For all the bravado we have when we’re talking to people, New Yorkers are wusses. The forecast yesterday was for 1-3 inches of snow by this morning. This morning it was up to 1 inch by noon. It ended up being a dusting. Everyone, myself included thought last night that we’d be snowed in today, and I’m sure that more than a few non-Manhattanites made that excuse.
The MTA put enough salt to stop a truck from sliding on the steps of the 86th and Lex subway station. When you have that much salt, it ends up melting together and being slippery on it’s own. And yet I know that if they didn’t do this, someone would have “slipped” and sued. We’re also a litigious bunch.