With, and thanks to hay market brewery for having us here and for the talents 23r joining us and everyone for coming. Its exciting to see this interest and resistance bubbling up. Ill read from the introduction and introduce the panel and talk and have time for questions and comments. This is the introduction starting on march 4, 2012, a little after a year ron was elected mayor. March 4th, 2012, chicagos 175 birthday, and the city celebrated with the Chicago Party of the public history museum. The event promised actors of famous of those when chicago, an advocate for children, imgrants, and factory works. Little did they know, the show would be stolen by a woman, more renowned, accomplished, but willing to raise a voice and speak up for the weak and vulnerable. The chicago childrens choir sang a lively version of happy birthday, reason to smile. Ten months earlier, he was inaugurated as leader of the nations third most popular city taking the reigns, and while his term had not been a
The water is not that warm but its 47. So in this very cold storm, when it hits the warm watt out here it is going to blow up. It is going to what we call bomb out. I will be a strong storm with winds, gust 60to70 miles per hour. Back here in new york city we will make blizzard conditions for hours and hours. This storm snows for 30 hours or more. You get an inch of snow per hour for 30 hours. Thats easy math. But heres how it works out. A lot of times these storms cant bring the snow back around. They cant do this wraparound as much as you would like. If you want. No. Back out here towards fork city. I think some of these models. Although, new york could pick up 15 inches. Boston certainly will and then more. A lot of this snow will get caught in the mountains, in killington in New Hampshire and vermont and maybe knock it all the way back to new york city. So these dire forecasts. I heard about 30 inches of snow in new york city. I dont see that happening. Its going to get caught fart
21 inches in boston. Foot and a 1 2 in proveidence rhode island. The height of the storm, more than 28,000 homes were without power. Among todays cancelations the u. S. Postal service. Delivery is suspended in connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. Experts put the price tag of lost business at half a billion dollars. Thats low if you can believe it. 2014 polar vortex cost more than 50 billion. We can get into more of that ahead. Start once again in the storm cycle Weather Center with domeica davis. All of the way up to maine. New hampshire getting a good clip as well. This storm is going for new england as it pulls away. We will see this finally pulling a way by tonight. We will improving conditions. Heres a look at the blizzard warnings with ve in providence up to bangor maine. It will end providence and boston by 7 00, 8 00 tonight, 10 00 tonight possibly. It will go late. And then tomorrow morning, early in the morning about 3 00 is the expiration time for bangor. We still hav
All connecticut roads. It has been illegal to drive in boston for an hour already. That will extend to all of massachusetts as of midnight tonight. In rhode island another ban tonight at midnight and car travel will be banned as of 11 00 p. M. Torrent. Governor comeaukoe cuomo said anyone kaulgt can expect a 300 fine for driving during this emergency. In massachusetts, its a bigger fine. The brand new Governor Charlie Baker says the fine for anyone caught traveling after midnight tonight will be 500. Just for driving. If you want to get around by some means other than driving, youre out of luck. Transit systems are down tonight. Will be shut down tomorrow on the affected areas and its a very large chunk of the country affected by this storm. Its Something Like 30 million americans in the path of this giant snowstorm to get a sense of just how big this storm is and how worried authorities are about it consider one, a remarkable decision made today. New york can take it take a lot, and h
An Athy woman is hanging a star made of sari fabric on her tree to raise awareness of efforts to help young women overcome extreme poverty in Bangladesh.