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NY Times snowfall map for the whole blizzard region - how much has fallen -- (link*) - ty97 Jan 23, 14:46 3
- that's funny. My mom's place is right on the edge of it at the Cape... - Mel Profit Jan 23, 15:02
- including happy valley? -- nm - mr plow Jan 23, 14:49
- Is 25 bigger than 23? - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:48
Fantasy Golf Update: Finally gaining some ground on CQ. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 14:44 2
- grrrr -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 14:55 1
  - combined -29 is a good day. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 14:59
Central Park 19.5. JFK airport 24. And still snowing. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:39 1
- yay! -- nm - mr plow Jan 23, 14:40
DC mayor on CNN after this commercial break -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 23, 14:34 2
- does this one smoke crack? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 15:07
- "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE!" -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 15:06
Craig Robinson talks at Sundance about his Oscar snub for HTTM2 -- (link) - mr plow Jan 23, 14:24
packing is fun! -- nm - Truman Jan 23, 14:19
Some of you east coasters are soo cute about the snow. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 23, 14:14 12
- last year really shook people up in the NE. - Mel Profit Jan 23, 15:05 1
  - You guys are a different story..Not only have you seen snoe before you've seen way too much of it. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 23, 15:51
- Yes, we are very cute. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 14:43
- Like so, from someone I follow on twitter -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:16 1
  - So underdressed. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 23, 14:39
- Many/most of us are getting more snow from this storm than Chicago has ever received from a single storm. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:16 6
  - Here's the record -- (link) - nic to be determined Jan 23, 14:41 5
    - that's so cute -- nm - mr plow Jan 23, 14:48
    - I am currently at about 32 inches and still snowing. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:46 1
      - yeah but thats east coast snow, so its importance has been overhyped. - Truman Jan 23, 15:00
    - We are currently at 28 inches and still snowing. -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 14:44 1
      - latest measurement near me was 21.2 inches at 1pm, and its been continuous since. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 23, 14:46
Damn you, snow! -- (link*) - Krusty Jan 23, 14:03 [youtube]
Eesh, this morning's high tide in Cape May was one inch higher than during Sandy. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 13:55 1
- *gasses up Air Force One* - Obama Jan 23, 13:59
No United flights at Dulles tomorrow. Will gradually resume Monday. Limited PM United flights at Newark tomorrow. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 13:47 2
- My friend had to reschedule her AA flight out of PHL to tomorrow night -- nm - decline Jan 23, 14:58 1
  - I'm iffy on whether that will operate. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:59
West Virginia swim team goes swimming in the snow -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 13:40
breaking news CNN: the naked cowboy is still working Times Square (take that well dressed honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 13:33 4
- I've actually considered going to Times Square later. I figure this may be one of the few times it's not a mob scene. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 13:36 3
  - That's what all the other people thought. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:13 2
    - (Now I want to see a Times Square webcam feed :-) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:13 1
      - Like so -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:14
Current subway map -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 13:27
Austin Aries already has a shirt at WWE Shop. And New Day has a new one. - Tim Jan 23, 13:14
There are kids at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. -- (link) - Mop Jan 23, 13:13 2
- From the beginning. They also called in threats to children of BLM workers to the schools, which is why they closed them. - nic to be determined Jan 23, 14:38
- They're called shields. -- nm - TWuG Jan 23, 13:27
26 days until pitchers and catchers report. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 13:11
Ok, what is up with the Blizard2016 hashtag? Is it a joke? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 13:01
With all apologies to wiggie, this snow is totes cray cray. -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 12:49 3
- the plus side is any house you see, you will know if there is a leakage or heating problem -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 23, 13:00 1
  - "This here's the coldest haberdashery I've ever been holed up in!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 13:27
- Totes. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 12:59
Just fired up a bag of leftoverfromHalloween candy corn -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 12:37 8
- Desperation -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 13:15
- It's worse than I thought! -- nm - ML Galaxy Jan 23, 12:49
- "and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand." -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:40 4
  - Sand? You ate sand? -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:42 3
    - That's right. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:45 2
