Photo by Domenick Rafter
South Queens’ sense of snow
Digging out parked cars was one of the big nuisances for residents after the storm. Here, two men work to free a vehicle in Richmond Hill.
Photo by Domenick Rafter
South Queens’ sense of snow
A man rides around on an all-terrain vehicle on a street in Woodhaven the morning after the snowstorm.
Photo by Domenick Rafter
South Queens’ sense of snow
A plow does maintenance on a largely clear 97th Street in Ozone Park.
Photo by Domenick Rafter
South Queens’ sense of snow
A shrub on 100th Street covered in ice caused by melting snow falling from the Rockaway Beach LIRR line.
Photo by Domenick Rafter
South Queens’ sense of snow
A woman and a young boy have a snowball fight on an Ozone Park sidewalk Saturday.
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:30 am
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Updated: 10:49 am, Thu Feb 21, 2013.
South Queens’ sense of snow
by Domenick Rafter, Associate Editor
Queens Chronicle
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The Blizzard of 2013 hit parts of Long Island hard, but 50 miles to the west in southern Queens, the foot or so of the white stuff was nowhere near the worst Mother Nature had ever dealt to residents. The moderate storm led to reactions ranging from minor annoyance to fun — either way, a sight of relief in a community close to ground zero from Hurricane Sandy.
The storm’s Friday night-Saturday morning time frame eased the pain as many got home from work before the worst of the weather hit during the night, and awoke to a weekend of enjoying the biggest snowfall in two years.
cross the neighborhoods of southern Queens on Saturday, the sounds of plows hitting the pavement echoed through the streets, along with the screeching sound of all-terrain vehicles, not typically used on city streets.
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