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As Seen On The Streets Of Manhattan Today
After panicky New Yorkers stormed their local neighborhood Whole Foods to stock up for the "Blizzard of 2015" which subsequently was revised to merely "The Tempest In A Teapot of 2015"...
... not a creature was stirring this morning:
West side highway NYC right now.. #bestcommuteEVER! pic.twitter.com/Jj8vxTeFgU
— Ashleigh Banfield (@CNNAshleigh) January 27, 2015
Grand Central Terminal was empty this morning, but N.Y.C. is starting to return to normal now http://t.co/bi93OgJJxN pic.twitter.com/3qUlaMM2Ci
— NYT Metro Desk (@NYTMetro) January 27, 2015
Except, of course, a Porsche.
And a Maserati.
In summary:
— Eddie Morra_ZH (@convert_trader) January 27, 2015
h/t Gary
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The apartments in NYC are so small that there's no room to store, say, a week's worth of food. Refrigerators are tiny. "Fuel" comes from central steam made by Con Ed. It's a different world.
When you stuff people in a cage they learn to live like rats. Not making an excuse, but I've BTDT. No More.
If things get really bad you can go hang with the C.H.U.D.s?
pods
And, in my (previous) day job I spent a lot of time in the tunnels under NYC. The infrastructure down there is incredible and far more extensive than anyone realizes. The inventiveness of the CHUD also cannot be underestimated.
Unfortunately I never saw any gold transfer tunnels in Lower Manhattan. There are a lot of pneumatic tubes, though...
You have no idea how unprepared people are Smegs until there is a real "disaster" when the zombies start walking the streets and looking for govt. assistance. No water, no food, no batteries, no flashlights, lamp oil...nada.
These crowds are same ones who camp out in front of Apple for the latest and greatest
Dont forget the Local Dear Leader indicated it was a crime to be in a car on the streets after 11 PM last night. Good to see the 'exceptional' ones are taking advantage of the low traffic.
While not discounting the fact that people do get carried away, I'd say that stores being cleaned out is mostly due to people doing what you've recommended, which is getting a few days worth of food. The problem occurs because everyone does it at the same time, and the system is not designed for such an increase in demand.
In our "just-in-time" society, inventory (at all levels) is a thing of the past. Which, of course, makes the future all the more interesting.
So you are saying cold weather in winter catches the northeasterners off guard. Must be their fucking genius ivy league educations and holier-than-thou nose-in-the-air attitude that makes them smarter than those of us who both expect and plan for cold weather in the winter, and don't need T-shirts proudly proclaiming our ability to survive a power-outage or a little snowstorm.
I work with a guy - a director - who actually said in a meeting late last september that he was caught off guard by school starting in late August/early September, and the headaches it caused his area. Needless to say I took his fat ass to task about that, and also needless to say ... he is from the northeast, has an ivy league education, and any attempt to fire or demote his worthless ass is met with a discrimination lawsuit.
The NWO mainstream media exagerates the weather outside because its the closest thing to truth that they can offer to bring viewers in these days.
... and since they exaggerate, it's still not.
That's a 991tts, I have one too. Most guys put those away for the winter up in the NE or so I hear from the ones on 6speedonline.
http://i60.tinypic.com/zlyuzb.jpg
They are awesome in the snow on Blizzaks. Mine was a Daily Driver.
We have been junked for owning a Porsche, where else would that happen? LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are all no job basement dwellers. Living vicariously on line.
where do you attach the snow plow?
to their a$$es
If you can afford a Porsh then you can afford a beater F250 with a Mexican driver to plow your path.
I can only afford a Poorsh
Porsche? Not so much.
I can afford a Porche, but I dont want one. The beater F-250 with big knobby snow tires is more fun, and if you slide into something, it doesn't feel like a crime.
The picture of your Porsche reminds me of a 930 Turbo I saw several decades back. The vanity license plate read "WHATAVW".