      - "They've got a name for people like you H.I. That name is called recidivism." -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:50 1
        
        "Repeat offender." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 12:57
- oh god, things are that bad? -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 12:39
This morning's picketers at El Super were screaming that we'd all be hospitalized due to health code violations. Guess I'll - Meg Jan 23, 12:37
so, I have just decided to spend the rest of the afternoon watching The Visit. -- (edited) - andie Jan 23, 12:37
Just walked around outside. Visibility is maybe a block. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 12:32
18 Science Fiction Shows And Movies To Binge On While The Blizzard Has Trapped You Inside -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 12:27
Not at home: is The Intern available to rent on vudu or just for redemption? -- nm - iSpam Jan 23, 12:27 2
- You can rent it (or buy a code). -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:29 1
  - Thanks. The iPhone app won't let you see options. -- nm - iSpam Jan 23, 12:54
TV PSA: Mythbusters, Black Sails, HNIC, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 12:22 1
- Beowulf on Esquire -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 23, 12:44
TIL that the road travel ban apparently does not apply to taxis. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 12:07 2
- Also: most businesses around me, including McDonalds, appear closed. The bars are open -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 12:07 1
  - I bet the bars are super fun tonight. people are already really social when things like this happen. -- nm - andie Jan 23, 12:26
Last night (early morning for most of you) they were talking to people stuck in cars on the freeway for 12-18 hours, are they still there? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 12:04
I can't believe it's still almost 5 more months before Hamilton wins Every Tony Ever*. - Tim Jan 23, 12:00
BLACK SAILS season 3 starts tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 23, 11:58 1
- I just called it quits on the first episode earlier this afternoon. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 23, 14:23
Like clockwork: Road travel ban started 5 minutes ago. There's an SUV stuck on the road out front of my building. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:35 7
- Go throw snowballs at him -- nm - decline Jan 23, 12:49
- don't anybody have chains? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 12:00 3
  - I just walked out there. There's a lot of unplowed snow on the street - ty97 Jan 23, 12:04 2
    - years ago I read that NYC didn't have many snow plows because there was so much traffic it never got a chance to build up -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 12:11 1
      - Department of Sanitation handles plowing, so lots of the 'plows' are actually garbage trucks and the like -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 23, 12:15
- Im sure the cops are in a hurry. Prolly at home with their families. -- nm - Budice Jan 23, 11:43
- Just like product warranties! -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:36
Guess what we've been watching! -- (link) - David Jan 23, 11:35 [youtube] 7
- Now you've done it. I'm cruising YT watching clips. By the time I finish it'll probably have been easier just to pop in the DVD...` - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:20
- "I hurt the flower..." -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:03
- *raises you this deleted scene* -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 11:42 [youtube] 4
  - and he's not wrong about "Stairway"... - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:12 1
    - I'd forgotten that she... - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:13
  - They need to sell Untitled on Vudu. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:01
  - love the green-shirted dude -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 11:43
"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask." -- (link) - Max Jan 23, 11:31
If Cespedes opts out after next season, he'll be the highest paid position player in baseball for that year. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 11:27
I live roughly 50 miles from Monroe NY where they reported 1 inch of snow at 10am. 1 inch. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:26 4
- That's...like 15 minutes from here. I'll see what's out there where I am in New Windsor in a few. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 11:27 3
  - Greenville (not sure where that is, but it's the only other report from your county) had 4.6 at Noon - ty97 Jan 23, 11:29 2
    - As recent as yesterday morning, the forecast was like maybe six inches by the end of it. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 11:30 1
      - Our forecast was 6-10 as of this time yesterday. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:32
My snowy kingdom for a hot pretzel. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:20
So, are you people still saying the weather will not negatively impact box office this weekend? -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 11:19 5
- mike255 just came in his pants -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 11:41
- Deadline says it may have a 1% to 3% effect. That seems way low. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 11:39 2
  - It's a bad weekend to try and apportion causation cause all the openers are shitty AF -- nm - mr plow Jan 23, 13:10 1
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 13:55
- thank you for the reminder to look at their starbonds -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:23
