New York is learning
by force what the south didn’t know they knew!
I grew up and
lived in NYC until a few years ago enjoying the change of seasons and experiencing
all of the challenges that comes with this.
To experience a snow storm in New York is like
nothing else. The challenges of maneuvering through the city streets, the buses
and their routes, and the subways make for an interest to say the least day.
Most of New York
is apartment life. People upstairs over or downstairs from you you’re never
truly alone. Sometimes I miss this, [needing just one egg sometimes] if you’re
lucky you live on the first floor, this is a whole other security challenge
itself. One has to stock up on groceries, flashlights, batteries, first aid
kits. You have to “gas up” the car in case the stations will be closed. Where
are you going? Maybe to work or not, but just in case.
Let me speak a little
about the work force in the Big Apple. For years the city never slept, something
was always opened, except for the day after The 911 incident, New York never
closes. Unless you are part of the emergency work force, stay home. Emergency
includes Hospital staff, Fire Department “New York Bravest”: “The New York
City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY),
is a department of the government of New York City that provides fire
protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical and
radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services to the five boroughs of New
York City.[Wikipedia]. Law Enforcement which includes: NYPD& harbor patrol “New
York’s Finest” “the largest municipal police force in the United States.
Correction & harbor patrol The New
York City Department of Correction “New York’s Boldest” is the branch of
the municipal government of New York City responsible for New York City's
inmates, housing the majority of them on Rikers Island. It employs 8,000
uniformed officers and 1,400 civilian staff, has 543 vehicles Hospital Police,
Customs. [Wikipedia] My point, most of New Yorkers work in the civil service.
There are the high paying Wall Street, finance jobs that at 5pm close and go
home. There 5 boroughs in Greater New York with 8.4 million proud New Yorkers
from all over the world.
Back to my
point, The South has a habit of closing. Some offices close for lunch “BE BACK
@2”. In the south they have stores that are actually closed on Sundays! New
Year’s Day I was looking for gathering place to socialize, nope no such luck,
every place was closed. This year New York decided to have people to stay off
of the streets. It is mandatory unless you are Emergency personnel. At 1am one
can drive through uptown Charlotte on a week day and there will be on one! This
is why for one reason the south is safer. The other reason maybe is every other
person has a firearm.
The quality of
life is much less stressful. You can go home every day. If the weather is nasty
the schools are either delayed or closed. This could be of the fact there are
not enough equipment for an occasional winter snafu.
Go home, be with
your family. Tomorrow is another day. Be safe, pop some corn, play Monopoly™ catch
up on sleep. From the looks of it, at this time again the “storm of the century”
will “side step” NYC and it will be business as usual.
Be safe.
..Pandora
Very good
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