Spring Snowstorm Pounds Area with Little Accumulation
by David Greene
Meteorologists are again eating crow as predictions of 6 inches to more than a foot for the fourth nor’easter in as many weeks– appeared to have produced closer to just 3 inches in a storm that arrived on the first full day of spring.
Winter Storm “Toby” arrived at after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21 and continued to snow for the better part of the next 21 hours, with little accumulation.
According to the National Weather Service, the heaviest snow in the five boroughs was reported on Staten Island with 13.8 inches, followed by Queens with 13.7, Brooklyn 12.7, Manhattan 10, followed by the Riverdale section of the Bronx with 5.5 inches.
New Jersey Transit was suspended at 3 p.m. Wednesday and more than 4,000 flights across the country were cancelled due to the storm. Two traffic deaths related to the storm were reported in New Jersey and on Long Island.
The New York City Department of Sanitation reports that 2,400 workers will work in 12-hour shifts using 1,600 plows and 693 salt spreaders– a job that will continue until all the roads are cleared.
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- Youngsters begin work on a snowman along Mosholu Parkway.–Photo by David Greene
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- A transit worker uses an umbrella as he walks along the elevated tracks along Jerome Avenue.–Photo by David Greene
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- On the first full day of spring, these passersby must think this weathers for the birds as they walk along West Kingsbridge Road.–Photo by David Greene
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- Youngsters who got the day off enjoy an old fashioned snowball fight in Poe Park.–Photo by David Greene
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- A deliveryman drives his scooter across the Metropolitan Oval in Parkchester.–Photo by David Greene
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- A traffic agent on Morris Park Avenue was spotted writing a ticket during the height of the storm.–Photo by David Greene
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- A man struggles with his umbrella as he carries two mattresses across White Plains Road in the Van Nest section.–Photo by David Greene
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- Baseball doesn’t seem to be on this man’s mind as he slow-jogged along East Fordham Road, despite the mural.–Photo by David Greene
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- Still no accumulation on the street, three Department of Sanitation plows roll across East Kingsbridge Road.–Photo by David Greene
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