raulwrojas

Archive for

February 2013

Weather update. A ok in Queens.

Saturday February 9, 2013
9:30 AM

We ended up with about 4" of snow in Jackson Heights, Queens. As far as we can tell no one lost power in this area. Long Island and Boston seem to have gotten hit hard with A LOT of snow. We had a cozy warm night, but by 5am the snow plows were making a ton of noise. :0(. Not complaining, just commenting. There are many gas stations in our area that are out of gas, because people were afraid that this storm would be worse and power outages would create something similar to Hurricane Sandy levels. Thankfully the worst is probably over. The sun is already taking a peek! We're considering postponing r's bday for a snow day in Central Park!! Here's a quick video from out our 6th floor co-op apt at 7am this morning.

(download)

~r

Not much snow...yet! Video.

Fri 2/8/13
6:30pm

Here's a quick video of the snow falling in our area of Queens. at 9:46 pm its not falling as strong. Hmm. Blizzard? They say now that the bulk of it will fall over night. Anne (our in-house meteorologist)is disappointed that it will likely only be closer to 6" of snow tomorrow morning. We shall soon see!

(download)

Happy birthday to our sweet daughter Rebecca who celebrates her second birthday tomorrow Saturday February 9, 2013.


~r

Hailing! Windy!

Fri 2/8/13 
1:16 PM

Hail the size of tic tacs and wind the speed of d running (chugging) through the dining room (~23.8 mph [fast]) and I'm walking around in it. 

Not much snow sticking to the ground in Manhattan ...yet. 

NYC Bus with snow chains on from the inside.

(download)

~r
raulwrojas@gmail.com

Sent from my iPhone 5, typos and all.

Snowing! The Blizzard of February 2013!

Friday 2/8/13 
8:16 AM 

Snowing! 
Expecting 10" in next 24 hours. Emergency alert was sent yesterday to our phones around 3p. City is ready today. Buses and trains are running. School has not been cancelled and I'm on my way to work. Thankfully it's a warm 35F! Nice! Wish I could wear shorts to work. :0(

You know, it used to be that we could say remember the big Storm in '99? Now they happen so often we have to specify the month and the year! Ha! 

Chances that we may go get to play in Central Park has now gone up to 35%, but that would mean postponing r's party. Hmm. The show must go on or at least as long as the trains are running anyway. 


~r

Sent from my iPhone 5, typos and all.