The Dr. Killer as it was fondly known. I sure never wanted a Porsche back in the 70s and always considered them a souped up VW as well. However, that changed and this thing is one hell of a car. I have modded it to 675hp. I added a FVD tuning module, FVD exhaust with high flow cats, FVD headers and IPD plenum, it does a 10.5 quarter at 131mph.
Og ffs sakes people it's winter! Snow happens. Like maybe since ever? When did the bullshit begin that made snow something catastrophic?
The stupid, it hurts.
A happy Nanny State comforted by their control, and happy, lazy Americans enjoying an excuse to sit around on their fat asses.
+1
wOLF wOLF wOLF!! cAPLSLOCK fUCK yEAH!
Yes indeed and why wouldn't the chaps from Goldman and JPM that drive that Porshe and Maseratti feel nothing but confidence when they have "Rule 48" protecting their money like the post man through all kinds of inclement weather!
NYSE Invokes Rule 48 To Pre-Empt Selling Panic
If we win, we keep the profits, if we lose we got do-overs!
Not that it worked. DJIA and Nasdaq down -2% at the moment.
I imagine this is just my age and grumpiness showing thru.....but I don't like articles like this. If people don't prepare for an oncoming storm, then someone writes an article making fun of them for having their heads stuck in the sand. If people do prepare and the projected storm isn't as bad as it could have been, then someone writes an article making fun of them for being "panicky".
I grew up on a farm, long ago, when being prepared was just considered part of life. If the weather gave you a break and you didn't need the preparations...so much the better. If it did hit you with full force, then you did the best you could. While I dislike New York as a place to live ...(and dislike some of the more rude behaviors exhibited there)....as much as the next guy, it seems bad form to be poking fun just because a storm that COULD have been pretty bad, only turned out to be inconvenient.
When I think "storm prep" I always think "I should really step up the the all wheel drive version of the Porsche 911 this year." It would only be prudent to do so.
How much snow did they actually get? That looks like a few inches. They were banned from being outside for a few inches of snow?!?
If anyone told me I was banned from going outside, I'd tell them to fuck off right to their face!
I am with you....on this. Preparedness does NOT include telling people that they can't even "go out".
perhaps, as suggested by a few posts above,
something else was taking place "outside" and
those who prefer order were testing. . .
'mericans are pussies now days. That amount of snow shouldn't stop any activities from occurring for fucks sake.
AND that they let the 'authorities' tell them not to go outside without giving them the middle finger is more proof
This was all a drill in population control. They wanted to rehearse a SHTF scenario where the %99.9 would be required to be kept at bay and it looks like they had good results. By "they" I refer to the NWO-soros-bush-klintonites.
Good to see that the Banksters are out and about in their fancy cars at least.......
One last time: http://i.imgur.com/L88W3pN.png
Lemmings in hibernation
Are you sure they're not protesting climate change tax? If you pay All Bore enough he'll fly his jet dry helicopter over and melt the fake snow.
These guys probably shorted the Swiss Franc..and are just going in to clear out their desks while no one else is in the office...
Nah, they're just on the never ending search for hookers & blow.
Probably just the local Police going to work...being a dirty cop pays off you know....and this is his second car...for bad weather....
Anything to terrorize the minds of the sheep. Oh my God, this could be one of the worst storms ever recorded!!! governors declare states of emergency...stay off the roads....Cuomo says its climate change another example of weather like we have never seen before... Run from the fear, hide in your caves...don't look because it is too terrible to contemplate..
I even had a guy advise me yesterday to stay off the roads on Tuesday because it will be DANGEROUS! I told him I am perfectly capable of assessing conditions outdoors before venturing out. After all I've had over 60 year's experience in knowing how to dress for weather. I've seen -23 degrees where I live and 4 1/2 feet of snow in a two to three day period.
Turn off the news!!! It is the only way not to have your fight or flight response stay dormant. It is bad for your physical and mental health. For Christ's sake, do you think Laplanders panic when it gets cold and snows??? The deep state makes money and gains power from your fear. Tell them to fuck off.
