The digout continues. We've had a reprieve; the snow is no longer falling. The emergency order keeping people off the roads has been lifted. The governor and mayor have gotten their opportunity to look manly in their winter press conference gear,and pronounce the battle with the snow joined.
Here on W. 41st St–the most heavily-covered stretch of street on television, due to its close proximity to TV Hill (home of three out of the four local TV news operations)–the digging has begun. My kids have dug tunnels through the snow in our front yard as Paula and I and our neighbor Anna shoveled the walks. Zoë, our two-year old, displayed her displeasure at the cold, so we packed her back inside after a few minutes of exposure to the elements for a photo op.
Sean M. Gallagher 