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

Homer Simpson wants to help

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

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/01/25/northeast-possibly-historic-blizzard/22310869/

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.

1/2 inch.

I really don't want this snowstorm.

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.  

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.

17"

for garbage, do you just put it out like normal and let it get snowed/plowed on, to be unearthed in the spring?

Latest forecast maps have backed off to a foot.  I'm going to put my guess in at 8". Bold.

12"

However my school has already shut down preemptively for the next two days. 

28".  I'll be the guy bidding $8,000 on a vacuum cleaner....

More from the Simpsons

I say 20 inches.

Next prediction: which Franklin Ave. business will be open tomorrow?  If any?

The bars.

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.

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:

http://maps.nyc.gov/snow/#

A nice video from the blizzard of 1947 -

Did I win???

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.

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?

Yes, we are using Price is Right rules.

Too bad I don't work for the governor....