New Yorkers can track the city's snow plow trucks status using its new website, PlowNYC. Welcome to New York City's Official PlowNYC Website.
The purpose of this Website is to allow the public to: (1) track the progress of DSNY spreader/plow vehicles; and (2) confirm the snow designation of City streets (i.e., primary, secondary, tertiary, or non-DSNY) (collectively, "Data"). This Data is provided for informational purposes only. To submit a formal service request to NYC, visit 311 Online at www.nyc.gov/311.
FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, CALL 911. For more information about how the City is responding to the storm, visit www.nyc.gov/severeweather. You may find that weather conditions, construction projects, closures, or other events may cause actual conditions to differ from the Data. Winter Storm Nemo Bears Down: Live Updates, Photos & More. After 9/11 more private contractors took over security responsibilities on military bases as troops headed overseas.
Recent veterans weigh in on the impact of that shift. The most recent catastrophe at Fort Hood has Congress asking questions: how can we prevent this from happening again? Along with talk about treating and screening for service members with mental health issues, the focus has been on the security procedures at military bases and how it might be improved.
As CNN reported April 6th, lawmakers are examining how the military secure its installations, and whether current controls are sufficient. Along with looking at physical security measures to prevent the transport of illegal firearms on base another issue being reviewed is whether the military should return to using troops to guard checkpoints, rather than the private security contractors common today. Potential changes also need to consider the impact that invasive security measures would have on morale. Huge Snowstorm Headed for New England Looks Even Scarier From Space. The gigantic snowstorm headed for New England is predicted to be a mean one that will dump feet of snow on an area from New York to Maine.
But the ominous picture the National Weather Service is painting isn’t as frightening as the view from space. The massive storm can be seen taking shape in this image, taken by NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite today at 9:01 ET, as a western front that stretches from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico prepares to merge with a curling low-pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean off the shore of Virginia. Image: NASA. US weather: Nor'easter could become winter Superstorm as East Coast blizzard warning causes travel chaos. Storm battered Northeast Friday night into Saturday morningNew York City got just over 11 inches of snow and Boston got more than two feetJFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports re-opened and flights resumed Nearly 600,000 customers without power in NortheastHurricane force wind gusts up to 76mph reported at Boston's Logan AirportAt least seven snow-related deaths, among them one in Poughkeepsie, New York, and three in CanadaBoy, 11, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while shoveling snow in BostonNearly 40 inches of snow fell in parts of Connecticut, 22 inches in Long Island, New York, one foot in New JerseyCoastal areas of Massachusetts evacuated for fear of flooding from high tide Driving bans lifted in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island By Associated Press and Lydia Warren and Nina Golgowski Published: 04:20 GMT, 8 February 2013 | Updated: 14:20 GMT, 10 February 2013 She told her 9 1/2-year-old daughter, Sophia, she was 'picture-perfect beautiful.' - Priscilla Arena.
Reuters HAPPENING NOW: Live coverage of blizzard in the Northeast. NYC Sanitation sends this "snow alert" The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a ‘snow alert’ for Friday, February 8, 2013 starting at 4 AM.
A snow alert indicates the possibility of a snow event. In preparation for a snow event, DSNY personnel begin initial equipment readiness, including loading of our 365 salt spreaders, attaching plows when necessary, preparing tire chains and notifying supplementary personnel as needed. DSNY is coordinating with the Office of Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation on snow clearing protocol in accordance with each agency’s written snow plan. All relevant city agencies have been notified of the snow alert. Winter Storm Nemo: Nor'easter Looms. Blizzard Nemo 2013: Why is it Called "Nemo?" Hurricanes are always getting names, but blizzards?
Back in the old days, they were just known as "the great snow storm of [fill in the year]. " The Weather Channel wants to change that. The outlet dubbed the storm "Nemo" because of its potential impact. In Greek, Nemo is a boy's name meaning "from the valley. " Winter Storm Nemo Cancels Over 1,000 Flights As Meteorologists Warn Of Historic Snowfall. Blizzard Warning For NYC: Winter Storm Nemo Could Dump 10 To 14 Inches Of Snow On New York.
The NWS is predicting somewhere between 10 and 14 inches of snow for the New York metro area, along with sustained winds up to 25 miles per hour and gusts of up to 45 miles per hour.
The strongest winds and heaviest snows are likely to occur between Friday evening and Saturday morning. “Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibility are likely,” the NWS said. “This will lead to whiteout conditions … making travel extremely dangerous. How Bad Will Northeast Blizzard 'Nemo' Be? Top 10 Ways To Prepare For A Severe Winter Storm. The snowy blast is expected to hit the country Thursday night, when it might dump 1 foot of snow in New York and possibly 3 feet of snow in Boston, Mass.
"If you are on the highway and you are stuck, you are putting yourself in danger," CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers said. Massachusetts Emergency Management officials explained to CNN on Thursday they were already salting roadways to prepare for the incoming snowy mess. "Travel may become nearly impossible with blowing/drifting snow and near-zero visibility during the height of the storm (Friday afternoon into Saturday morning)," the agency said in a statement.
"Motorized vehicles are asked to stay off the roads if they can during the storm to allow snow plows to clear the roads. " New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reported his city was getting ready for the alleged blizzard as well, seeing the silver lining for municipal workers. Winter storm update: Massive nor'easter could drop 36 inches in spots. Blizzard and coastal-flood warnings have been posted from New York City to Rockland, Maine – a wide ground zero for the merger of two powerful winter storms that forecasters say could yield a single storm of historic proportions.
Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition Looking at the snowfall forecasts, Robert Oravec, a senior forecaster at the National Weather Service's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in College Park, Md., says, "the totals will be huge. " Blizzard Nemo update: 2 feet of snow possible. Nemo, a blizzard of potentially mammoth proportions, threatens to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to 2 feet of snow feared along the densely populated Interstate 95 corridor from the New York City area to Boston and beyond.
Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition From Pennsylvania to Maine, people rushed to stock up on food, shovels, and other supplies, and road crews readied salt and sand, halfway through what had been a merciful winter. Forecasters said this could one for the record books. "This one doesn't come along every day. The snow is expected to start Friday morning, with the heaviest amounts falling at night and into Saturday.