Snowy Days, Happy Days

It’s finally arrived. Yes, after many days of talking about cold, warm or rainy weather, NYC was touched by the first true feeling of the winter to come, snow. On Saturday night the NYC area was covered with about 1.5 inches (about 4 cm) of snow.

First, while I did see the weather report on my weather widget, love that little guy, this was still somewhat unexpected, but well received by all. In fact many people think that this is the lightest snow we will have all year and because of the late Indian Summer we had this year, we will have a really heavy (snow-wise) winter.

While many cities (like Osaka and Tokyo) like to panic when snow hits the ground, NYC learned and designed its snow response system the hard way, trial by fire. The first huge snowfall I can remember was in 1992, mainly because I broke my arm in the aftermath of ice that covered much of Bay Ridge and the city. Since then the NYC government prepares for this every year will an army of garbage, and other assorted trucks, armed with high quality salt dispensers that hit the roads early and often. My only main complaint is that not enough people shovel in front of their houses and leave the pathway to become a skating rink. I hope you don’t complain when another silly person from our overly litigious society sues you.

Wisdom of the Day: Don’t put it off. Do it today.