Is Obamanation gonna declare NYC a disaster area and pump more federal money there?
Obviously a rhetorical question...
How about a "Benefit Concert for Inconvenienced New Yorkers"?
Q. Who would take a $200K 911Turbo and drive it around the salty streets of NYC after a snowstorm?
A. Some 25-30 year old HFT programmer that lives in a box in Manhatten and can't afford a second parking space for an inexpensive SUV to get groceries and drive during inclimate weather.
Parking space is more $ than the car
It's a TTS, the Turbo isn't $200k even heavily optioned. But that probably is a $195k MSRP TTS.
Thank you (w)anker (r)ich (s)hithead (1)
envious some?
No.
With love,
Upper Middle Classhole.
Nope, worse, 1%er.
It's on lease, dude. Rust and salt damage is the next sucker's problem.
How in the hell do you New Yorkers keep electing these fucking idiotic control freaks to "run" your city?
(Deliberately proffered) bad choices always produce even worse results.
Tammany Hall?
the police turned their back, the public should do the same, bend forward out of respect, and drop trou'
Well, these things cannot be predicted. Now had NYC NOT shut things down, and the storm turned out to be a bad one, the mayor would be publicly crucified, so what's the guy to do?
It's a snowstorm. At most, it lasts a few days. So, err on the side of caution, and close it down. The kids won't "die" because school is closed, their parents won't "die" because they can't get to work...just stay in for a day or so, and enjoy the day off.
Really, it's WINTER in the Northeast. Snow, like other shit, happens. Deal with it.
The problem is the damned 24-hour news cycle...these people end up hyping these things because they have no other news to yap about. After 3 days of this, everyone is expecting Armageddon.
Oh there is real news out there, but not approved for mass distribution. So we hear about under inflated footballs, the English royals new baby, the latest developments on the Bachelor.
if you dig in the garbage, you mostly find
garbage.
I disagree with your assertion about workers. There are likely many who are living day-to-day who could be pushed over the edge for missing a day's wages.
I do agree with the schoolchildren observation; they're more likely to die the longer they stay indoctrinated by statists.
Supposed to start at midnight so why not WAKE UP AT 6 AM AND SEE HOW IT IS OUTSIDE? We can't even roll with the punches anymore....
Darn those weather models. Well Im sure the ones predicting global climate whatever-the-fuck-it-is are far more accurate...
Tom Tomorrow has you covered
"Biased liberal "Scientists" claim 2014 was the hottest year on record- and that nine out of ten of the hottest years have happened since 2000... Well, "Scientists" also used to think that the sun revolved around the Earth..."
I mean, need you say more?
Uuhh no, the church thought that and burned scientists and other people at the stake for claiming otherwise.
Most climate scientists (people that for years have studied the climate) agree that man made CC is happening. In the US a list of 13,000 signatures of academics circulates that claims that man made CC is not happening. Most of these academics are not climate scientists and includes psychologists, lawyers, MBA's and other people who have no clue what they are talking about.
No such thing as a 'church vetted' scientist back in the day then? I suppose you're technically right; empirical methods weren't really their strong suit.
Anyway, in case you missed it, the point intended was that papaswamp's comment is thoroughly specious.
Those would be the scientist that can't predict the next 24 hours, but have no problem predicting the next fifty years or more.
Re:"Those would be the scientist that can't predict the next 24 hours, but have no problem predicting the next fifty years or more."
When you piss into the wind it is highly unlikely that you will be able to develop a model sophisticated enough to pinpoint precisely where every individual molecule of urine that leaves your John Thomas to blow back at you will end up, however a comparatively simple model based on both deductive and inductive reasoning can accurately predict the general spray pattern.
