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| Northeast Snowstorm: Here’s What Happened | Northeast Snowstorm: Here’s What Happened |
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| • The storm brought only seven inches of snow to New York City, far less than expected. | • The storm brought only seven inches of snow to New York City, far less than expected. |
| • But north and west of the city and in New England, it was another story. Up to 30 inches fell along the New York-Pennsylvania border. | • But north and west of the city and in New England, it was another story. Up to 30 inches fell along the New York-Pennsylvania border. |
| • Aboveground subway service and limited Metro-North service were restored around 6 p.m. | |
| • At least 200,000 homes lost power across the Northeast. | |
| On Monday, forecasters predicted up to 20 inches in the city, a storm that would have rivaled the Blizzard of 1888. | On Monday, forecasters predicted up to 20 inches in the city, a storm that would have rivaled the Blizzard of 1888. |
| But this storm tracked closer to the coast, bringing in warmer air. By midafternoon, so much of the precipitation had fallen in the form of sleet and freezing rain that only seven inches of snow was recorded in Central Park. | But this storm tracked closer to the coast, bringing in warmer air. By midafternoon, so much of the precipitation had fallen in the form of sleet and freezing rain that only seven inches of snow was recorded in Central Park. |
| On much of Long Island, the winter wonderland was more like a puddle-scape. | On much of Long Island, the winter wonderland was more like a puddle-scape. |
| “We had so much rain after the changeover that for the most part we just have a lot of residual ponding,” said Tim Morrin, a National Weather Service meteorologist. | “We had so much rain after the changeover that for the most part we just have a lot of residual ponding,” said Tim Morrin, a National Weather Service meteorologist. |
| Here is the transit situation: | Here is the transit situation: |
| • Subways: Aboveground train service was restored around 6 p.m. | • Subways: Aboveground train service was restored around 6 p.m. |
| • Trains: Limited Metro-North service was also restored from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Amtrak suspended service between New York and Boston, and between New York and Albany. Both Metro-North and Amtrak planned to operate on a limited schedule on Wednesday. The Long Island Rail Road and PATH were running with some delays. And N.J. Transit was on a weekend schedule Tuesday with plans to operate on a holiday schedule on Wednesday. | |
| • Buses: N.J. Transit suspended all bus service on Tuesday, with plans to operate on a normal schedule on Wednesday, though that may change based on local road conditions. City buses were running local on Tuesday. | |
| • Roads: Bridges and tunnels remained open. Track the progress of snow removal at PlowNYC. Alternate-side parking was suspended Tuesday and Wednesday. | |
| — ANDY NEWMAN, ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE and JONATHAN WOLFE | — ANDY NEWMAN, ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE and JONATHAN WOLFE |
| Despite the blizzard fizzle in New York City, a state of emergency remained in effect until midnight Tuesday, as sleety, icy conditions continued and high winds blew, Mayor Bill de Blasio said just after noon. | |
| “The message to all New Yorkers is: Stay off the roads; stay off the sidewalks to the maximum extent possible,” the mayor said. | “The message to all New Yorkers is: Stay off the roads; stay off the sidewalks to the maximum extent possible,” the mayor said. |
| Schools will reopen on Wednesday. | Schools will reopen on Wednesday. |
| Mr. de Blasio said he did not regret canceling school on Tuesday after the original forecast. | Mr. de Blasio said he did not regret canceling school on Tuesday after the original forecast. |
| “This is the lesson we keep learning,” the mayor said. “The National Weather Service does everything they know how to do, but Mother Nature makes her own decisions.” | “This is the lesson we keep learning,” the mayor said. “The National Weather Service does everything they know how to do, but Mother Nature makes her own decisions.” |
| Mr. de Blasio said that 96 percent of the city’s streets had been plowed at least once. — ANDY NEWMAN | Mr. de Blasio said that 96 percent of the city’s streets had been plowed at least once. — ANDY NEWMAN |
| In the Northeast’s interior, from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, the snow hit much harder: As much as 30 inches of snow fell in Damascus, Pa., near the New York border; 26 inches in Dutchess County, New York; blizzard conditions in Albany and in Worcester, Mass., where over a foot of snow fell. Binghamton, N.Y., which was under a travel ban, had seen 20 inches of snow by 2 p.m. | |
| Tony Brooks, the vice chairman of the Wilkes-Barre City Council in Pennsylvania, said that by midafternoon Tuesday, the city’s downtown had been hit with more than two feet of snow, the most of any storm since 1996. He said that the city was at an “absolute standstill.” He added, “There is not a soul on the street except college students.” | |
| Pennsylvania snowplows and troopers escorted a 23-month-old child in need of a heart transplant to a local children’s hospital, Gov. Tom Wolf said. | |
| Along the New England coast, the storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and caused some flooding. Video from Milford, Conn., showed streets under water well before the afternoon’s high tide. | Along the New England coast, the storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and caused some flooding. Video from Milford, Conn., showed streets under water well before the afternoon’s high tide. |
| “Southeast of Boston it’s pretty much all rain now,” said Matthew Belk of the Weather Service office in Taunton, Mass. | |
| — ANDY NEWMAN | — ANDY NEWMAN |
| Here are the most recent snow totals from the Northeast reported to the National Weather Service. The official total in Central Park at 2 p.m. was 7.2 inches. | |
| Snow, wind and sleet knocked out power to more than 200,000 people across the Northeast. Service was being restored to many homes by Tuesday evening. | |
| — JONATHAN WOLFE | — JONATHAN WOLFE |
| More than 6,000 flights scheduled for Tuesday within the United States were canceled, according to flightaware.com, with thousands of cancellations at New York’s airports, Logan International Airport in Boston and other airports in the Northeast. | More than 6,000 flights scheduled for Tuesday within the United States were canceled, according to flightaware.com, with thousands of cancellations at New York’s airports, Logan International Airport in Boston and other airports in the Northeast. |
| Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark Liberty International Airports remained open. At Kennedy, conditions started to improve as the weather changed from snow to sleet and rain, said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. | Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark Liberty International Airports remained open. At Kennedy, conditions started to improve as the weather changed from snow to sleet and rain, said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. |
| — PATRICK MCGEEHAN | — PATRICK MCGEEHAN |
| All shows were going on as scheduled — Broadway generally goes dark only when the New York City subway system is fully shut down. So this was your lucky day on the cancellation line for “Hamilton.” Tickets were sold throughout the day as they became available. | |
| Telecharge said that ticket holders for most shows could exchange for another performance if they couldn’t get to the theater; the exchanges must take place before the scheduled curtain time. Other ticket sellers were expected to offer similar options. | |
| Paul Taylor American Modern Dance lowered the prices of all remaining tickets to Tuesday night’s performance at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center to $5. The company was calling it the “Snow Special.” | |
| — ERIK PIEPENBURG and MICHAEL PAULSON | — ERIK PIEPENBURG and MICHAEL PAULSON |
| The Museum of Modern Art was the city’s only large art and design museum to brave the storm and stay open during regular hours. | The Museum of Modern Art was the city’s only large art and design museum to brave the storm and stay open during regular hours. |
| Several museums — like the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Rubin Museum of Art, MoMA PS1 and SculptureCenter — got lucky because they are regularly closed on Tuesdays. — RANDY KENNEDY | Several museums — like the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Rubin Museum of Art, MoMA PS1 and SculptureCenter — got lucky because they are regularly closed on Tuesdays. — RANDY KENNEDY |
| While there were, thankfully, no reports of trains stuck in the snow, our history-minded colleagues compiled some grim highlights from a rich literary genre: the snowbound train story. |