Prospect Park Snowicane Wander

There was another huge snow storm in New York again today, making this the snowiest February of all time with 36.9 inches (that's 93.7cm for those of you who abandoned the British empire and joined the 19th century) and the 4th snowiest winter of all time. 53cm fell in central park; that's a lot of snow for a city with no where to push it.
Again, work was cancelled, my YMCA closed earily, and the city generally ground to a halt. So I went on another Prospect Park Wander. I love Prospect Park, and there's something so fun about when a city the size of New York shuts down and all the kids between the ages of 1-27 go sledding in the park.

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I didn't get out till the afternoon, after the snow had stopped and the sun had come out. I wandered across 8th street toward the park.

Prospect Park Snowpocalypse Wander

If there's 1 thing I've noticed about New York since I moved here it's how SOFT New Yorkers are. 0 degrees (32 F for you imperialists) is not frigid, it's winter. 1 foot of snow is not a blizzard, its snow. This is the North East. If you can't handle 0 degrees & 1 foot of snow, then head to California.

So today was the hundred year blizzard - Snowpocaplypse. The city was shut down. Schools were closed long before the first flake fell, my YMCA closed shop, and my work locked the doors and told me to stay home. I'm not going to complain about that, so with a beautiful Snow Day, I wandered out to Prospect Park via Park Slope -- somehow I made it back alive.

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