Monday, January 26, 2015

Live Blog: New York Blizzard 2015 Live

Live Blog: New York Blizzard 2015 Live

Up-to-the-minute coverage and photos from the New York Daily News team as New York braces for a potentially historic blizzard.

  • 5:04 PMChristine Roberts
    Gov. Cuomo has announced a state of emergency ahead of the potentially record-breaking storm. Here’s what you should know: 
    • All New York City schools will be closed Tuesday. 
    • NYC subways, commuter rail to shut down at 11 p.m. Monday. 
    • Only emergency vehicles should be on city streets starting at 11 p.m. 
    • Metro-North and LIRR service will start shutting down around 11 p.m.
    • PATH train service will be reduced at 9 p.m. to a weekend schedule, which means trains will run every 15 minutes. 
    • NJ Transit will shut down service at 8 p.m. It will not resume service until Thursday. 
    • Tractor-trailers will be barred from highways in and around NYC starting at 4 p.m.
    • City parks will close at 6 p.m. 
    • 8:36 PMChristine RobertsReady to get snowed in? Here’s The News’ tips for surviving the blizzard:

      Top 10 movies to watch during the blizzard
      Where to go sledding after the big storm
      Everything you’ll need before and after the storm
      The ways you should AND shouldn’t travel to work during the blizzard
      • 9:45 PMKristen A. LeeDaily News photographer Robert Sabo brings us these scenes from the Croton-Harmon Metro North Railroad Station:

        Usually crowded train platforms were empty Monday evening. (Robert Sabo/New York Daily News)
        Commuters rush home to avoid the storm. (Robert Sabo/New York Daily News)
        Metro North trains like this one will begin shutting down at 11 p.m. tonight.(Robert Sabo/New York Daily News)
         
         
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        • 9:40 PMCeleste KatzInteresting... Among workers potentially exempt from New Jersey's 11 p.m. travel ban: Reporters.
          • 9:38 PMKristen A. LeeStill hoping to catch that flight out of town? The News' Chelsia Rose Marcius and Ginger Adams Otis have an update on flight cancellations. Some 7,000 flights have been scratched through Wednesday as most major Northeast airports come to a standstill. READ THE FULL STORY
            • 9:24 PMCeleste KatzLooks like that emergency alert on everyone's phones a little earlier really tripped the city out:







              • 9:22 PM
                NYCT Subway Service@NYCTSubway
                Readying a Snow Thrower at the 38 St. Yard. Check out more photos here:flickr.com/photos/1267293… #blizzardof2015http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8UnN1OCAAABCZc.jpg
              • 9:20 PMAdrian Lam
                The snow covered Boardwalk in Brighton Beach Avenue, Monday, January 26, 2015, Brooklyn, NY. (Jeff Bachner for New York Daily News)
                • 9:14 PMCeleste KatzSomeone seems to be in a cheerful mood tonight...

                  • 9:11 PMCeleste KatzWith the snowfall somewhat less dramatic right now, there's bound to be a lot of second-guessing about whether ordering transit closures and driving curfews was the right call.

                    Politically, of course, these decisions are always a balancing act: Closing schools, for example, can be unpopular because it puts a lot of parents in a bind in regard to childcare and work issues, but at the same time, officials would risk serious backlash for an insufficient response that leads to injuries or worse...
                    • 9:07 PM
                      Meghan Sharp@meghansharp
                      Traffic still flying along the #BQE like usual ... 😦 #BlizzardOf2015
                    • 9:04 PMShields, Robert 
                      A view of the Daily News newsroom, courtesy of Bob Shields, deputy editor for digital. Many reporters and editors will be hunkering down in hotels near our downtown office tonight.
                      • 9:04 PMCeleste Katz

                        Earlier... 
                        • 9:03 PM
                          Ethan Klapper@ethanklapper
                          JFK recorded a wind gust of about 40 mph at 8:20 p.m. #blizzardof2015http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8Ukjz1CEAAy4LV.png
                        • 8:57 PMCeleste Katz
                          Did you just see this on your phone, New York?
                          • 8:54 PMCeleste KatzOn Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio will appear on CNN's "New Day" at 8 a.m. and hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. at City Hall, per his office.
                            • 8:53 PMCeleste Katz

                              • 8:51 PMCeleste KatzHere's a sampling of the latest local snow accumulation numbers from the National Weather Service:

                                BROOKLYN: 3.3" as of 7 p.m.

                                MIDDLE VILLAGE, QUEENS: 6.5" as of 7:20 p.m.

                                LAGUARDIA AIRPORT: 4.3" as of 7 p.m. 

                                JFK AIRPORT: 3.1" as of 7 p.m.

                                CENTRAL PARK: 4.5" as of 7 p.m.

                                WHITE PLAINS: 2" as of 7 p.m.
                                • 8:48 PMJason Molinet
                                  Due to winter storm conditions, the 9:39PM train from Greenport will be the last westbound train, arriving Ronkonkoma at 11:02PM.
                                  — LIRR (@LIRR) January 27, 2015
                                  • 8:40 PMAdrian Lam
                                    An out of service Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus moves along a snow-covered Broadway in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. People in the Northeast by the thousands left work early as the region started to shut down in the face of a snowstorm that could be one for the history books, with some 35 million people in its path in the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
                                    • 8:33 PMCeleste KatzNYC subways and buses are now operating on a local schedule. Service ends at 11.
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