The forecast is calling for 6-12 inches of snow, so making sure your household is prepared is very important.<\/p>\n
Make sure you have shovels and rock salt on hand to help clear the snow and ice faster.<\/p>\n
Start buying essentials for your home like food, water, medications, batteries, flashlights and a fully charged phone or power bank.<\/p>\n
If you or someone in your family relies on medical equipment that uses electricity, make sure you have a back up plan in case of power outages.<\/p>\n
If you’re a business owner don’t forget about the following rules from DSNY:<\/p>\n
“Snow and ice must be cleared from sidewalks within specific timeframes:<\/p>\n
Snowfall ends between 7:00 AM and 4:59 PM – Clear within 4 hours<\/p>\n
Snowfall ends between 5:00 PM and 8:59 PM – Clear within 14 hours<\/p>\n
Snowfall ends between 9:00 PM and 6:59 AM – Clear sidewalks by 11:00 AM” <\/p>\n
If snow or ice is not cleared from the sidewalk within the given timeframes, you may be fined up to $250.<\/p>\n
At Van Nest Hardware, owner William Pedone says he’s seen a lot more people come by this week to grab their shovels and rock salt.<\/p>\n
“We’re expecting 6-12 inches in the Bronx and I’ve seen those numbers go up from 4-8 to 6-12 so there is some preparation necessary,” said Pedone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The forecast is calling for 6-12 inches of snow, so making sure your household is prepared is very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,12722,9,24,63,39917,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-109133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-local-businesses","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-storm-preps","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}