Blizzard of 2016 - New York - Ashtonesia Pictures

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The Blizzard of 2016.

The first blizzard of 2016.
Passion keeps the flow flowing, by Ashtonesia, the first Blizzard of 2016, as I happen to move around too many areas as I can, over 5 miles of walking today 6hrs on the road, it wasn’t that bad until the last hrs before I headed in from the cold.

Visibility was pretty much the worse as my goggles was getting fogged from too much heat coming from the body. I was out pretty much before most people in this city even wake to make another day, the air pretty much had a voice of its own, the wind chill was to the bone. I’m not very good in the cold as my small hands takes most of the beating. The wind and ice can freeze you in minutes, there were many points I couldn’t see a thing as the snow and the wind combines together in a very harsh rain like fall and the wind is strong enough to push you down if you’re walking down on a slope or even knock your camera phone out of your hands.

If you put things over edges from high places you could be asking for problems, also, walking along the bridges especially the Manhattan, the accumulated snow that builds and builds as the snowplow trucks move across the bridge big chunks would fall onto the pedestrian walkway that will hit you in the head, with shower down on you as well.

As the light became brighter through the morning people became visible, and cars also were a bit more on the streets, I didn’t see kids until much later into the day with their parents and pets but most of the morning there were nothing.
I’m very use to not seeing many people anymore due to my change of time when I shoot, it really makes New York not look like this busy city that most are used to.

The images are some of what I ran into, most were shot the way they are at random, allot of things I missed as well but there are more to come anyway. As it hit around 2:30pm EST there was a Travel Ban in the city, this is what they say that will keep people of the streets especially drivers.

A Brief History:
I started doing the blizzard just to out in the cold. I always liked the cold weather growing up, watching the nature channels of animals in the wild, it became a challenge just to be out there and for how long can I stay out in the cold for. So, I just decided since I’m out there hanging in the cold, I should take my camera and get some action and daily activities of different stuff going on when people travel and move around the city.

This concept will be taken with me everywhere I go where there’s change of weather, in winter and in storms. 👣 👣

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Man waiting on Bus
Two guys, one carrying some stuff across the street
People scramble as they wait for the bus and some run in for the train before the massive delays begin
A woman takes her time as the high snow is difficult to walk in
Plows pushes snow to the side I had to make a dash for it
Very high winds tossed trash cans
It was not a joke battling the wind tunnel here

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It was a walk I did into Manhattan
A route to the Manhattan bridge was no easy step getting onto
Poor visibility across the Brooklyn Bridge
The full length was not clear to see due to the impact of the snow coming down
Traffic entering Manhattan was very little as there were a emergency for vehicles to keep off the roads
City workers clean paths in Chinatown
The path across the Manhattan bridge, snow was falling off the top as plows clear the bridge

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Kids play with there parents at Brooklyn bridge park. (#)

MTA buses are out of service due to this on going blizzard, January 23, 2016. (#)

The streets are hard to get around, and some taxis take the chance to make there living. (#)

Visibility is pretty hard as the storm goes up and down. (#)

There are people in this city no matter what happens they will move around. (#)

A man got hit with a wind gust that pushes him as he tries to record the harsh winds that has much snow brush. (#)

A wind tunnels was rapidly formed as wind gusts pushed through this area very intensely. (#)

A lady waits on the MTA Bus as there will be no buses in downtown Brooklyn. (#)

She stands as this blizzard freezes most areas of the city. (#)

A man shovel’s out in front of his store ended up in the pavement. (#)

A senior citizen had a few miss steps as the wind picked up pretty hard. (#)

Emergency vehicles had a busy time as well, as I saw manyt of them. (#)

Wind gusts were very intense this flag was about to break. (#)

A pedestrian tries to get hold on where hes going to go as there was no transportation. (#)

A MTA bus is getting ready to me towed away. (#)

Strap hangers find out that the MTA services are cut and separated in section latter on. (#)

A lady and her hubby looks around for transportation to get home. (#)

The NYPD is setup along side Atlantic Ave, visiability is much poorer as the wind intense itself. (#)

Some folks took some photos in front of Barclay Center Brooklyn. (#)

A cool guy in his car gave me a heads up. (#)

A kid with his mom poses in the snow as she takes pic of his other brother. (#)

His other brother climbs a pile of snow that’s banked up in front of Barclay Center Brooklyn. (#)

A guy tries to start his snow plower, however it was harder getting it started that plowing the actual snow. (#)

No matter what, getting around is a must, but on a bike with a battery, I have no idea how they do it, I also ride as well but this one was pretty interesting to see. (#)