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America’s favorite weatherman is having his way with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today, as once again, New York schools are open in the middle of the worst snow storm so far this season – the Nor’easter!
Not one to bite his tongue, Al Roker also lashed out against the governor of Georgia when he tried to blame weather forecasting for the problems his state faced a few weeks ago when snow and ice stranded thousands of Georgians on roadways. This time around, it was Mayor de Blasio’s turn.
Roker took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with the mayor for not closing schools.
Why are schools all around NYC closed? It’s going to take some kid or kids getting hurt before this goofball policy gets changed
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
So now my daughter’s NYC public school is being let out early. @NYCMayorsOffice @NYCSchools Is it worth putting kids’ safety at risk?
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
And how about all the parents and caregivers who have to scramble to get their kids home? Is there no one there with any common sense?
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
I knew this am @NYCMayorsOffice @NYCSchools would close schools. Talk about a bad prediction. Long range DiBlasio forecast: 1 term
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
@BillseBlasio Gov. Cuomo declaring state of emergency for the Mid-Hudson, New York City, and L.I. as a Nor’Easter storm continues affect NY
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
How dare @NYCMayorsOffice @NYCSchools throw NWS under the school bus. Forecast was on time and on the money
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
In a briefing on the storm, Mayor de Blasio was offered this response to Al Roker’s Tweets.
“I respect Al Roker. I watch him on TV,” de Blasio said. “It’s a different thing to run a city than to give weather on TV.”
Al Roker fired back with another Tweet:
Mr. Mayor, I could never run NYC, but I know when it’s time to keep kids home from school
— Al Roker (@alroker) February 13, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) – Students camped out with teachers in school gyms and commuters abandoned cars along the highway to seek shelter in churches, fire stations – even grocery stores – after a rare snowstorm left thousands of unaccustomed Southerners frozen in their tracks.
- Vehicles make their way around a beer delivery truck that slid off county road 25 in Wilsonville, Ala. during a snow storm which hit the south. A winter storm that would probably be no big deal in the North all but paralyzed the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing snow, ice and teeth-chattering cold, with temperatures in the teens in some places.
Tuesday’s storm deposited mere inches of snow, barely enough to qualify as a storm up North. And yet it was more than enough to paralyze Deep South cities such as Atlanta and Birmingham, and strand thousands of workers who tried to rush home early only to never make it home at all.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto Atlanta’s snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to people. Deal also said the Georgia State Patrol was sending troopers to schools where children remained stranded early Wednesday after spending the night there.
State transportation crews were continuing to treat roads and bring gas to stranded motorists, Deal said.
Read more: http://www.wjla.com