Well the snow has started in western LI
Snowmagedden 2026
Schools are already going remote.
I just checked the updated statement for my part of NJ (northern).
Yesterday was calling for 11-15". Last night, changed to 12-18". As of this morning, itās now calling for 18-22"
It was mostly mixed snow showers here in Manhattan since early morning, but now it is starting to accumulate. I check out the snow on neighboring lower rooftops in my neighborhood, and the roads and sidewalks at a distance.
Visibility is about 5 blocks, which is a quarter-mile here.
Our Mayor held a news conference I watched on YouTube, and it sounds as though the city is on top of it.
Snow handling and recovery is a huge issue in NYC, and has been for decades. It can make or break a mayor.
Weāre up to just under a foot according to my tape measurerā¦ Probably a foot to go if dry air doesnāt work in. Iām going to regret not going out and doing a pass with the snow blower tomorrow.
Hope it can handle 2 feet of wet snow. I have my doubts and itās a 26ā 6-speed machine.
Iām glad to have been a child when they would just cancel school for snow, not make us dial in.
Heard an interesting stat yesterday. There was a mega coop that collapsed in our area from the snow/ice mix a few weeks back. Insurance company came in and cut a 1ā x 1ā slab from the roof and it weighed 18 pounds! This meant that the 50,000 square foot roof was carrying 900,000 pounds of weight, certainly explaining itās collapse.
Forecast was 4-8, then 4-12, we got 8.4 that fell, heavy wet, compacted into 6" on the ground
First time in literal years it snowed so badly the post offices stayed closed.
ā¦kinda wishing I didnāt find that out by walking there today.
Our PO was closed today, even though their website said it was open. My son walked there today with less than the usual number of packages, since business has been slow, and brought them right back.
And no, they never answer their telephone, whether they are open of closed.
15 inches recorded in Central Park as of this afternoon. Others, outside the city, had it worse.
And then how many snow days got tacked onto the end of the school year? I remember one year our kids didnāt get out until something like June 20th. Then we moved districts and they started back Aug 13th. short summer.
The unofficial, official total for my area was a record breaking 29.2 inches.
Iām of the age when, at least where I lived, canceling school was a big deal. So when the snow started, they didnāt cancel. Because we were a small town with only 7 school buses, the buses ran two trips; āfirst loadā got picked up early, and had 30-45 minutes of activity before school officially started. āSecond loadā (which was me") got picked up later, and we had extra activity after school was over while buses took first load kids home, then came back and picked us up. All pretty cool, because it was things like games, and often snacks or other treats.
But one year, the snow got serious. So after the time that the āfirst loadā kids were at school, and the āsecond loadā kids were being picked up, officials decided that it was too bad of weather, and school should be canceled (IMO, correct, if late, decision).
So we āsecond loadā kids got to school; were told that school was canceled, and āfirst loadā kids got on the bus to go home. Now the roads were getting pretty bad. Took hours go get them dropped off. And more time for the buses (not counting the one that slid into a ditch) to get back to the school. Eventually we āsecond loadā kids got on the bus and got back home (thankfully everyone safely).
So final result was that I spent a longer than normal day at school, got home nearly 2 hours late, and then had to make it up at the end of the year as a āsnow dayā because school was canceled!
It was a PA school district and a set amount of snow days were already baked into the schedule.
Wow, you guys! I didnāt know how hard-hit all your areas were! Just outside the Philly line, we also were told to expect16"-24", but ended up with a mere 10" ! Then in mid-afternoon, the sun faintly shone through the clouds, temp went up to 39 and melting started. Of course weāre back in the mid-20s this morning, so I see lots of black ice out there today. Be careful out there!
Yup.
I remember as a kid listening to the local (city) AM news radio station for your school number to be called. They would read them off like stock tickers!