PLEASE DONATE BITCOIN or LITECOIN to Support our efforts to waken the masses. BITCOIN: 18TndrqgZfHjPf7vv78jygxKF6vPfG­wA7K LITECOIN: LSxSujEYKCG6T78DrDpnpzwDusgzca­27as TIME LAPSE as SNOW Storm HERCULES Slams into NEW YORK City braces for freezing temperatures following year's first snowstorm Temperatures on Saturday could drop to 5 degrees, with a subzero wind chill, according the to the National Weather Service. The snowstorm dumped 6 inches to almost a foot of snow throughout the boroughs, and caused three snow-related fatalities in New York State. New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, gets to work Friday outside his Park Slope, Brooklyn, home a day after a snowstorm pummeled the region. De Blasio warned that though the snow may have stopped, the city was still facing bone-chilling temperatures. So long, snow. Hello, deep freeze. Mayor de Blasio, after digging himself out Friday from the year's first snowstorm, braced for a bitterly frigid Saturday with the rest of his 8 million new constituents. The National Weather Service predicted temperatures dropping to a bone-chilling 5 degrees, with a subzero wind chill. At least 16 people have died due to blizzard-like conditions battering the eastern half of the US, leaving nearly two feet of snow. Around 1,900 flights have been cancelled across the country as howling wind and sub-zero temperatures wreaked chaos. Governors in New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency and urged residents to stay at home, while hundreds of schools were shut down in Boston and New York. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: "This is nothing to be trifled with. People should seriously consider staying in their homes." The deaths include those caused by difficult traffic conditions in Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. A composite Nasa satellite image shows snow blanketing the Eastern seaboard A massive pile of salt fell on a worker at a Philadelphia storage facility, killing him. And authorities say a woman with Alzheimer's disease froze to death after she wandered away from her rural New York home. Forecasters say temperatures were plummeting to well below freezing, and wind chill readings could hit minus 10F (-23C). Another wave of cold air was already blasting through the Midwest after moving down from Canada. Outreach teams were searching streets in New York City and Boston for homeless people at risk of freezing to death. Meanwhile, some major highways in New York state were shut down overnight, and some commuter trains around New York City were operating on a reduced schedule. Amtrak planned to run trains on all of its Northeast lines on Friday but operate on a modified schedule, spokeswoman Christina Leeds said. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered non-essential state workers to stay at home, with state offices and courthouses closed. A Delta jetliner is de-iced while an American Airlines plane takes off at Reagan National Airport in Washington While many flights were cancelled, planes were taking off from Washington The heavy weather began on Thursday, just a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in to lead the nation's largest city and a few days before Boston Mayor Thomas Menino ends 20 years in office. Mr De Blasio, who in 2010 criticised predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of a post-Christmas storm, said 1,700 snowplows and 450 salt spreaders were hitting the streets in New York City. snow "winter storm" "snow storm" storm winter nyc "new york" "new york city" "times square" chaos usa u.s. "united states" travel cold ice snowfall snowboard ski "winter jacket" timelapse "time lapse" hercules midtown manhattan city 2014 travel tourism tourist airport closed flight airplane boston "east coast" weather extreme "extreme weather" video media news prepare survival survive cold "duck down" "goose down" entertainment trends viral "agenda nwo" canada goose moncler jacket original copy fake china factory new world order climate climate change global warming agenda gerald celente alex jones infowars glenn beck webcam live cam cops police work farrakhan wearechange wall street The snowstorm worked its way east from the Midwest, where it dropped up to 17 inches of snow in parts of Chicago and prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights at both of the city's airports. In New York, Consolidated Edison utility spokesman Sidney Alvarez said the utility was expecting the snow to remain powdery rather than wet and heavy, "but with any type of snow, you're looking at extra weight on branches that can snap and bring power lines down." View gallery Children make a snow pile in Times Square Douglass Bibule shopped for rock salt and other supplies at a home improvement store in Watertown.

• published: 04 Jan 2014
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