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This Snow Storm Was NOT A Blizzard · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Six fifty one as we attempt to dig out here
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  Speaker 1: one O six pointy seven Light of FM Cubby and
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  Speaker 1: Nina is in for Christine. We got producer Kristen working
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  Speaker 1: for us from home. Some of us are at home,
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  Speaker 1: some of us are here. Either way, we are on
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  Speaker 1: the air giving all the info we can that we
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  Speaker 1: have to you. And I have one pet Peeve, though
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  Speaker 1: Nina do RHO. Some people on Facebook and Twitter or
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  Speaker 1: ex whatever it's called Instagram, they're like, man, what a
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  Speaker 1: blizzard we were having here in New York City. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we did have a big winter storm, but it was
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  Speaker 1: never technically a blizzard. A blizzard do you know the
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  Speaker 1: parameters for a blizzard? Do you know what the other
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  Speaker 1: You need heavy snow and winds at at least thirty
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  Speaker 1: five miles an hour for over three hours, and we
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  Speaker 1: never really had that threshold. We had some, you know,
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  Speaker 1: breezy conditions, but it never was like gusting over forty
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  Speaker 1: miles an hour and then yeah it changed a sleep
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  Speaker 1: and yet would never technically was a blizzard.
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  Speaker 2: But the technically it's also was not enjoyed, Like if
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  Speaker 2: you were out there trying to shovel, it was sleep
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  Speaker 2: in your face. After like two o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: You are correct. I was walking through the city and
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  Speaker 1: the like little pellets were hitting you right in the face.
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  Speaker 1: I saw a couple of door Dash people on their
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  Speaker 1: e bikes, like having a tough time, and lo and behold.
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  Speaker 1: Door Dash has suspended operations in New York City and
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  Speaker 1: the surrounding areas in response to this big winter storm.
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  Speaker 1: A spokesperson said operations will resume at ten am, depending
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  Speaker 1: on ground conditions. So ten am, no door Dash and
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  Speaker 1: then you got the whole commute thing going. If you are,
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  Speaker 1: you know, having to go out. How do people get
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  Speaker 1: around Nina.
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  Speaker 2: It's a challenge right now. Mass Transit is kind of
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  Speaker 2: you know, hit or mis depending on where you go.
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  Speaker 2: The subway did not stop running. They advanced announced in
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  Speaker 2: advance they would not stop, but of course they were
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  Speaker 2: all kinds of changes. Long Island Railroad and Metro North
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  Speaker 2: are on weekend schedules today. New Jersey Transit is starting
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  Speaker 2: back up in a rolling pattern, but they won't resume
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  Speaker 2: service until after the rush today. If you have to
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  Speaker 2: go to the airport, I don't know why you would
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  Speaker 2: want to go to the airport today. Actually, service is
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  Speaker 2: suspended on the AirTrain at JFK. Some ferries are suspended
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  Speaker 2: because it's frozen down there on the docks, so they're
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  Speaker 2: not running any of that stuff. You have a lot
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  Speaker 2: to check in advance before you go anywhere, but maybe
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  Speaker 2: you just get lucky and don't have to go anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully you can stay home and you're listening to
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  Speaker 1: us on your smart speaker or your old fashion radio. Again,
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  Speaker 1: we'll be providing you all the variety from the eighties
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  Speaker 1: through today.