Winter wonderland! New York gets first major snowfall of the year

[Harry]

New York City turned into a winter wonderland Saturday, as temperatures dipped to 25 degrees and the city was blanketed in snow. The Big Apple was expected to be covered in up to seven inches of snow by Sunday morning, with flakes then turning into freezing rain or sleet, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash. “It’s possible we do hit some daily snowfall records,” she said. The record snowfall in New York City for Dec. 14 is 5.8 inches. The city was prepped to battle the first real snow storm of the season. The Sanitation Department’s 365 salt spreaders were deployed throughout the five boroughs, Sanitation Deputy Chief Keith Mellis said. The city planned to have about 1,800 plows on the streets Saturday evening, and 2,000 employees on a day shift, with another 2,000 relieving them to work through the night.

 

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[realizm]

The snow melted as of this morning in alot of places, thank goodness. 

[theaveragejoe]

We got our first dumping of snow up here too in Toronto 5-8 inches depending on the area in Southern Ontario.

[peacemak3r]

The snow was very much enjoyable when it lasted, until running into people who can't drive in the snow. Sigh.

 

I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem with that Subaru, Brett. haha.

[peacemak3r]

Damn really? That sucks! Are all SUNY's like that because I'm pretty sure when my friend was a freshman, she parked at Stony Brook's parking lots with no problems.