New York CityMYFOXNY.COM - New York City and Long Island along with New Jersey are being hit hard.
Heavy snow with winds gusting 40-50 m.p.h. caused nearly impossible travel, especially along coastal areas. The brunt of the storm, with the heaviest snow and highest winds, was from 5PM to 5AM Sunday. Around a foot of snow in the city was expected.
The city has 350 salt spreaders, 2,000 snowplows and 250,000 tons of rock salt at its disposal.
The MTA was putting its fleet of snow and ice-busting equipment into action to ensure minimal disruption to services over the weekend. The fleet includes superpowered snow throwers, jet-powered snow blowers and de-icing cars.
On Long Island up to 18 inches of snow was expected in some areas. Whereas other areas nearby received winter storm warnings, a blizzard warning was issued for Long Island.
Gate delays were being reported at Newark Liberty International, as well as LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy in New York.
A winter storm warning was in effect for most of the region through early Sunday, while coastal flood warnings and high surf advisories were also in effect. Officials across the area stressed that car travel should be limited as street and road cleanup may not happen fast enough as the storm intensifies.
mental snow storm in surrey......still managed to smash a ZiZi's though
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for the snow storm that wont come... maybeinmydreams
ReplyDeleteWait there is supposed to be another big snow storm wed/thursday..guess who is supposed to drive to Chicago then?
ReplyDeleteHow are all my East Coast Peeps doin in the latest snow storm? Prayin for you all !:-)
ReplyDeleteI feel that! Imma hate driving to NM. I heard there is a bad snow storm on thw way.... *sigh*
ReplyDeleteOnly a snow storm like this could trump perennial Oscar snub Brittany Murphy's tragic death.
ReplyDeleteyesterday was fun, Saturday I was stuck in the house in the snow storm. Wish I was in warmer weather
ReplyDeleteYou should have had a snow plow park at the top before the storm started. Then they could plow down. :-o
ReplyDeleteCan't quite believe an entire city stopped functioning today amidst the worst snow storm I've ever witnessed.
ReplyDeleteyeah we have a liitle snow now, another storm is headed this way, just have to see how bad it hits us
ReplyDeleteThe snow storm missed Louisville, KY! We just had a light dusting. woo-hoo.
ReplyDeleteI had a lot of fun snowboarding in Vermont. Eventhough the storm did not hit the area with all the snow, it was still a good trip!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! So glad I'm not passing through the eastern US. Snow storm city.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much the snow storm will affect airline travel out of RDU tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThere is supposed to be a storm on christmas! :):) Yeah! I love Snow :D
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