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We should probably start a "they call this a blizzard?" thread — Brooklynian

We should probably start a "they call this a blizzard?" thread

whynot_31
whynot_31
edited January 2015 in Brooklyn and Beyond
Homer Simpson wants to help B8PXwTPIQAAfjZR

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  • foolio
    foolio
    in today's hyperbole news, usa today headline says it may be the WORST EVER 

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited January 2015
    In my household the betting has begun.  We predict the following measurements in Central Park by midnight Wednesday:

    Guest 27.5"
    Me 22"
    Ms Whynot 18"

    You are welcome to type a number as well. Do not cheat by editing your post after the fact.

    We are playing by Price Is Right rules.
  • Davina
    Davina
    1/2 inch.

    I really don't want this snowstorm.
  • southeast
    southeast
    edited January 2015
    Bring it on... I wouldn't mind beating December 2010 / January 2011 - The famous one where the plows were hanging out in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot.

    And garbage - They already skipped my garbage pickup on Saturday due to the flurries.  Based on the de Blasio administration's history, my next garbage pickup is likely going to be mid-February.  I remember the year he came to office; I didn't have pickup from Christmas until January 13th or so, no exaggeration.  
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    Way different story up in ch north. We drove to lowes today and could not cross any of our streets, from brooklyn ave to flatbush, without getting stopped by a garbage truck. It looked to me like they were either catching up or planning ahead.
  • foolio
    foolio
    17"

    for garbage, do you just put it out like normal and let it get snowed/plowed on, to be unearthed in the spring?
  • steveo
    steveo
    Latest forecast maps have backed off to a foot.  I'm going to put my guess in at 8". Bold.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    12"

    However my school has already shut down preemptively for the next two days. 
  • mcpoet
    mcpoet
    28".  I'll be the guy bidding $8,000 on a vacuum cleaner....
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    More from the Simpsons

  • howncreights
    howncreights
    I say 20 inches.

    Next prediction: which Franklin Ave. business will be open tomorrow?  If any?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    The bars.

    image
  • Esperanza
    Esperanza
    Good, good time to be a grocery store owner. I am think of B&Bs and the Key Food on Franklin. Thinking along the lines of hoards of locusts descending on the stores.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    If you are broke it is also a good time to be the owner of a snow thrower or work for DSNY.

    The DSNY staff are going to get lots of overtime as a result of this crowd sourced website which tells them where the unplowed areas are:

  • southeast
    southeast
    A nice video from the blizzard of 1947 -
  • steveo
    steveo
    Did I win???
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    We won't know until the storm is over, midnight Wednesday.

    The NYT or some other source will measure the snow in Central Park.   Then, the prize will be awarded.
  • steveo
    steveo
    7.8 inches in Central Park currently

    https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201501271237-KOKX-NOUS41-PNSOKX

    Is it like the Price is Right?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Yes, we are using Price is Right rules.
  • steveo
    steveo
    Too bad I don't work for the governor....
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