{"id":6514,"date":"2010-12-27T06:58:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2015-11-04T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T20:35:59","slug":"snowpocalypse-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/snowpocalypse-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowpocalypse 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6516\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/snowpocalypse-2010\/snowpocalypse-2010_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?fit=800%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?fit=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?fit=640%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?resize=500%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_1\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?resize=125%2C93&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_1.jpg?resize=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nLast night (above) and this morning (below)! The snow drifts around the Cottage are easily 3 feet or more!<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/snowpocalypse-2010\/snowpocalypse-2010_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?fit=800%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?fit=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?fit=640%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?resize=500%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_2\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?resize=125%2C93&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_2.jpg?resize=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The drifts even made a nice little pile outside my front door:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/snowpocalypse-2010\/snowpocalypse-2010_3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?fit=800%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?fit=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?fit=640%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?resize=500%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_3\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?resize=125%2C93&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_3.jpg?resize=500%2C374&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went out to see a concert last night, and walking one block in the blizzard winds resulted in this:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/snowpocalypse-2010\/snowpocalypse-2010_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"snowpocalypse-2010_\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?resize=125%2C94&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And upon getting home, the normally bustling Queens Plaza was dead, completely dead. You&#8217;ll see just one or two taxis on the far side of the plaza in this clip &#8211; it took me nearly 5 minutes to walk UP this one block against those winds:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snowpocalypse 2010 - Queens Plaza\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wAvKmwR0-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night (above) and this morning (below)! The snow drifts around the Cottage are easily 3 feet or more! The drifts even made a nice little pile outside my front door: I went out to see a concert last night, and walking one block in the blizzard winds resulted in this: And upon getting home, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[420],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-snow"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowpocalypse-2010_.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OfVu-1H4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6514"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15656,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514\/revisions\/15656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6514"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=6514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}