Blizzard of '10

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Some of the roads are a bit narrow because of the plowing and there are slick spots because of the jackasses throwing the snow into the street.

Should be sunny and a lil warmer here the next few days so hopefully we see some significant melting.

All joking aside, I'm really feeling sorry for you guys. You just aren't used to this sort of thing and your towns aren't prepared for it. We're sitting here with probably 90% of the snow budget unspent (though we should be finally getting some over the next week), but we're used to it.

I once damned near wrecked my car because some idiot plowed his parking lot's snow into the street, so I've got little love of those people.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

All joking aside, I'm really feeling sorry for you guys. You just aren't used to this sort of thing and your towns aren't prepared for it. We're sitting here with probably 90% of the snow budget unspent (though we should be finally getting some over the next week), but we're used to it.

I once damned near wrecked my car because some idiot plowed his parking lot's snow into the street, so I've got little love of those people.

Where I am isnt too bad LI/ NYC was prety much spared in the first big storm, we got about 8-10 on the second part of the storm and just a few inches yesterday.

heard on the radio some smaller towns in jersey blew their entire snow budget and will have to make cuts elsewhere to offest those costs.

[Bluestreak]

Originally Posted by marko138

Another 2+ feet possible starting Monday.

What?

Where did you hear this?

We don't have anywhere else to put it...

[Papa_Complex]

There's always somewhere to put it.

http://members.fortunecity.com/showl...iejig/id3.html

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

There's always somewhere to put it.

http://members.fortunecity.com/showl...iejig/id3.html

Damn thats nuts, in th epast NYC used to pick up all the snow and take it somewhere and just melt it. For a while they just dumped it in the ocean but that stopped becaus eof all the roadsalt and crap mixed in it.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Damn thats nuts, in th epast NYC used to pick up all the snow and take it somewhere and just melt it. For a while they just dumped it in the ocean but that stopped becaus eof all the roadsalt and crap mixed in it.

I've seen even worse pictures from that year in Newfoundland, but couldn't find them today.

During our record 1999 blizzard the City of Toronto borrowed some in-situ snow melting equipment. Rather than just plow, they also melted the snow as they passed.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Bluestreak

What?

Where did you hear this?

We don't have anywhere else to put it...

From real meteorologists, not the hacks on TV we have around Hbg. We're still, what, 5 days out...so alot could change but thats what I'm hearing right now.

PM...coming your way too...stand by.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by marko138

From real meteorologists, not the hacks on TV we have around Hbg. We're still, what, 5 days out...so alot could change but thats what I'm hearing right now.

PM...coming your way too...stand by.

weather.com has ny getting snow/rain I thin next tues/wednesday. But the temp are creeping back up to the low 40's so we may just wind up with rain.

[Apoc]

I find it hilarious that they spend weeks cleaning up a snowstorm down there, lol.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Apoc

I find it hilarious that they spend weeks cleaning up a snowstorm down there, lol.

I went to college in Oswego, NY - we'd get a snowstorm and one day the snowbanks would be 12 feet high - you'd go home, go to bed, and wake up and the snowbanks would be gone (carted away with bobcats and dump trucks). It was pretty insane how quickly they'd clean up that city.