Isn't science neat!?
a snowstorm like this is ammuntion for the no climate change coalition. i say think of your kitchen as the planets environment. (sure you turn up all the burners it gets warmer, but thats not it) think somebody left the door open on the refrigerator, and all that cold that was in the freezer is now filling the room. sure NY gets a little chill, but the poles where all the ice is warming. and we know from real science that the ice flows down into the gulfstream (remember the Titanic)
That Porsche, baller.
Something is going down.
They created a nice little panic and got almost everyone to buy essentials and hunker down.
The rush to get out at Port Authority yesterday afternoon looked like an evacuation and the streets were jammed.
-Maybe it was a drill for an evacuation.
By 7pm most streets in NYC were barren when it should have been wall to wall.
The roads I travelled -from the Lincoln Tunnel all the way to the far end of Paramus, NJ were plowed and salted clean.
Now, this morning the markets puke and breakers get kicked?
Something is going down.
EDIT: Just saw a commet above about the possibility that they cleared everyone out of the way so that the subway system could be utilized to trasport large amounts of Gold out of lower Manhattan. That might actually make sense. Germany might finally be taking delivery in anticipation of having to deal with the Greeks/Latin Block forcing a show down over in Euro-land...
Something is DEFINITELY going down and I suspect it's as simple as this: get the gullible sheeple used to being in lockdown. Once this is considered "normal" then the sky is the limit. No 16 oz sodas, put your fuckin' cigarette out, keep your car parked, and stay indoors...or else!
Yeah apparently lockdown here in MA means that the noise ordinance no longer applies.
Fucking trucks at 3 am beeping, beeping, beeping outside my window.
Why aren't those drivers on lockdown? Grumpy this morning!
.. or maybe some banksters ordered the shutdown of the city so they could race their European sportscars through the streets of Manhattan without any traffic.
GUMBALL!!!
Everyone ran out and spent money. Hey, it's the 27th of Jan. Got to pump up the month a bit to make January numbers look good.
How can they afford to drive Porsches and Mazzers?
I used to fly Charlotte to NYC every Monday a few years back. The flight was PACKED with BoA Banksters who lived in Charlotte and worked on Wall Street. I can't imagine the sheer number of local bank vermin in that city.
The bestest part was last night when DeBlasio got his dictatorial freak on (televised on The Weather Channel) and made driving after 11 pm a CRIME. So tack that on the list of nanny state no-nos.
16 ouce sodas
Smoking OUTSIDE of restaurants
And now driving after 11 pm in a non-blizzard.
I don't believe in what DeBlasio did, but I do believe local governments should have the right to say "if you get stuck, we are not coming to rescue your stupid freezing ass".
Agreed...public service technically isn't a "right". If it were, the cops would be there well BEFORE the chalk lines were being drawn around your frigid corpse.
Don't turn your back on Wreakers! Wreakers Matter!
So, HTF do I get home from the theater ???
Uber ???
I guess the subway or hoof it!!!
subways shut down, but then so did most businesses, (hows that for free enterprise?)
<hands Proofeder a garden hose and golfball>
driving in NYC during the proscibed hours is a misdemeanor, payable by a $300 fine. now if you are driving a maserati, the fine is an annoyance. (and if you get pulled over in your buick skylark, and you're black, and gawd save you happen to have some roach bits under the front seat, then you're looting. and if you're driving the maserati, you have a looting permit, costs $300)
Dont forget to keep baby formula on lockdown at all the NYC hospitals. Cuz it's as dangerous as a firearm. Dontchaknow?
Notice the chocolate drop looking for coppers before he starts jacking purses (he has a gun).
Citizens all hunkered down, nobody watching: perfect opportunity to wire up some buildings for the next "terrorist" strike.
Empty store shelves should be ILLEGAL. Let's get some price controls in there to fix that.
Dallas doesn't shut down for that much snow. What a waste.
I think both those cars are all wheel drive. Probably the best choice for those plowed streets with a skim of ice.
both those cars are all money drive, the valet applies the chains.
