New Yorkers, Are You Wimps Nowadays?

[JewelFreak]

Pictures from the blizzard of 1947 -- 25.6 inches of snow dumped on Manhattan -- for warning, only a forecast of "flurries." A few weeks ago, Central Park measurement was 11" to 12". Boo hoo!





Waiting overnight & longer for trains home. Nobody blowing his stack. Nobody asking the gov. for money! How clean Grand Central is!

 

[missy]

Cool pics Laurie! I am hoping the rest of the winter continues without incident. After all, we are still reeling from the after effects of Sandy. We still don't have phone service at work in downtown Manhattan and my dh's office just got back electricity and they were functioning on generator power since the storm. There are still many many people without homes in the areas hardest hit so I would say that no, NYers are stronger than ever and thank goodness because 1947 seems tame compared to the last decade plus (2001 comes to mind) (in my book at least)!

 

[wakingdreams53]

I remember pre-Sandy a little snow drove NYCers up the wall. My entire street in Brooklyn was closed off. Yes. NYers are wimps nowadays and it's hilarious what a little snow can do. I'm 100% sympathetic to the Sandy work that still needs to be done and now any blizzards on are just brutal considering, but overall, NYC can't deal with snow and it's hilarious that it has gotten worse since the 40's.

 

[minousbijoux]

Laurie, wherever did you come up with those great photos?

 

[JewelFreak]

Found them online, Minou, at a site with old Life Magazine photos. Cool, aren't they?

Missy, the lack of support after Sandy is horrible. I'm nauseated every time I see pics of Bloomberg & Obama promising it'll all be fixed up "real soon" months & months ago. That's a different story from these photos of Manhattan -- and if the Feds weren't involved, things would be fixed much quicker by locals, who are more capable. Probably why this blizzard didn't paralyze everyone for months.

I'm impressed by how the folks at Grand Central manage to hold their tempers & behave like civilized people. I don't think that floor has been so clean ever since, either!

--- Laurie

 

[missy]

I remember pre-Sandy a little snow drove NYCers up the wall. My entire street in Brooklyn was closed off. Yes. NYers are wimps nowadays and it's hilarious what a little snow can do. I'm 100% sympathetic to the Sandy work that still needs to be done and now any blizzards on are just brutal considering, but overall, NYC can't deal with snow and it's hilarious that it has gotten worse since the 40's.

Not the NYers I know. I haven't missed work for snow in the last decade nor has my dh. Work must go on so if subways aren't working or if schools are closed we deal. So IMO NYers aren't wimps but perhaps the politicians making decisions regarding the snow removal etc are...

wakingdreams, don't answer but I wonder if we live near each other. My street was sort of closed during a snowstorm last year (or was it a few years ago lol I just cannot remember as time goes so fast) because the snow plows just sorta forgot about us. However we still managed our daily routine because people still need us no matter the weather.

ETA: Laurie-I totally agree. I intensely dislike all the politicians with their false promises and hope.
It's the people that hold the city together. The people full of strength and grace and humor!

ETA2: Oh no, I just turned on the news and it seems a noreaster is headed our way for the middle of this week.

 

[wakingdreams53]

I remember pre-Sandy a little snow drove NYCers up the wall. My entire street in Brooklyn was closed off. Yes. NYers are wimps nowadays and it's hilarious what a little snow can do. I'm 100% sympathetic to the Sandy work that still needs to be done and now any blizzards on are just brutal considering, but overall, NYC can't deal with snow and it's hilarious that it has gotten worse since the 40's.

Not the NYers I know. I haven't missed work for snow in the last decade nor has my dh. Work must go on so if subways aren't working or if schools are closed we deal. So IMO NYers aren't wimps but perhaps the politicians making decisions regarding the snow removal etc are...

wakingdreams, don't answer but I wonder if we live near each other. My street was sort of closed during a snowstorm last year (or was it a few years ago lol I just cannot remember as time goes so fast) because the snow plows just sorta forgot about us. However we still managed our daily routine because people still need us no matter the weather.

ETA: Laurie-I totally agree. I intensely dislike all the politicians with their false promises and hope.
It's the people that hold the city together. The people full of strength and grace and humor!

ETA2: Oh no, I just turned on the news and it seems a noreaster is headed our way for the middle of this week.

Eep! Good luck with the coming noreaster, that's miserable. I lived in NY for 10 years and now I'm in FL, so there's no security issue if I tell you the street Emmons Ave, closer to the movie theater. This was 2 years ago, since I'm in FL for a year now. Street was completely closed, buses were perpendicular blocking the street. Truly ridiculous. Schools closed. Took far too long. I definitely agree with the politicians comment. I love NYers, nothing ever keeps them back from anything. I'll rephrase my comments. NY Politicians are wimps and a little snow has them running for the hills.

 

[missy]

I remember pre-Sandy a little snow drove NYCers up the wall. My entire street in Brooklyn was closed off. Yes. NYers are wimps nowadays and it's hilarious what a little snow can do. I'm 100% sympathetic to the Sandy work that still needs to be done and now any blizzards on are just brutal considering, but overall, NYC can't deal with snow and it's hilarious that it has gotten worse since the 40's.

