mid-day report: Waiting for Snowpocalypse

[lagilman]

Noon -- no snow, although it is cold and bitter outside. Snow could only improve the situation. Downtown (which is actually UP the hill from me) is bustling, which is unusual as this is a heavily Sabbath-observant area, and Saturday mornings tend to be quiet. Bakery was out of bread, supermarkets looked packed (I refused to go in) and the local greenmarket had moved all their flowers and produce inside, rather than the normal sidewalk display. To all intents and purposes, the neighborhood is preparing for seige (in truth, the mentality was much the same, with lots of dubious looks from whence our Enemy comes, etc).

On my way home, I saw a sand truck and a plow make their way through the streets, checking the placement of cars and whatnot along their route. I suspect the cops will be out and ticketing/towing as soon as a snow emergency is officially called.

It should just start already, please. Or skip us entirely -- at this point, we just want to KNOW.

EtA: external light just changed drastically -- enough that I noticed it with my back to the window. Hrm.

EtA2: reports have it snowing uptown Manhattan, but not in Inwood. Sloooowly it moves north...

EtA3: Snowpocalypse begins. Maybe. It looks pretty determined, coming down...

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

You're grossly anticipating the storm, man *g*. It's not supposed to get anywhere near us until after four.

[lagilman]

Near you maybe. Supposed to be hitting here about, oh...now, actually.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Huh. Where are you getting your info? Wunderground gives you until 4 PM before the chance is over 65%, and until 7 before the main storm arrives.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=10001&hourly=1&yday=352&weekday=Saturday

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

hah! And as I posted that, they updated. *g* Apparently it is coming faster than they thought.

[lagilman]

Watch the squirrels, young Jedi. They know more than we... and a hell of a lot more than the weathercritters.

(we have entered the "100% chance of snow" zone. And yet... *looks out window* No snow. Hrm.....)

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Watch the squirrels, young Jedi. They know more than we... and a hell of a lot more than the weathercritters.

They're Sith Lords, if you ask me.

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

the sky HAS distinctly changed in the last hour. Prepare to be - um, well not boarded exactly. Snowed on

[shana.livejournal.com]

The later the better as far as I'm concerned. I'm at work, and while they will close the library for excessive snow, they don't do it until it is definitely hazardous to drive home in.

[lagilman]

whereas I'd rather it came early, for a range of reasons having to do with expecting guests tomorrow, damn it, but also because when it starts snowing during daylight, they have a chance to do something about the streets/sidewalks before the temps drop and everything freezes...

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

yes, it's not the snow that bothers me. It's the icing. The sidewalk icing especially

[aitchellsee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm having trouble interpreting the UTC time conversion to see when your "now, actually" might be, but the first tentative flakes were spotted out my Harlem window about ten minutes ago -- and I'll bet it matched up with your "now".

If I didn't have a gazillion cookies to bake this afternoon, I'd be curling up with Flesh and Fire, or maybe I can just peek from time to time if I'm firm with myself and don't get drawn in. Or maybe I should save it until after Cookie-Baking. Safer that way :-)

ETA: Oh, looks like you got it earlier; I could see on the radar map that there was a doughnut of clear air over Manhattan and the Harbor, so I could see you folks slightly North getting it first.

[rosefox]

It's snowing in Inwood now and has been for maybe half an hour.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

We have about 10 cm of now in Lille.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

That was supposed to be "snow", not "now".