Mundane life in NYC as #Omicron rages:
- subways are shutting down all over the place because too many @MTA workers are home sick
- a snow "bomb cyclone" is forecast for Sunday & nobody's sure there will be enough snow plow operators to clear streets
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- subways are shutting down all over the place because too many @MTA workers are home sick
- a snow "bomb cyclone" is forecast for Sunday & nobody's sure there will be enough snow plow operators to clear streets
MORE
nytimes.com/2021/12/29/nyr…
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- so many @FDNY and EMT personnel are out sick that response teams are down 30% & 911 operators say please don't call unless it really, really is an ER
- wind chill on Saturday will be 13 F -- cancel that safe outdoor dinner date
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- so many @FDNY and EMT personnel are out sick that response teams are down 30% & 911 operators say please don't call unless it really, really is an ER
- wind chill on Saturday will be 13 F -- cancel that safe outdoor dinner date
MORE
nytimes.com/2022/01/06/nyr…
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- you bought tickets to concerts, plays months ago: now check daily to see which are cancelled, or resched
- friends ask if it makes sense to book a wedding/bar mitzvah/graduation party in May, or June, even July
- temp falls below 30 & you find K95 masks keep the face warm
- you bought tickets to concerts, plays months ago: now check daily to see which are cancelled, or resched
- friends ask if it makes sense to book a wedding/bar mitzvah/graduation party in May, or June, even July
- temp falls below 30 & you find K95 masks keep the face warm
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- small stores that joyfully reopened in September, now are closed again
- crew shortages mean those Christmas🎄 Trees placed on the sidewalk for trash pick-up last week are still there today
- your mailbox is empty one day (mail carrier sick) and then overflowing 2 days later
- small stores that joyfully reopened in September, now are closed again
- crew shortages mean those Christmas🎄 Trees placed on the sidewalk for trash pick-up last week are still there today
- your mailbox is empty one day (mail carrier sick) and then overflowing 2 days later
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- parents, students, teachers -- everybody is confused about which schools are open, and it's a daily mess washingtonpost.com/education/2022…
- that thing you love to eat? Can't find the ingredients anywhere
Hang tough, New York. This will pass, and then we'll ready for the next one.
- parents, students, teachers -- everybody is confused about which schools are open, and it's a daily mess washingtonpost.com/education/2022…
- that thing you love to eat? Can't find the ingredients anywhere
Hang tough, New York. This will pass, and then we'll ready for the next one.
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