Not the NYers I know. I haven't missed work for snow in the last decade nor has my dh. Work must go on so if subways aren't working or if schools are closed we deal. So IMO NYers aren't wimps but perhaps the politicians making decisions regarding the snow removal etc are...

wakingdreams, don't answer but I wonder if we live near each other. My street was sort of closed during a snowstorm last year (or was it a few years ago lol I just cannot remember as time goes so fast) because the snow plows just sorta forgot about us. However we still managed our daily routine because people still need us no matter the weather.

ETA: Laurie-I totally agree. I intensely dislike all the politicians with their false promises and hope.
It's the people that hold the city together. The people full of strength and grace and humor!

ETA2: Oh no, I just turned on the news and it seems a noreaster is headed our way for the middle of this week.

Eep! Good luck with the coming noreaster, that's miserable. I lived in NY for 10 years and now I'm in FL, so there's no security issue if I tell you the street Emmons Ave, closer to the movie theater. This was 2 years ago, since I'm in FL for a year now. Street was completely closed, buses were perpendicular blocking the street. Truly ridiculous. Schools closed. Took far too long. I definitely agree with the politicians comment. I love NYers, nothing ever keeps them back from anything. I'll rephrase my comments. NY Politicians are wimps and a little snow has them running for the hills.

Hmmm, not sure where Emmons Ave is...lucky you being where it is nice and warm now!
Yeah, NYers are tough. The politicians are just

 

[iLander]

Laurie, I think everyone are weather wimps these days! I think it's a product of the weather channel looking to bump ratings and every little snowstorm is a big deal. If it wasn't a big deal, would anyone watch the weather channel?

Plus no one goes outside these days! I raised 2 kids and I think during their entire childhoods, they spent a grand total of 6 hours out in the yard. When I was a kid, inside was a place your mom could find you and make you do chores, and there was one TV with 3 channels. Chances are, someone was watching something boring on that TV, so you went outside.

I was in NYC a couple of years ago, and the doormen were all "Be careful, it's raining pretty bad." It was drizzling! Seriously! I was debating if we really needed an umbrella. The rain down here comes down so thick, it's like driving through a carwash, and cars pull over because it's a whiteout. We once got 6 inches in 45 minutes. But they were all wiggy in NY about the drizzle.

I do think NYer's are tough, though. The hurricane proved that. I hate days and days without power, I've been there, it really sucks. I really don't know what they're going to do, I'm sure most of those people had no hurricane insurance, and homeowners won't cover diddly. It was the same problem with Katrina, if you don't have insurance, how would you rebuild?

 

[kenny]

The real weather wimps, like me, live here in sunny Southern California.

Sometimes it dips down to the 60s and rains a bit.
It's torture!

 

[JewelFreak]

Ha! Kenny, very true! You remind me of our move from Holland to San Francisco. Waiting for luggage, a woman from LA, standing next to me, kept yowling about how c-c-c-o-o-o-old she was. For pete's sake, it was 68 degrees!

iLander -- you hit a lot of good points exactly. Sad part is, people believe the hype, especially those who've never seen weather except through a window.

--- Laurie

 

[iLander]

The real weather wimps, like me, live here in sunny Southern California.

Sometimes it dips down to the 60s and rains a bit.
It's torture!

Ugh, I know what you mean, Kenny. It was 55 here the other night, I thought it was Christmas time!

 

[iLander]

Ha! Kenny, very true! You remind me of our move from Holland to San Francisco. Waiting for luggage, a woman from LA, standing next to me, kept yowling about how c-c-c-o-o-o-old she was. For pete's sake, it was 68 degrees!

iLander -- you hit a lot of good points exactly. Sad part is, people believe the hype, especially those who've never seen weather except through a window.

--- Laurie

I love this part!

I'm going to use it as a saying "You'd think they've never seen weather except through a window."

 

[k_darling]

When the trains were down after Sandy, my office set up a shuttle to bus us in to work. We'd get picked up at 6 am in south Brooklyn, drive to Rockefeller Center, work all day and then be driven back to Brooklyn at 6 pm. I'd say there are still a few of us that are pretty tough. The problem is that that city doesn't deal with snow well - everything stops running/working pretty quickly.

 

[k_darling]

I remember pre-Sandy a little snow drove NYCers up the wall. My entire street in Brooklyn was closed off. Yes. NYers are wimps nowadays and it's hilarious what a little snow can do. I'm 100% sympathetic to the Sandy work that still needs to be done and now any blizzards on are just brutal considering, but overall, NYC can't deal with snow and it's hilarious that it has gotten worse since the 40's.

Not the NYers I know. I haven't missed work for snow in the last decade nor has my dh. Work must go on so if subways aren't working or if schools are closed we deal. So IMO NYers aren't wimps but perhaps the politicians making decisions regarding the snow removal etc are...

wakingdreams, don't answer but I wonder if we live near each other. My street was sort of closed during a snowstorm last year (or was it a few years ago lol I just cannot remember as time goes so fast) because the snow plows just sorta forgot about us. However we still managed our daily routine because people still need us no matter the weather.

ETA: Laurie-I totally agree. I intensely dislike all the politicians with their false promises and hope.
It's the people that hold the city together. The people full of strength and grace and humor!

ETA2: Oh no, I just turned on the news and it seems a noreaster is headed our way for the middle of this week.

Wow - are all the PS New Yorkers on here in Brooklyn? That's great!