The calendar says spring is close, but it doesn’t pay to let your winter guard down. On March 13th, 1888, New Yorkers were beginning the herculean task of digging out from one of the most devastating blizzards in East Coast history and the worst ever to hit the city, before or since. Forty to 50 inches of snow fell, driven by winds of gale force. The combination left drifts up to 40 feet high. More than 400 people died, 200 of them in New York City alone. It’s hard to imagine even such a cleanup without motorized equipment. Normally, New York City has an average of just over five inches of precipitation during the month of March. Profile America is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau: Measuring America—People, Places, and Our Economy.
Congressional Budget office (CBO) in a report Tuesday boosts its Obamacare Medicaid cost estimate nearly double to $1.76 trillion while at the same time, it now expects the cost of Obamacare for the period to be $48 billion lower than previously estimated. Sound confusing? Read the details here
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