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NYC and other snowbound folk, how are you getting along?
Do you have enough soup?
Snow stories and winter foods thread?

>> No.5998227

No snow here cap'n

>> No.5998237

>>5998227
WHAT ABOUT SOUP??

>> No.5998246

Don't eat soup cap'n.

>> No.5998279

>>5998218
>Snow in NYC
Third time I heard this, did I just get lucky? I live 10 minutes away from new york and I'm snow free. It is brick outside though.

>> No.5998290

>>5998279
13 people died in it according to the news
Trapped in houses and shit

>> No.5998305

>>5998290
That's Buffalo, a long way away from NYC.

>> No.5998308

Winter/snow day food thread!
Love me some home made pumpkin soup with sour cream and scones

>> No.5998313

>>5998290
>go on weather channel site to see what the fuck you are talking about
>Death toll rises to 13 in Buffalo
>Buffalo

You do realize that is in Western NY hours away from NYC on one of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie? They get lake effect snow that's ridiculous.

>> No.5998347

how can you get stranded in your house? are these all old ppl??

>> No.5998356

>>5998347
If there's enough snow not even the fittest person could even manage to get out. I don't think you've ever been in a place in a lot of snow or underestimating the situation in buffalo, remember they currently have 72 inches+ of snow.

>> No.5998361

>>5998347
Come on down to buffalo and find out. The snow is thick, heavy, and currently the snow outside my doors was taller than the doorway. I had to hop out of the second floor window with a shovel and i spent 4 hours digging a trench with a shovel just to make it to an unplowed street. The only way to make it to a plowed main road was to follow the single track other people made.

Then you go to the only store open which is basically 7-11 because the one clerk got stuck there. I brought my kids plastic sled and loaded it with food and beer.

>> No.5998366

>>5998361
>fuck other supplies, get beer
Smart man. Die happy.

>> No.5998420

>>5998361
hahaha when we had a major earthquake in my town we had nothing to do except walk down to the liquor store and pick up a couple boxes of beer, we received many honks walking past built up traffic of people leaving town, they were very supportive

>> No.5998421

Does salt really dissolve snow or is it just a laying down grit for roads thing?

>> No.5998423

>>5998218
Ate some chili today.

>>5998313
I grew up on Lake Erie. I miss it a lot actually.

>> No.5998425

>>5998421
At certain temperatures, yes, but I've heard that road salt loses its efficacy if it's too cold.

>> No.5998429

>>5998421
>>5998425
If you live in a northern state sand is so much better. A mixture of water and ice is bad enough, creating a smooth trench of ice where a rough layer used to be is even worse.

>> No.5998431

>>5998429
I've seen workers use sand. And beet juice.

>> No.5998434

>>5998431
I'd rather not dye my clothes red permanently.

Interesting though. I wonder what sugar would do to ice. I know icecream freezes at a damned lower temperature.

>> No.5998437

I need to buy more soup. I'm about to have chicken noodle soup.

>>5998434
Agreed. I never understood the beet juice.

I'm not sure if sugar would do much good.

I've often wondered who gets it the worst in the US. If Michigan's UP gets it worse than anywhere else in the country, or if Buffalo is still the king of getting snowblasted.

>> No.5998441
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5998441

I feel your pain New york bros.
Indiana here. We don't get as much snow as the east, but we usually get fucked over by the ice storms, where it rains, then freezes, then snows, then rains again, freezes again.. over and over until you've got 2-3 feet of snow covered in 2-3 inches of ice.
You can't even shovel that shit.
I hope you guys are staying safe and warm.

I get an extra paycheck next month, so i'll probably spend it on stocking up on canned foods. Corn and ravioli and that really shitty hunts chili you get for like $1 per can.

>> No.5998442

>>5998437
Oh sorry, what I was saying is the sugar in the beets may act like salt and help prevent the ice from freezing. But that only works to a certain temperature. And as I said the mixture of water and ice is what I hate most.

Sand is what I suggest because it's raw grit no matter what the temperature.

>> No.5998449

>>5998442
I hear ya. Ice is death. I hate freezing rain the most. Sand does work well.

>> No.5998470

>>5998449
There's always a point where nothing works. Then it's time to either use the car as shelter after you get it as far off the road as possible, or bundle up and walk to shelter.

I actually keep winter clothes good to below -40F (which is also where it meets celcius) in the car. As well as blankets, a sleeping bag, a sharp shovel, a medical supply kit, and a sleeping bag that's also insanely insulated. Oh and a lantern and fuel that's safe to burn indoors.

