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People who used school rulers to measure snow across much of the New York City area needed something a bit more after the region was hit by a massive storm that slowed or shut down everything from libraries to utility services. local metro.
Both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio issued states of emergency as the blizzard that hit the Big Apple, its suburbs and upstate New York remained so strong as the sun set Monday evening. night (local time) as it was when it came out. cold and windy morning.
By 1 p.m. Central Park was over 13 inches, LaGuardia Airport 10 inches, Kennedy Airport 8 inches, and snow had increased to 15 inches or more in parts of northeast New Jersey.
A 17-inch snowfall was recorded in the town of Bellerose, Nassau County.
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Another foot or more of snow was expected, said Dominic Ramunni, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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People make snow angels during a snowstorm in New York’s Times Square.
“Wind gusts are beginning to create blizzard conditions throughout the tri-state area,” Ramunni said. “It’s close to 40 mph (64 km / h) in JFK.”
Authorities advised residents to stay off the streets and leave driving to highway crews and essential workers.
That included Essential Worker # 1, Cuomo himself, who got behind the wheel of a white Ford Bronco he had bought for one of his daughters and made the three-hour drive from Albany to New York City in the blinding storm. snow while talking on a cell phone.
“If you’re not an essential worker, you shouldn’t be here,” the governor told CBS 880 as he looked through the windshield with the windshield wipers coming and going. “I’m telling you, I’m on the road now and it’s horrible. People could be stranded if they are not off the roads. And if you rely on the commuter train at this rate of snowfall, you might see the commuter tracks closing. So people should take that into account because if that happens, I don’t want anyone to be stranded and unable to get home. “
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Authorities advised residents to stay off the streets and to leave driving to highway crews and essential workers.
As for his own safety, Cuomo said he was taking precautions on another front.
“I am personally driving to New York City,” he told 1010 WINS. “You know, with Covid there are all kinds of precautions, and one of them is in the car, which, if you’re in the car with someone who has Covid, that’s problematic. So I drive myself. “
Cuomo made it safely to town, where alternate side street parking rules were suspended until February 6, libraries were closed, cookouts were canceled, and appointments for anti-virus vaccines were rescheduled. coronavirus.
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Subway and bus services had started experiencing delays in New York due to the snowstorm.
Schools were closed, although online learning continued.
As the snow continued its relentless attack, the regional transit service was being affected and parts of the roads could be closed, the governor’s office said. Flights out of area airports were suspended.
Metro and bus services had started experiencing delays in the late morning. And there had been minimal power outages in some places, the mayor said.
“It’s not over until it’s over,” De Blasio said. “We will continue like this.”
55-year-old Carmen Bu winced as she waited for an M66 bus crossing the city near Central Park.
“It was tough. I’m going to work, ”he said. “The bus is late.”
A few steps away, doorman Angelo Santiago was heading home after a shift at his building.
“From now on, it is bearable,” he said. “But I think it’s going to get worse. But I’ll be in bed sleeping because I’m free today and tomorrow. “
Meanwhile, in Bay Ridge, 32-year-old Dave Results was rushing to the urgent care center where he works. He said he was wearing three pairs of pants to combat the high winds.
“It is what it is,” he said. “I’m excited because I know it will be slow.”
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio issued states of emergency when the blizzard hit the Big Apple.
While for many New Yorkers armed with shovels and snowblowers, falling flakes were just a huge task falling from the sky.
But many made the most of it, with snowmen and snowball fights, and skis they couldn’t use on vacations they couldn’t take.
On a sledding hill in Harlem, Kieran Patel and his friend Dylan Eldridge, both 10 years old, were among the first children to make the downhill race around 7.45 a.m.
“It’s amazing,” Kieran said. “There is no school, that sucks. But it is a snow day. We can stay here all day! “
“Yes, we are going to stay here all day!” Dylan added.
“In the last few years, there is basically no snow, so there are no sleds, so this has been a nice change,” said Kieran’s father, Gaurav Patel. “And reassuring from a climate point of view!”
He noted that the storm has created a sudden sled shortage.
“We got ours from Amazon a few weeks ago,” he said. “I stopped by the hardware store yesterday and they had like six to seven green sleds in the front window and I thought maybe I’d pick one up and 10 minutes later, I’d go.”
Sanitation trucks with plows were seen clearing heavy snow that fell around Manhattan on Monday.
Maintenance worker Jose Claessell, 40, started his day at 6 a.m. shoveling snow in front of a luxury apartment building in Fort Greene.
I love snow, ”Claessell said. “It makes me think about being a kid again.”
– New York Daily News
