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I still think 93/94 was better. That epic ice storm that set the floor for a snowpack that never died. I fell more times that winter than any other. Of course sandwiched between was that awful El Nino winter

Waldbaums roof collapse caused by the wet snow

Mistake 1: moving back here Mistake 2: NY entered into a Clean Energy agenda and put huge mandates on utility companies to move off gas powered electricity which costs billions and that is being passed on to you thru huge hikes. Mistake 3: simultaneous with mistake 2, the former governor forced them to close Indian point. This clean energy source provided 25% of New York’s electricity. Long story short, enjoy your bill. It’s gonna be higher next year.

My now dead neighbor in Queens when we went out to shovel “nothing special here. just a path.” As a kid, I knew this was extraordinary then. That was really the first in a parade of epic storms that spanned the next 20 years in the NYC area. and if you lived in Queens back then, you remember that snow removal in New York City was much more primitive than it is now, even though it wasn’t that long ago. A lot less salt was used and the secondary and tertiary streets sometimes took days to get cleared. we lived on a secondary street in Whitestone and during those big storms we got a plow width and nothing more. Nowadays that would never happen

full snow cover still! what a nice xmas week for many of us with little dustings every night!

I mean its been BN temp wise and basically normal snow wise. But after last several winters its great. this hasnt been gangbusters tho

It wants to snow this winter…keep that in mind with the emotions when tracking the next storm. Happy New Year! 22F and a nice new blanket on top of existing snow

I can’t remember the last time I had full snow cover on New Year’s Eve. Remind me of when I was a kid. I want to say 2017? Wasnt that the brutally cold xmas week?

Light snow in Westchester. Still have full snow cover

Didnt you say that about Christmas week? And arent we going to be at or about freezing through the first week?

They got Times Square cleared out in no time! Real effort on part of city

Take what you can get after last few winters.

this is a totally crazy ride across PA today: 1. Fog and rain on snow mid 30s 2. Brilliant sun and 50 3. Snow and 20s on other end

This is true. it froze in wading river. and that is wide open there

theres no disputing this. snow fell and it stayed around longer in the 5 boros in my lifetime. And I dont need a record to confirm that. its just much warmer day to day now.