After the Dec. 26th blizzard and yesterday’s Q ‘n’ A with Bloomberg’s top officials, the weather report isn’t just getting the city’s denizens worked up – the snow has political repercussions too. Bloomberg’s ready to prove that the city won’t be had again. But with 7-14 inches expected to fall, especially heavily over Long Island, folks are getting pretty worked up.
I’m suddenly taken back to Portland, Ore., where the slightest mention of snow gets people to buckle chains to their wheels in preparation for black ice and general entrapment. New Yorkers traditionally don’t care about snow. “Let it fall,” they’ll say. They drive through it bravely, almost recklessly.
But now, after last month’s blizzard debacle, people are getting worried, especially after last week’s letdown forecast seven inches left little more than a few flurries. City officials have warned that in severest weather, certain subway lines will not operate, (mostly in the Bronx and South Brooklyn, i.e. NBFRQ). This after a stuck A train left people stranded for hours in a subway car in east Queens.
In the meanwhile, all we can do is wait. Who knows, we may get a repeat of last week? Or we could all get snowed in in the morning, and enjoy a late start on our way to work. Only time will tell.
