Blizzard 2006-February 12, 2006

All last week, the weather forecasters predicted a huge blizzard that would sweep the east coast. I was a bit skeptical when the snow began falling Saturday. It wasn't until the evening that the blizzard began. At first the snow didn't stick but around 9pm a white dusting covered the ground. I woke up Sunday morning and saw a few inches out the window. The snow was falling heavily and rapidly...before we knew it, there was nearly a foot of snow.

(this is my view from my window. A brick wall with windows--what an awesome view)

I spent the entire day inside and by the time I stepped outside EVERYTHING was covered under a layer of snow.








This is the view from outside my apartment. As you can see the cars are completely covered...
I will give NYC credit for one thing. Every home, business or management owner of a building is required, by law, to clear the sidewalk no later than 4 hours after the storm. So you can see that the sidewalks, for the most part, are clear. Even the take-out delivery guys don't let a little blizzard stop them...they use the sidewalks to ride on...Only in New York.

Steve attempted to remove the snow from the top of his carport, because the weight of the snow was caving in the tent. After a few attempts of pushing the tip of a broom up on the ceiling of the tent, it collapsed. TENT DOWN. TENT DOWN....Steve was standing on top of the picnic table and the weight of the snow pushed him off the table and onto the ground. I saw his life flash in front of my eyes. What a close call. Assessing the damage, there was really nothing we could do...so I took some pictures. As you can see, the tent is now holding a pool of snow.

**This is the view from Drew's room. The railing is holding up the tent. And this one pole is about ready to give.

Hopefully, once all the snow melts we can salvage the tent and get her standing again.

To escape our apartments we met up with Chris, Claudia, Ewan and Rhona for a few pints at Becky's Pub. By this point, Bloomberg's committment to have the streets clear by Monday morning was met. There was a bit of slush, but cars were back on the road.

We all survived the Blizzard of 2006. By 11pm Sunday night, NYC broke the record with 26.9 " of snow in Central Park.