Blizzard of 2006

[womzilla]

Last Sunday, the New York City area got its heaviest one-day snowfall ever--26"+. We stayed inside--fortunately none of us had to work that day; mostly we paid other people to shovel, though I did get out and shovel some myself, but only long enough to attract the attention of a passing band of professional shovelers who finished the job for me.

Navigating was a little tricky the next couple of days. It's worth noting that although this was the heaviest single snowfall on record, a few years back we received something like 36" in a short period with no melting in between. This was a light, powdery snow which was easy to shovel and which melted quickly: the freakishly warm weather returned by mid-week to remove most of what remains of the snow. Still, quite a sight while it lasted.



I took these with my fairly crappy phone camera.


Monday.



For contrast, Friday.

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[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

If I had thought of it, we could have similar pictures here, since we got around a foot & a half but it's been warm all week (not now, though, it was in the teens when I walked the dawg). Nights have been kind of dicey, with significant melt during the day, which led to wet sidewalks, which led to icy sidewalks when the temp dropped.

What annoyed me even more is the insistence of our apartment management that the rental agreement puts the burden of clearing the snow on us rather than them. It took quite awhile from them to clean out the walks and parking spaces.