Snow Brings Joy & Misery to Pandemic-Weary New York
Image Credits: New York Post
New York, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): Children skipped online classes to sled and adults glided on cross-country skis Thursday as New York’s heaviest snowfall in years brought some relief from the coronavirus pandemic but piled more misery on restaurants and businesses.
New Yorkers, used to staring at the same scenes outside their windows during this year’s shutdown, woke to something new to look at: a blanket of the white from a major winter storm. “It’s nice to have this bit of a winter wonderland amid the doldrums of staying at home,” said Marlowe Johnson, pushing his two young daughters on a sled down a small hill in Central Park. “They’ve grown accustomed to their Zoom classes for school and sitting at home and being on the computer, so actually coming out into nature for a moment is definitely a lift,” he added.
The snowstorm hit the US east coast late Wednesday, leaving more than 60 million people under bad weather warnings from Maine to South Carolina, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights, and causing thousands of power outages. The “nor-easter,” which also brought wind gusts of up to 70 mph (113 kmh), caused havoc on roads along the eastern seaboard and was linked to hundreds of accidents and at least six deaths.
The sleet, snow and ice also posed huge challenges for America’s mass vaccination rollout taking place across the region, with delivery companies FedEx and UPS putting measures in place to mitigate the storm’s effects. Meteorologists recorded more than 40 inches of snow in some areas including Binghamton, situated 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of New York City, and Litchfield in Pennsylvania. The Big Apple received much smaller amounts, with the National Weather Service measuring ten inches of snowfall in Central Park.
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