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February 4th-6th Storm Threat Discussion


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the ice storm in December 1973 deformed every pine tree and bush along the belt parkway in Brooklyn and Queens...Howard Beach and East New York (where I worked at the time) had at least an inch of ice everywhere...Streets were a skating rink...Where I lived we got more sleet so ice accumulations were less...Northern N.J. had more snow and sleet than ice...It started as snow but after an hour or so it changed to freezing rain as northerly winds dropped temperatures into the 20's and low 20's at night...The 24 hour storm ended with temperatures in the 20's...I drove to work that morning and saw a few trees that fell under the weight of the ice...later that year there were a few more icing events that started as snow or ended as snow...That year had more ice than any year from the 60's and 70's...1993-94 had  more ice but didn't have a storm like Dec. 73...The ice wasn't forecast as I remember but it was 40 years ago and I could be wrong...

 

Benchmark icestorm on LI was 1/13/1978.  That winter had a lot going on!

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