Yesterday's Storm

I came to LGA to see my friend off at UAL yesterday. Unfortunately, after a several hour wait, his flight was finally cancelled; although the aircraft was de-iced. I had an enjoyable time watching the snow clearing operations. At one point, the visibility seemed to be zero with a less than 1000' ceiling. There were numerous plows and other equipment in use. The de-icing operation, using what ressembles a cherry picker, was also very interesting. As the snow accumulated, I noticed that Rwy 4/22 was closed as all arrivals came in on Rwy 13 instead. Is it normal for LGA to go to a 1-Runway Operation during snow?

it's normal to close a runway that is too contaminated to recover airplanes on. the port had thier hands full trying to keep up with runway cleaning. 4/22 was closed while the port was working to clean it and all traffic was landing and departing 13.

Since no one else started a storm thread, let me post a couple of shots here.

Friday, around Noon, in Oyster Bay:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4..._y4Vve-L-1.jpg

Like Fred, I like to take shots of my car:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4..._dHzpe-L-1.jpg

And to keep this aviation related, I stopped by to see an old friend this afternoon:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4..._6nCNa-L-3.jpg

Most of the snow here has iced over. I actually didn't know that they were down to using 13 at LGA yesterday. I saw a lot of arrivals and departures on 4 yesterday. In fact, I also saw a Delta 757 on approach to runway 4 and then all of a sudden execute a go around. Pretty neat thing to watch when a 757 all of a sudden powers up on approach and pulls up.

[quote="moose135"]Since no one else started a storm thread, let me post a couple of shots here.

Friday, around Noon, in Oyster Bay:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4..._y4Vve-L-1.jpg

Thats a great shot. What a lousy weekend. Snow/sleet Friday, flurries/cold/clouds Saturday,then this morning
woke up to heavy rain. Had to drive up to Old Brookville to pick up my daughter and while the LIE/Rt 107 wasnt bad,
the residential streets in Old Brookville were a mess from the rain and melting snow. Now tonite dropping temps and
winds up to 40MPH. And its only Dec.

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Originally Posted by moose135

Like Fred, I like to take shots of my car:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/4..._dHzpe-L-1.jpg

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Almost time for the car's yearly ripoff... ugh i mean inspection I see!

The Bronx was pretty bad. Here are some pics from my friend's house

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...r/IMG_5470.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...r/IMG_5469.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...r/IMG_5468.jpg

I was going to start a new thread in Photography, but figured I would continue here...

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/440757793_BxQhQ-L.jpg

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/440758253_zWDxm-L.jpg

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/440757031_R87iU-L.jpg

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/440757513_vhgMX-L.jpg

Here are some of mine
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...69_3sUmz-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...72_sAVDS-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...24_S7Kn7-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...66_DLUcR-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...13_hcKaH-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...25_mLfyY-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...97_6ZuXb-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...59_iWfpW-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...47_GQCgG-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/..._nRGtF-L-1.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/..._Z7hvc-L-1.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/..._kjiSo-L-1.jpg

Great shots all. Too bad we must endure the icy, slippery roads to get to these places shown. Winter storms look beautiful but are also treacherous! Take care.