LOL! The Quattroporte is a lot less expensive than the Porsche. Probably about $70k cheaper.
Just the 991tts, the Quattroporte is RWD, all show, no go.
They can't predict the local weather, but those climate change models know exactly what we're gonna get 100 years from now if we don't change our evil ways........right.
you got to change your evil ways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjeQUJwFk8
And here are Russia streets:
http://youtu.be/bSyXMsplmYE
Wow, I didn't know selling loose cigarettes was a problem in Russia too.
Meanwhile in Latvia...many people hit lottery today.
http://bnn-news.com/wp-content/gallery/stone-bridge-potatoes/let_1312541...
Because this shit never gets old.
Picture must result of image photoshop manipulatings.
Gives two reasons:
1) Everyone in Latvia know not possible potato to grow in road pavings.
2) Potato is too many. Such quantity not possible in world to exist.
Same treatment you get in central park.
Continent-wide "Day after Tomorrow" type hype? Whole cities/counties shut down? With a curfew? Over a few inches of snow?
Pull the other one.
Southeast Ma still getting heavy bands of snow coming thru. We will be in 24 in range. The wind is blowing it around and creates near white out conditions. That being said, it is winter in New England and you should be prepared anyway.
February 2013 we got FORTY TWO INCHES in Fairfield Sucknecticut. Folks need to grow a set.
"New England" ...... lol ...... Go figure. If they lost why don't they say new america" or the north 13? Yet it lingers
because then they would have had to rename New York back to New Amsterdam? you could as well ask why NY is the "Empire State"
The only low pressure areas are between the politician's and weathermens' ears....
this is all part of a process of getting you used to being controlled. in california during fire events they have mandatory evacuations. although some people choose to stay behind and try to save their house (in 2007 those with underwater mortgages were out of there in a hurry) there is usually so much confusion its impossible to enforce. in the 2007 event the fire people were going eeny meany to choose which houses to save. one guy defied the evacuation, saved his own house and his neighbors!
ac-climate'd.
There goes the "it was the weather" meme. They may have to get creative with how they explain away the bad Q1 results.
It was the psychological impact on the workers who were preoccupied with thinking it might snow...
Just thank GOD we have experts, top men modeling the 100 year forecast of Global Warming.. These top men are on the job day and night sucking up vast amounts of grants and kickbacks from Tom Steyer. Why, to save your sorry prole ass thats why. How dare you question top men and their method of weather modeling, they would rather you thank them and shut your PROLE mouth..
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/27950449/missed-call
The Earth's climate has been undergoing change for the entire history of the planet. 8,000-10,000 years ago, the Sahara was a tropical rainforest. The American southwest was a sun-blasted dunescape instead of merely being arid chapparal. So why oh why do you think the Earth's climate is going to stop changing for you?
It's a thankless job picking up all that cash looted from the middle and upper middle classes and the younger generations by the federal govt and the bankers' agent (the federal reserve) - but some sociopathic cokehead has to do it.
The Porsche guy is nuts if you ask me, I can't see driving one on NYC streets given the size of potholes there. The car is so low that damaging it by going through a pothole could be very expensive.
Showing your status chum, he is rich and worrying about repairs is what he pays his assistant for.
Also, all the power goes to the rear wheels. Probably also with the Maserati. Pretty tricky with slippery conditions and lots of horse power.
Actually the Porsche Turbo is AWD and has been so since the late 1990s. The rear engine also helps with traction off of the line. A Turbo S has over 550hp and can put it down in pretty much any weather (I have driven Porsche Turbos several times and they can grip!). They actually have decent ground clearance compared to other sports cars and if you go with smaller diameter wheels and tires (The ones pictured are 20 inch I believe... you may be able to clear the brakes with 18s) you could probably make it through potholes.
The new Maserati Quattroporte is available with AWD and has around 400hp. Maseratis are pretty rubbish for the money if you ask me but style sells.
