Watch The Accumulation Live (And Timelapsed) As New York Is Buried Under One Foot Of Snow

Even as European retailers are bemoaning their fate, having their entire holiday shopping season destroyed due to inclement weather, shoppers across the US Eastern seaboard, which has so far experienced a mild winter, are about to see just how easy it is to proceed with inventory liquidations when nobody can get to your store. We can only hope that the bulk of sales have already taken place, although more than likely many consumers have left off they real bargain purchases until after Christmas when retailers bring out the hard-core, 80%+ off deals. Will snow be sufficient to keep the marauding masses away from that $199 46 inch LCD? Watch in real time below, as a webcam tracks the hexagonal water crystal accumulation in Midtown NY.

Video after the jump:

And some time lapse fun: the same picture at 2 PM eastern:

As of about 4 pm:

2 am Eastern:

Comments

[zeusman]

Thanks G-R-U-N-T!  Your comment to calm down made me chuckle.  I was indeed a little over eager with the clicking!!

[Temporalist]

Coburn: Control Government Spending or Face 'Apocalyptic Pain'

"Apocalyptic pain" from an out-of-control debt could cause 18 percent unemployment and a massive contraction in the economy that would destroy the middle class, a leading Republican deficit hawk said in an interview that aired Sunday.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who recently issued a report on government waste, warned that the U.S. only has about three or four years to get its fiscal house in order or it could find itself facing austerity measures seen in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and earlier in Japan."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/26/coburn-control-government-spe...

[VeloSpade]

Now that we have a little cushion on the ground in NYC, all bankers should line up at the roof tops of your nearest skyscraper and take the big plunge.  Come on....I know you been thinkin about it....just do it.

[David99]

New ROK drills add to tension on peninsula

Koreas

The announcement by the Republic of Korea (ROK) of naval drills, starting on Monday, has again escalated tension on the Korean Peninsula.

The ROK military plans to stage live-fire drills at 23 locations off its coast from Dec 27 to Dec 31, the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday.

[Popo]

dupe

[hugovanderbubble]

Flash Crash in Europe...

http://www.serenitymarkets.com/ficha_comentario.asp?sec=9&id=98936

[yabs]

the snow and cold didn't hamper the London sales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12080161

truelly pathetic if you ask me

reminds me of the zombie movie day of the dead where all the zombies go to the mall.

If this is what has happened to humanity bring on armageddon I'd say.

With all thats going on now in the world and these c*nts can't wait to feed to beast with "bargain" Armanis etc. Reverse Darwinism in action

[David99]

Just look at the chart below

Year 1900 = 3.05 % of GDP spending
Year 2010 = 43.85% of GDP spending

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/downchart_gs.php?year=1900_2010&unit...

And it has nothing to do with FED's spending

[yabs]

Happiness used to be a shag and a cigar now its a fucking IPAD

[David99]

Economy China expects exports to slow in 2011

China's foreign trade is expected to slow down in 2011 to a growth rate of about 10 percent, compared with this year's 30 percent, sources with the Ministry of Commerce said.

Which means, 20% less imports from miners plus 10% effect due to "prudent policy" = 30% less demand"

[yabs]

meanwhile oil head to 100 dollars No way can the economy cope with

that, thought his guy disagrees

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stock-index-futures-signal-rb-2178652949.html?x=0&.v=1

[David99]

The true barometers of any strong economy are :-

Lower unemployment
Housing market booming
Automobile Industry booming
Lower deficit

If all 4 above are in reverse direction means economy shrinking.

Forget about stocks, currency markets as they all are manipulated on daily basis

[yabs]

perhaps its not snow byt bennie doing a helidrop?

[David99]

Look at China   We all know, China is booming   But now China has taken a right policy at the right time "prudent policy"   It means, China wants to slow down and not create bubbles in the booming economy.   China seems to be much smarter than any one else   Very simple

[yabs]

iceage IS coming www.iceagenow.com

[yabs]

stop global warming being we get snowed in haha

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9Bx0L3n3uAo/TRCvEowuo6I/AAAAAAAAIk8/HJhVEVR6ew4/s1600/stopglobalwarming.jpg