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Ave and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters." -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 11:06 14
- now you're talking -- nm - Putin Jan 23, 12:13
- Between the neo-nazi thing and this, I think he wants out and no one will let him. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 11:21 1
  - No way. That's him sincerely believing that he can do anything he wants because everyone loves him. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:24
- There's just no way he's prez with a soundbyte like that. -- nm - budice Jan 23, 11:16 4
  - "My first act if elected is to kill the whole lot of you, and burn your town to cinders!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 11:25 2
    - "Give us hell, Quimby!" -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 11:51
    - To think Rob Ford could look sane compared to this -- nm - budice Jan 23, 11:27
  - Presidential debates should allow Daily-Show-style clips to immediately rebut what someone says during the debate. - Max Jan 23, 11:19
- Didn't he just give Cruz crap about "NY Values"? - amoxy Jan 23, 11:13 1
  - he's probably not wrong. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 11:13
- What if the victim was one of the long line of New York Republicans? Wouldn't you have just lost a voter? -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:09 3
  - Well, he didn't say fatally ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:10 2
    - What if he shot off their voting finger? -- nm - Max Jan 23, 11:10 1
      - pencil clenched in the mouth! -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 11:12
Beginning detox today. First Saturday since before Labor Day with no football. - GregW Jan 23, 11:03 1
- welcome to college football saturday -- (link) - Tim Jan 23, 11:05
Oh. -- (link) - ML Jan 23, 10:54 1
- How about "We will arrest you and give you hot chocolate with marshmallows". C'mon, build that PR. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:03
NYC all-time record snowfall is 26.9 from a 2006 storm. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:42 1
- We have 14.5 so far. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:42
Finally, a rational argument for vegetarianism, the most feared of -isms. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:30
Imagine if the Republican candidates were capable of shame - Reagen Jan 23, 10:26 2
- I'd take some self awareness... - Mel Profit Jan 23, 10:58
- Isn't that a prerequisite for going into politics? -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 10:53
SNL reportedly will go on. No idea how anyone will get there though. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:24 2
- they make them stay during the week and rent them rooms close by -- nm - pippy Jan 23, 10:54
- I imagine by going to their local NBC affiliate. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 10:28
"That makes a dozen of these baker suicides this year." "So, 13?" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 10:21 1
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 10:23
New study: Facebook friends are almost entirely fake -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 23, 10:18 5
- Most people on Facebook probably aren't as active as us, so they skew the statistics. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 15:14
- lets see, I have 60 or Slackers (so fake) 100 or so locals I knew from social groups that fell apart over the years, a dozen family, 1,200 myvegans -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 11:59
- The decision to express sympathy on an internet or social media platform isn't so simple as "true friend" or not. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 10:56
- I don't plan on reading the link, but I'd guarantee the true cause is sociologically more complex than just "fake" ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:20 1
  - but who needs nuance when simple clickbait works just as well, or better? -- nm* - znufrii Jan 23, 10:33
All Broadway shows canceled today. Imagine if today was your day to see Hamilton. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:18 1
- I read earlier that there would be discounted tickets due to lots of people not being able to make the shows. I was contemplating trying to get - Krusty Jan 23, 10:20
Harry Potter and the Corpse of Voldefart. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:16 3
- He who must not be smelled -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 10:19
- a film about a farting corpse strikes me as a perfect metaphor for Hollywood -- nm - ML Jan 23, 10:18 1
  - It's practically a deleted scene in "Mulholland Drive". -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:34
Why are there no PA totals on your link, 97? -- nm - Amanda Jan 23, 10:07 4
- check here -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 10:15 1
  - you may have to switch the "Observed Reports" drop down to snowfall instead of precipitation -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 10:17
- Different NWS regional office. Your office doesn't seem to want to post totals - ty97 Jan 23, 10:13
- I found this ... -- (link) - Krusty Jan 23, 10:11
Pretzels Getzien! -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 10:06 1
- I thought I had this won. -- nm* - Dick Oder si Jan 23, 10:09
The real reason the dinosaurs became extinct. -- (link) - GregW Jan 23, 10:04 2
- Obama, obvie -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:06
- They didn't have health insurance? -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 10:06

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