NYC, Boston ban road travel as huge storm hits

[Omaha Steve]

Source: USA Today

John Bacon

A historic snowstorm blasted its way through the Northeast on Monday, bringing with it havoc, flight cancellations, school closings and worry that up to 3 feet of snow and hurricane-force winds might be on the horizon.

Both New York City and Boston took the rare step of banning all forms of travel due to the storm.

"It's dangerous out there now. It's only going to become more dangerous,'' New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday evening as he announced a total ban on travel on any road after 11 p.m. in 13 counties including the city, suburbs and Long Island.

A blizzard warning was issued for both metro areas and more than 6,100 flights had been canceled before the storm cranked up. The storm will impact more than 40 million people, the National Weather Service reported.

FULL story at link. Video: http://bcove.me/prgypbh4


A pedestrian walks to her office in White Plains, N.Y., as light snow falls on Jan. 26.
(Photo: Joe Larese, The Journal News)


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/01/26/northeast-blizzard-monday/22335029/

[NutmegYankee]

1. Travel Ban in the entire state of Connecticut, as of now.

http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?A=4010&Q=559968

[Fred Sanders]

2. That photo of a light snow fall is almost as terrifying as the woman's hideous outfit.

[PasadenaTrudy]

13. A parka is hideous? n/t

[project_bluebook]

3. They downgraded the snow amounts for NYC

10 to 14"

[NutmegYankee]

4. The NWS still has a warning for NYC of 20-30 inches possible.

[project_bluebook]

5. Yes, I guess NWS haven't put out the updated forecast yet

but was reported on MSNBC about 9:05pm that it changed. May be worse then forecast for east LI and points north.

[LiberalElite]

6. I'm assuming I'm going to work tomorrow -

maybe we'll just have a delayed opening. Of course this depends on when transit starts to run again.

Accuweather as of 9pm though: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/major-blizzard-to-shut-down-bo/41180972


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An all-out blizzard will slam the New York City area and New England Monday night through Tuesday, bringing many communities to a standstill.
Flight cancellations are mounting and travel bans and state of emergencies are being issued ahead of the major blizzard that will halt travel, cut power and endanger anyone who ventures out into the storm.
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Radar shows light precip but a hell of a lot of it coming this way off the ocean.

[project_bluebook]

10. With the winds, drifts would make travel too dangerous

even if snow falls at the lower end of estimates, what ever that is now.

[KittyWampus]

15. you got it, the wind will have snow drifts all over the place even if totals aren't as bad

as originally forecast

[NutmegYankee]

8. Uh, The National Weather Service makes the forecast.

And they are putting live updates in Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/NWSNewYorkNY?fref=nf

[project_bluebook]

9. Maybe the meteorologist on MSNBC had a little too much schnapps tonight. eom

[mindwalker_i]

7. Roads should just stay put

What the hell do they think they're doing, wandering around?

[smirkymonkey]

11. When I was walking home from the T in Boston tonight, there were police vans

going around the streets with megaphones telling everyone to be off the streets by 11pm or they would be towed. Looking out my window now there are almost no cars on the road and I live right in the city. It doesn't even really seem like the worst of it has hit yet, but I think people are taking it seriously.

[brentspeak]

12. No sign of this blizzard yet

Probably some nervous weather forecasters worrying about their jobs right now.

[Hoppy]

14. Essex County, N.J. 12:20 a.m., E.S.T., approx 4 " have fallen.

Actual blizzard conditions are supposed to start at 1:00 a.m.