapple-babble used to liven things up when "heavy storm" just doesn't get the advertising dollars sold anymore. These liberal media liars will do anything to hype up a storm when it just doesn't live up to the 48 hours of hype they build it up with.

Not even the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a reliable source for meteorological information anymore. In spite of the fact that AMERICANS pay for their freakin salaries, they are supporting the "climate-change" liberal conspiracy to ruin the U.S. economy and turn over national sovereignty to the eco-commies. So when they talk about "blizzard", sorry, gotta wonder who's PAYING THEM OFF.

The answer is clear.


90 posted on 02/12/2006 4:38:30 PM PST by forrestroche (But ignorance, while it checks the enthusiasm of the sensible, in no way restrains the fools...)
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To: conservative in nyc
The storm caught some New Yorkers by surprise

What? We were warned DAYS, almost a week, ahead of time. Everybody was making preparations for the storm.

91 posted on 02/12/2006 4:54:46 PM PST by lowbridge (I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
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To: jecIIny
. I need to call some family members and ask them about the weather (its sunny and 75 here).

Reach out,
Reach out and mock someone :-)

92 posted on 02/12/2006 4:56:38 PM PST by lowbridge (I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
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To: Peelod

"Are any Mohammedans offended or inconvenienced?"

They ought to be, because GOD obviously elected NOT to KILL all new-yorkers under a giant "MICROBURST" (also known as a "maxiburst"). Everyday that America retains it's position as the world's only hyperpower sends a clear message about in what esteem God holds us.


93 posted on 02/12/2006 5:17:05 PM PST by forrestroche (But ignorance, while it checks the enthusiasm of the sensible, in no way restrains the fools...)
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To: VeritatisSplendor
Wasn't there some humongous big blizzard in the 1880s -

That storm was probably a bad one also, but what makes things really bad isn't the amount of snow that falls but what the wind does to it. I've seen over two feet of snow before, the two feet isn't what impressed me, but the 10 foot or higher snow drifts out in the rural areas are what really impressed me as a kid.

Now days we got equipment to clean up the mess after a big storm but back in 1880's I'm sure it probably would of taken forever to clean up that mess.

94 posted on 02/12/2006 6:07:20 PM PST by ReformedBeckite
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To: ozzymandus

What was the question you ask a few minutes ago, Now what were we talking about, Now why am I sitting here at the computer.


95 posted on 02/12/2006 6:13:31 PM PST by ReformedBeckite
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To: Hilltop
It's cold in Alabama, it snowed for ten minutes yesterday, I thought we were doomed. But, I had bread and milk.

Did you run to the store to get your supplies before it started to snow.

96 posted on 02/12/2006 6:21:01 PM PST by ReformedBeckite
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To: ReformedBeckite

Of course, it gave me an excuse to lay in another six pack of brew.

Hey, I've got a family to protect. A man can't be too careful.

And no, I didn't run, that's what women are for in Alabama.

;)


97 posted on 02/12/2006 7:01:37 PM PST by Hilltop
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To: iPod Shuffle
Glad to hear they got a handle on the smog problem. What I saw in the 1990s was pretty frightening.
98 posted on 02/13/2006 9:50:40 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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To: joanie-f

So were you clobbered? :-)


99 posted on 02/13/2006 10:00:37 AM PST by Minuteman23
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To: Minuteman23
Our snow blower chose yesterday morning to die. So two 50+ year-olds spent the afternoon shoveling – 200 feet of driveway x 14” of the white stuff. :)
100 posted on 02/13/2006 8:44:22 PM PST by joanie-f (If you believe God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)
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