Thanks for the info. Porsche has come a long way from the car where they had to put lead in the front to prevent it from going airborne.
Its A HOAX
.....stupid media sensationalism that the politicians buy into because it gives them power.
all:
http://tersee.com/#!q=juno&t=text
Even yesterday the news for my area in the east was 14" +. This morning I woke up to find the ground bare where I had salted. The rest of it was about 3" or so. The only thing that was up high was TV ratings.
Not good for GDP :)
Imagine that, snow in January in New York. What a bunch of fucking idiots.
www.traderzoo.mobi
Meanwhile, after this distraction, there is the real deal of Kiev getting it's arse kicked. There is even talk of a coup by one of the Ukrainian generals in Kiev.
http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/panic-in-kiev/
Mmmm...sorry NWO/babylon...WW III has been cancelled due to the awakening world of conscious people that do not want to support or finance your world domination and population elimination agendas. The people of Europe do not want to have THREE world wars fought in their front yards. Soon, we will see the wheels of justice turn, and these crazy babylonians will all be rounded up for trials and firing squads. Better them, than 99% of the world population.
Advertisement by the Nation Weather Service:
'Hey at least we right more often than the CIA...'
New York Pussies...
Maybe it's a signal for the elite
The biggest Storm is in the stock market.
The great collapse to begin now?
Someone should get sued.
Yeah, everybody who stopped protesting due to a government order. Or Al Roker's order. Or anything Matt Lauer says.
Or let's sue Louis CK, because I actually schlepped to Cibola to see his show and he goes "eh, we'll do it another time."
And you pussies wanna go to war with Russia???!!! National panic over snow in january, storming food shops, baricaded at home...pathetic.
Jew York City needs to fall into the ocean.
This is a test of the Emergency Imprisonment System. Broadcasters in your area, in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other Federal Authorities have developed this system to practice keeping you kettled in the event of our choosing. If this had been an actual imprisonment scenario, you might have been shot on sight. This is only a test.
Snowboarding New York City :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keFBEoBy0zY
I say this as a guy whose acreage gets 48-80 inches of snow every "Winter Period."
Wat
You must have a plow on your Maserati....
You don't know what you're missin', Barnaby.
No teeth is beautiful. Ever see "Yes Man" with Jim Carey?
As we waited for the storm deemed “historic,” the only real history was made when the subway shut down for the first time ever in preparation for snow. The real insult came when it was reported later that the trains were indeed still running, empty, as trains needed to keep moving to clear the tracks.
What were they moving?
http://time.com/3684240/blame-de-blasio-and-cuomo-and-christie-for-the-b...
You're very pointed and I shouldn't make fun of this fact: a lifeline of transit for our brethren was interrupted for no better reason than the conjuration of some shifty snake-handler. We should be outraged but
I ask a simple question upon the possibility of a "Kansas City Shuffle".
Watch the left hand so that the right may perform prestidigitation. It's probably nothing. I know the subterranean train system of Manhattan well from years riding the E, J,M,Z and the MNR. Just a question to spurn thought. I postulate nothing but ponder much.
Air.
Militarized police to keep ur ass in check.
Obviously the only appropriate response to climate change is to tax the developed world so that we can give everyone in the developing world a Porsche or Maserati, so they can still get around in these kinds of catastrophic events. /sarc
The conditioning is almost complete, the sheep are 90% trained.
Fucking nanny state. Make sure mommy .gov wipes yer noses and kisses those boo boos. Friggin sheep.
/HAARP fail
Obviously the People's Republik of Massachusetts didn't want to be outdone with DeBlasio's Hitleresque criminalization of driving in NYC after 11pm. So on the Weather Channel they announced that there was a driving ban currently in effect, making it illegal to be on the roads.
Aaaaahhhh the wonders of the nanny state!
"See how I made all those folks stay inside? Cool, huh. I'm gonna be a great commie!"
--Bill X
You've apparently offended one of the resident commies.