Posted on Jan 25, 2016
Blizzard cleanup keeps parts of Northeast shut down - CNN.com
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(CNN)—The calendar may say Monday, but for lots of people along the East Coast, it's another snow day instead.
Among those taking the day off while street crews, plow owners and enterprising teens clean up the mess left behind by the weekend blizzard: federal workers in the nation's capital, state employees in Maryland and Virginia, plenty of private-sector employees and schoolchildren all over the region.
"People are out having snowball fights, having a good time," Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
It wasn't all fun and games, of course.
Authorities in Washington and New York, where a travel ban was lifted Sunday, asked people to remain off the roads whenever possible to give crews space to clear side streets and other locations still packed with snow.
Transit workers in New York struggled to get the Long Island Railroad back into operation, restoring service for about 80% of riders by Monday morning, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told CNN.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the blizzard will almost certainly rank among his city's "top five snowstorms" in recorded history in terms of snow accumulation.
"Things are not entirely normal today, but a lot of the city is operating well," de Blasio said, thanking city employees for their hard work.
In Washington, where recovery didn't seem quite as far along, Mayor Muriel Bowser warned residents of "several days of cleanup ahead of us."
"Know that we're going to be dealing with snow all of this week," she said.
Among those taking the day off while street crews, plow owners and enterprising teens clean up the mess left behind by the weekend blizzard: federal workers in the nation's capital, state employees in Maryland and Virginia, plenty of private-sector employees and schoolchildren all over the region.
"People are out having snowball fights, having a good time," Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
It wasn't all fun and games, of course.
Authorities in Washington and New York, where a travel ban was lifted Sunday, asked people to remain off the roads whenever possible to give crews space to clear side streets and other locations still packed with snow.
Transit workers in New York struggled to get the Long Island Railroad back into operation, restoring service for about 80% of riders by Monday morning, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told CNN.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the blizzard will almost certainly rank among his city's "top five snowstorms" in recorded history in terms of snow accumulation.
"Things are not entirely normal today, but a lot of the city is operating well," de Blasio said, thanking city employees for their hard work.
In Washington, where recovery didn't seem quite as far along, Mayor Muriel Bowser warned residents of "several days of cleanup ahead of us."
"Know that we're going to be dealing with snow all of this week," she said.
Blizzard cleanup keeps parts of Northeast shut down - CNN.com
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In San Francisco, on the West Coast, we had and will have our torrential rain. On the East Coast in New York and Baltimore they have their snow.
My prayer is that the world's people will bond together and make a concerted effort to save our planet- climate-wise.
My prayer is that the world's people will bond together and make a concerted effort to save our planet- climate-wise.
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NORVA is getting more and more clear, but the numbers of accidents aren't shrinking from what I see around my way. But thank you God. You gave me a TON of snow to play in (and I DEFINITELY took advantage of it), and no one I know was hurt or suffered due to the snow (unless you count drunk neighbors trying to shovel snow suffering). But I need to get back to work, sitting in the house has me killing food due to boredom.
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