{"id":3218,"date":"2010-12-27T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T23:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2010-12-27T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T23:52:26","slug":"northeastern-u-s-paralyzed-as-noreaster-brings-blizzard-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/northeastern-u-s-paralyzed-as-noreaster-brings-blizzard-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeastern U.S. paralyzed as nor&#8217;easter brings blizzard conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/noaa-satellites-capture-before-and-after-images-of-east-coast-blizzard-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Before and after pictures of the northeastern U.S. show the impact of the hurricane-looking storm. (NOAA)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TRkicZXPbJI\/AAAAAAAAEJM\/H4G2vJdTz2U\/s288\/East-Coast-Satellite.jpg\" alt=\"Before and after pictures of the northeastern U.S. show the impact of the hurricane-looking storm. (NOAA)\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after pictures of the northeastern U.S. show the impact of the hurricane-looking storm. (NOAA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the southern United States to the mid-Atlantic and New England <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/snowfall-totals-continue-to-climb-from-major-east-coast-blizzard\">a major winter storm has had a wide impact in recent days<\/a>.\u00a0 Some areas of the south recorded their first Christmas snow in decades and as the storm moved further northeast it turned into a major blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>Snow fell as far south as Jacksonville, Florida over the holiday and areas further north recorded moderate snowfall.\u00a0 Huntsville, Alabama saw 6 inches of snow; Raleigh, North Carolina saw 8.5 inches and Gatlinburg, Tennessee recorded 8.0 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Those totals are minimal however to what is being deposited on a large area from New York City to Boston.\u00a0 Central Park has reported 13 inches and Brooklyn 17.5 inches.\u00a0 In New Jersey Atlantic City reported 19.0 inches while Foxboro, Massachusetts has seen 11.5 inches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Don&#8217;t miss:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/time-lapse-video-captures-blizzard-s-impact-on-new-jersey-video\"><em>Amazing time lapse video of East Coast blizzard as it struck New Jersey<\/em><\/a><em> (Examiner.com)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Travel across the northeastern U.S. came to a standstill as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/east-coast-blizzard-strands-travelers-across-the-nation\">travel by road, rail and air was impacted<\/a>.\u00a0 Thousands of flights into and out of the area were canceled as airports in New York and New Jersey shuttered.\u00a0 Airlines at Denver International Airport were impacted by the storm and its ripple effect.<\/p>\n<p>The nor&#8217;easter was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/noaa-satellites-capture-before-and-after-images-of-east-coast-blizzard\">imaged this afternoon by NOAA satellites<\/a> that provided a birds-eye view of the area before and after the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A furor erupted when the National Football League announced it would postpone the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings and move it to Tuesday.\u00a0 The league cited concerns for fan safety however many were quick to point out that it is highly unusual for the NFL to postpone a game based on snow of any amount.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell told FOX, &#8220;It&#8217;s an absolute joke. We&#8217;re becoming a nation of wussies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/blizzard-slams-u-s-east-coast-buring-major-cities-snow-picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Slideshow: Blizzard slams U.S. East Coast burying major cities in snow (Examiner.com)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TRkmfxlB-lI\/AAAAAAAAEJU\/UV3KhXSGhC8\/s800\/2010-12-27_165112.jpg\" alt=\"Slideshow: Blizzard slams U.S. East Coast burying major cities in snow (Examiner.com)\" width=\"227\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a>Certainly it is hard to see Denver taking similar measures in the face of a snowstorm.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have provided complete coverage of the storm on Examiner.com &#8211; Please follow the links below for more details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Story &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/snowfall-totals-continue-to-climb-from-major-east-coast-blizzard\">Snowfall totals continue to climb from major East Coast blizzard<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Slideshow &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/blizzard-slams-u-s-east-coast-buring-major-cities-snow-picture\">Blizzard slams U.S. East Coast burying major cities in snow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Story &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/east-coast-blizzard-strands-travelers-across-the-nation\">East Coast blizzard strands travelers across the nation<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Slideshow &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/nor-easter-slams-east-coast-snarling-travel-across-the-region-picture\">Nor&#8217;easter slams East Coast snarling travel across the region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Story &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/noaa-satellites-capture-before-and-after-images-of-east-coast-blizzard\">NOAA satellites capture before and after images of East Coast blizzard<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Slideshow &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/noaa-satellites-capture-before-and-after-images-of-east-coast-blizzard-picture\">NOAA satellites capture before and after images of East Coast blizzard<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/noaa-satellites-capture-before-and-after-images-of-east-coast-blizzard-picture\"><\/a><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the southern United States to the mid-Atlantic and New England a major winter storm has had a wide impact in recent days.\u00a0 Some areas of the south recorded their first Christmas snow in decades and as the storm moved further northeast it turned into a major blizzard. Snow fell as far south as Jacksonville, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/northeastern-u-s-paralyzed-as-noreaster-brings-blizzard-conditions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northeastern U.S. paralyzed as nor&#8217;easter brings blizzard conditions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,156,299,224,295,376,421,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}