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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Jan 30 08:51:08 2015, in response to Re: Keeping the system partially open?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Jan 30 08:22:02 2015. Um, lets see:The forecast at the time the Plan 1 Cold Weather Plan was called for the weekend that storm in 2010 took place was for "maybe 1-3 inches" with that holding through Christmas Even Day, when at the time normally such plan would have been called. That forecast only changed to 6-10" of snow late on Christmas Eve night. By then, people who might normally have been monitoring such were likely at Christmas services or with family who in many cases (especially then) would have frowned at checking in on stuff like that (especially older relatives who are much more rigid on stuff like that). That continue into Christmas Day as I remember in many cases. It then went to 15" or so on Christmas morning, but at that point it was not that well known due to it being Christmas Day. People in Philly for instance only knew if they were watching special webcasts done by WCAU-TV (NBC10 Philadelphia) meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz, who came in (apparently) on his own and did those webcasts because there were no local newscasts in Philly until 11:00 PM Christmas night (this was standard through then but changed after that blizzard to avoid a repeat of that). By the time late local news did air Christmas night (in some cases, the only newscasts people saw on what typically has been a slow news day) and people became more aware, it had exploded further, and the MTA had to finally call for Cold Weather Plan 4 the next day, but as people (here and elsewhere) noted at the time WAY too late to properly implement it, especially when it was likely very difficult to get some people who had gone away for Christmas back quickly. That played a huge part into why the MTA was ill-prepared for that storm. That's what I meant by extenuating circumstances. |
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