By Hunter Walker 2/08 9:28pm

Big Poppa

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Connecticut Mayor Dubs Blizzard ‘Snowtorious B.I.G.’

While many people and elected officials have simply followed the Weather Channel’s decision to call the snowstorm hitting the Northeast “Nemo,” the mayor of one city in Connecticut has decided to come up with his own name for the blizzard and it’s a reference to the late, great rapper Notorious B.I.G. In a series of tweets sent today, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton has used the #SnowtoriousBIGII hashtag to refer to the storm.

“Wind is definitely picking up,” Mr. Boughton wrote this afternoon. “This is becoming an old school storm. #OG #snotoriousBIGII” Read More

By Hunter Walker 2/08 6:29pm

Snowcahontas

Governor Andrew Cuomo

Governor Cuomo’s ‘Thorough and Exhaustive’ Storm Briefing

At his Midtown office this afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo briefed reporters about the severe winter weather currently bearing down on the New York City area. Though the governor announced he declared a state of emergency “effective this afternoon” to give the state and local governments “more flexibility in dealing with this situation,” he said the storm is not expected to cause any major damage along the lines of what the region experienced during Hurricane Sandy.

“Well you’ve heard of Finding Nemo, it seems like Nemo has found us,” Governor Cuomo began, riffing off the Weather Channel’s name for the storm. “As everyone knows, we’re expecting a severe winter storm, but nothing more than a severe winter storm. We’ve been preparing for it for a number of days now.” Read More

By Colin Campbell 2/08 1:58pm

Weathering The Storm

Lincoln Center earlier today. (Photo: Getty)

Bloomberg’s Blizzard Plans Include Food, Sleep and His ‘Running Machine’

As Winter Storm Nemo descends upon New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging residents of the five boroughs to “take it easy” and stay indoors tonight. At a press conference on the city’s storm plans this afternoon he even shared some suggested activities for those who are snowed in.

“Tonight, what’s a good idea? Cook a meal. Stay home. Read a good book. Just take it easy,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “Remember there are a lot of people who are going to be out there shoveling the snow. … You just don’t want to get in their way.”

Mr. Bloomberg also revealed his own plans for weathering the storm.  Read More

By Colin Campbell 2/08 9:34am

The Land of Ice & Snow

2010. (Photo: Getty)

Bloomberg Doesn’t Think ‘People Are Going Be That Inconvenienced’ by the Blizzard

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says today’s snowstorm won’t be as bad as the epic “Snowpocalypse” of 2010.

“We don’t think that people are going to be that inconvenienced,” the mayor said in a radio interview with John Gambling this morning.

Though he didn’t give any dire warnings about the storm, Mayor Bloomberg did have some advice about helping your neighbors survive the wintry weather. Read More