The Biggest Snowstorm in Years Blanketed New York
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Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs in the low 30s but very cold at night. Cloudy and slightly warmer Sunday.
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Credit.Benjamin Norman for The New York Times
New Yorkers had the lushest snowfall seen on city streets in years. For many residents, their routines carried on: working from home, taking classes online. But some people made an effort to go outside for a change.
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This Is Not the Way New Yorkers Normally Greet a Major Snowstorm
Sleds were sold out all over as the city, for once, met an oncoming nor’easter with a measure of delight.
Credit.George Etheredge for The New York Times
Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Dec. 18, 2020
It’s a New York City nightmare: a midweek nor’easter that dumps almost a foot of snow before the morning commute, snarling traffic, shutting down airports and commuter train lines, slowing subways and forcing parents to somehow work around small children thrilled by a day off from school.
But this is 2020. The snow day began nine months ago. And in the sort of reversal that could only happen in this pandemic era, the city’s heaviest snowstorm in years was, to many, a most welcome change, something new to look at from the windows that New Yorkers have lived behind since March.