City Asks Residents and Businesses to Conserve Energy As Outages Loom
The city is asking New Yorkers to conserve energy in the face of a roiling heat wave that has already forced power outages across the borough.
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Schumer Slams Congress For Cutting Funds To Hurricane Tracking Systems
> Stunning image of #Joaquin [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Joaquin?src=hash] from
NOAA’s GOES West. Stay informed http://t.co/3GVfGphItj and
http://t.co/83F2guq6DU pic.twitter.com/qba4j4yyXG [http://t.co/qba4j4yyXG]
— NOAA (@NOAA) October 1, 2015
[https://twitter.com/NOAA/status/649602489503907840]
Senator Chuck Schumer
Photo Finish: Before The Clouds Broke
A view of the clouds as they moved in yesterday afternoon, bringing all of
today’s rain.
Take a photo in the neighborhood? Share it with us at editor@bklyner.com, add it
to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag it
#ftgfocus on Instagram [http:
Paw Protection, Don’t Wash Your Dog, Check Before You Rev & More Cold Weather Pet Safety Tips
Photo via aaron
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronpics/396665597/in/photolist-B41S2-QYPN7-6CnMi5-5L2seG-e1bs91-kHTU-Djoik-ijZkvE-ijZffm-8VjVAa-9f8DqZ-iEFGMq-5FeyPH-DuwAH-jqJCMu-jqGH2M-jqL3hW-jqL3pj-jqJdiP-jqJbXT-qJd1T1-CgNLb-bnjhUy-j7eHzd-yajcD-5KXejD-dRiDyj-iZRKUa-5PaGxq-t8xUQ-4pEFfp-ac4J-4Q66B9-5L2s7q-5L2sSC-5KXdQH-5L2smL-6CiDUc-6CiDHz-6BX2zu-4bH5XX-tqx3g-tqx3h-dta8Fu-ptQZoE-ijZiaN-ijZn4j-ijZgyb-68bBfw-jZbt]
.As temperatures dip dangerously low in our area, it’s not just us humans who
need e
Winter Storm Linus Is Here!
Neighbor Donald Loggins snapped this photo of a pretty snazzy snow cave on
Glenwood, just off Westminster.While more snow may translate to more shoveling,
it also means many pretty photos of our neighborhood! Here are a couple we’ve
rounded up, and let us know if you have a
Winter Is Here?! Sanitation Issues First Snow Alert Of The Season
If you haven’t already heard it through the Twitterverse, we’re sorry to be the
ones to tell you: the NYC Department of Sanitation has issued a snow alert
[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/pr2014/111314.shtml#.VGUF_Rr9Dsk.twitter]
starting at 8pm tonight (Thursday, November 13)
Photos Of The Day: Storm’s A-Brewin’
The storm that rolled in this past Friday afternoon was incredibly impressive —
almost beyond words.
“I was going to call this photo Friggatriskaidekaphobia (taken on Friday the
13th at about 6:01 PM from an 8th Ave rooftop), but I’m terrified of big words!”
jokes neighbor Steve McGill, who
Photo: High Winds Rip Down Kings Highway Storefront Signage
Oh boy, it was windy out yesterday. How windy was it? Windy enough to rip down
the signage of this closed store on Kings Highway and East 16th Street.
Submitted by Abraham V.
Oh, and we’ll have more about this building later. Hint, hint…
Check Out These 10 Chilling Photos Of Jamaica Bay Frozen Over
This week’s polar vortex, in which temperatures with wind chills dipped into the
negative degrees, generated its fair share of grousing on social media, and news
hype. It also brought about some stunning photos from locals of iced over
windows and ice drifts on New York Harbor.
But the
Tornado Watch Issued For NYC Until 5 p.m.
Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch
[http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ072&warncounty=NYC061&firewxzone=NYZ072&local_place1=&product1=Tornado+Watch#.UlLZhSSea-1]
until 5 p.m. today in all five borough of New York City, as well as parts