Got stuck out in -30F for 6 hours once before a friend got to me. Shit sucks but I was sure as hell alright.

>> No.5998478

>>5998470
Whereabouts do you live anon? Your post sounds like a post-apocalyptic action movie, and I like it. Not exactly where you live, but what state.

I love the cold.

>> No.5998483

>>5998478
Oh it's not that bad. I live just north of the twin cities in MN. But the other year we had a few days that dipped into near-instant lung-damaging cold conditions. We don't usually get a shit-ton of snow but it gets cold as hell.

>> No.5998493

>>5998483
I've heard of this place. I think it's called, International Falls, and it's in MN. I've heard that it is the most cold place in America typically.

I grew up on Lake Erie. I loved watching the lake freeze. If I were to live anywhere, I'd live on the Lake in the winter in a cozy little cabin. I miss those comfy feels.

>> No.5998494

>>5998305
>>5998313

Upstate/Capital District reporting in.

Remember, to the outside world, New York is Manhattan, nothing else.

And I can't imagine being out west right now. Talk about being royally fucked, they probably won't be fully dug out until Sunday/Monday and I'm sure there are tons of people that haven't bought their Thanksgiving food yet.

>> No.5998498

winter foods:

if we're talking cold, I personally don't love anything more than some great soup

you can use the bones from the turkey carcass from thanksgiving (if you make one) to make stock and then use it to make some fantastic soup

I always make stocks and freeze them if it's close to the cold months. The most common ones are from chicken bones or pork neck; I usually use the pork neck bones to make broth for ramen. If you have a great broth you can pretty much just throw shit you like in it and it'll be a great soup.

>> No.5998505

>>5998493
Contiguous, maybe. I'd be willing to bet somewhere like Barrow, AK is colder most of the time.
It is the northernmost city in the US after all.

>> No.5998508

>>5998505
That's what I meant. Alaska has got to be miserable though.

>> No.5998510

>>5998494
I know but I saw the news reports too and they said Buffalo enough times. I'm in Binghamton now and it's snowed a little but nothing has stuck.

>> No.5998516

>>5998421
Wny guy here, salt/sand/kitty litter is great for both, but holy hell do you go through alot of smurf juice trying to get that salt film off your car windshield.

>> No.5998520

>>5998279
It's just the media trying to get everyone worked up about a cold front.

>> No.5998522

>>5998483
Not that anon, but I live near Mankato. We don't usually get air temp colder than -15/-20, but the windchill gets to -30 pretty often. Living on the prairie sucks.
Also, fuck wind-driven snowbanks. A couple inches of snow turns into a 6 foot snowbank piled against your front door with only a few mph of wind.

>> No.5998799

>>5998421
Salt in water lowers the freezing point and increases the boiling point.
>>5998516
As long as the kitty litter isn't the clumping kind and will act like sand.

>> No.5998808

>>5998218

New York State is probably twice the size of your piss-ant country. Come on learn at least a little bit of geography before you shitpost.

8/10 for almost getting me to go to TWC

sage

>> No.5998829

>>5998808
>New York State is probably twice the size of your piss-ant country.
yep
>Come on learn at least a little bit of geography before you shitpost.
Nah lol

>> No.5998841

Buffalo native checking in.

A lot of it is as bad as you think. Most of my family is fine; what theyre saying about it being extremely patchy is true (6 feet in one area, 5 minutes away, 2 inches). Traveling upstate for Thanksgiving soon, and Im worried about getting there because of all the flooding, apparently its supposed to be 60 on Monday.

>> No.5998880

Better get your Thanksgiving gondola prepped.

>> No.6000650

>>5998218
You got it all wrong, OP. In NYC, they would simply cannibalize each other, so only the very last person would be at risk of starving.

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>> No.6000978

Anyone else like to eat ice cream or slushee when it's cold?
I do. There's something that feels so right about it

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>>600000
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>> No.6001184

>>6000978
Years ago I heard that the northeast is the test market for ice cream since it consumes the most which is a little odd since it is a colder climate.

>> No.6001204

I haven't worked in two days and have tomorrow off too. I need to cook something.
What kind of soup should I make tomorrow. Preferably something cheap

>> No.6002950

>>6001204
What soup did you end up having?

>> No.6004247

>>6002950
I went snowboarding instead then ate at work afterwards

I had planned on french onion though, which I'm having tomorrow instead