living in fort greene: such-and-such dollars-a-month.

a huge pic of people sledding in fort greene park on the front page of the nytimes: priceless.

FEBRUARY 13, 2006, from the times:
A total of 26.9 inches fell in Central Park, the most since record-keeping began in 1869, the National Weather Service reported. In what weather experts called a remarkable and relentless fall that began late Saturday afternoon and ended late yesterday, it eclipsed the legendary blow of Dec. 26-27, 1947, which dropped 26.4 inches and killed 77 people. It also easily surpassed the memorable No. 3 and No. 2 storms, of Jan. 6-7, 1996, which left 20.2 inches, and March 12-14, 1888, the notorious Blizzard of '88, which dropped 21 inches.

...Oddly, the record snowstorm in New York City was not technically a blizzard there, although it met the criteria on Long Island and elsewhere: winds of at least 35 miles an hour for three consecutive hours, and visibility of less than a quarter mile.

i dunno--it didn't seem as big a deal to me as the blizzard of '96, but then again, i was younger and smaller back then. in any case, it was a pretty cool storm. good work, god.

i do feel bad for the morning breakfast food puchcart vendors--whom i usually get my morning tea from. they seemed totally diced. i didn't see a single one on my way to work today.