Northeast Blizzard December 2010

Heard the NY Jets flew into Newburgh last night from Chicago and bussed down to Florham Park, NJ. The Giants spent Sunday and Monday in Wisconsin and hope to get their charter into
Newark sometime today.
On a personal note I'm at home Day 2 with the LIRR still a mess. I use the Hicksville station and they are saying "limited service" on the Huntington & Ronkonkoma lines which go through
Hicksville. But "limited service" means one train per hour, local the whole way slow speeds and extremely crowded. And from what I am hearing and seeing on TV they are having difficulty with that. Luckily I can afford to take these two days off but i need to be back by tomorrow. Might have to drive into Forest Hills, garage the car and take the subway in.
Well could be worse, at least I'm not flying.:smile:

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Originally Posted by Gerard

. The Giants spent Sunday and Monday in Wisconsin and hope to get their charter into
Newark sometime today.

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Actually just saw a Twitter feed that the Giants charter just pulled out of the gate at Appleton Internatioinal in Wisconsin.

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Thats one way to put it.:biggrin: Just saw LIRR is SUSPENDED system-wide.
And Moose, 3100 was announced at the Coliseum!!

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The subways in the Bronx were very bad too.. Also many buses stranded.. Monday the trip on Metro North back to Poughkeepsie took my fiance and I about 4 in a half hours to get back because of limited trains.. It appeared that Metro North was using only the diesel trains.. I did noticed how covered the third rail was too..

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Actually just saw a Twitter feed that the Giants charter just pulled out of the gate at Appleton Internatioinal in Wisconsin.

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Landed safely at Newark. Too bad there season hasnt landed safely.

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Landed safely at Newark. Too bad there season hasnt landed safely.

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A Continental 767-400 did arrive into SWF last night from ORD although I guess it wasn't the Giants charter.

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Originally Posted by Iberia A340-600

A Continental 767-400 did arrive into SWF last night from ORD although I guess it wasn't the Giants charter.

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Probably the Jets charter.

Here is a Pano of the snow
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...1_NFnSJ-XL.jpg

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Originally Posted by Iberia A340-600

A Continental 767-400 did arrive into SWF last night from ORD although I guess it wasn't the Giants charter.

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That was the Jets - they played in Chicago Sunday.

Was watching Eyewitness News tonite and they showed a piece of equipment they use to clear snow off the tracks. An engine from a fighter jet!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...her&id=7865543

Its just crazy, I've been listening to Tower/ground for the past hour, every aircraft that lands has atleast a 2 hour wait for a gate.

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Originally Posted by moose135

That was the Jets - they played in Chicago Sunday.

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Whoops, I got my football teams confused. Thanks for clearing that up. The aircraft didn't return to EWR until a few hours ago.

No doubt that this storm was intense.. Me and a fellow member were in the tower when the storm started.. I took a bunch of pics which I will eventually get around to posting... Monday morning I started trying to get to JFK from Long Beach and finally gave up at 0930 or so. It is dangerous out there. We still have not been plowed down on the bay side... At one point I offered a cab 300 to get me to JFK and the guy refused... When a Russian refuses money you know it is bad

So concerned - I've been looking at the ROC to JFK flights today, and the same flight today as I'm taking tomorrow (Delta 6052) is delayed 3 hours. I HAVE to make a connection at JFK tomorrow. Would it be best to just take alternative transportation to JFK from ROC? What is the likelihood of the same situation tomorrow? I'm very worried, as this is my second attempt to make this trip, and really am in need of knowledgeable advice.

Here's a variety of photos from the past few days...

Sunday afternoon, about 1:30pm, it was snowing about 2 hours at this point.

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...41_jKxfB-L.jpg

About 4pm Sunday:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...78_HndsZ-L.jpg

Monday morning at Midnight:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...14_gSRk9-L.jpg

Monday morning, around 9:30am:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...05_oKDmW-L.jpg

And my neighbor's back yard:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...20_GvGbi-L.jpg

The magic of a snowblower:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...44_TaqgX-L.jpg

Republic Airport, Tuesday morning:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...95_anViX-L.jpg

Planting Fields Arboretum this afternoon (Wednesday):

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...39_cPZdn-L.jpg

Coe Hall at Planting Fields:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/Long-Isl...34_7ieag-L.jpg

http://vimeo.com/18268743

That was great!!!!! WOW

Now all I need is a tripod and I am all set!

Moose great shots.
Back into Manhattan today and couldnt believe the amount of snow on the sidewalks from Midtown to the Upper east side. Kinda pain-in-the-ass walking especially with all the
tourists around. Curbs are a sloppy mess.:tongue:

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So concerned - I've been looking at the ROC to JFK flights today, and the same flight today as I'm taking tomorrow (Delta 6052) is delayed 3 hours. I HAVE to make a connection at JFK tomorrow. Would it be best to just take alternative transportation to JFK from ROC? What is the likelihood of the same situation tomorrow? I'm very worried, as this is my second attempt to make this trip, and really am in need of knowledgeable advice.

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I delays should be calming down. How much time do you have between the connection? I doubt the flight will with no delay but I don't think it will be delayed 3 hours.

First post. New To The Forums! I'm pretty late, but here are some pictures from that evening. We boarded the plane at about 4 something ish. I figured that we were going to get cancelled but the pilot ended up pushing from the gate. While the A320 was beginning to turn and burn Engine 2, the entire plane just shut off. It seemed to me that it happened during the switch from APU power to Engine power...We ended up going back to the gate, put on another plane and finally cancelled. :(

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2457406...7625560780203/

Nice shots, Red, and welcome to NYCA!

Here's what my backyard looked like after the storm had passed.

The drift is a little over 4 feet
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/We...28_xdUSW-L.jpg

Finally, the walkway got plowed! Two days after the storm and the street hasn't been plowed.
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/We...12_bEvEr-L.jpg