Winter Storm Wayne -- March 3, 2019

Global warming hits NYC. Is this a first? The New York Times will put out a special edition tomorrow morning because of the winter storm:

We’re bringing you a special early edition of Monday’s New York Today to help you prepare for the storm.

Weather: Your day is all about the snow.

Up to 10 inches are expected to accumulate between Sunday afternoon and 7 a.m. Monday in the New York City area, according to city officials.

All New York City public schools will be closed on Monday. The City University of New York also announced it will be closed.

“This is going to be a serious storm. People should be ready for really tough conditions in the morning,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said, urging New Yorkers to stay off the road in the morning and noting that officials expect the most intense snowfall just before the morning commute.

Florida. It turns out Juan Ponce de León traveled with his sister when "discovering" Florida. Her name? Beyoncé de León. Cocktail chatter for New Yorkers escaping to their winter homes this week.

Getting back to the winter storm. Over at google here are some of the headlines:

• New York City, Boston among cities to be hit with disruptive northeaster ... AccuWeater.com
• Live: New York City prepares for Sunday night snowstorm, State of emergency declared in New Jersey ... AccuWeather.com
• Gov. Phil Murphy declares State of Emergency for New Jersey due to an ... 6abc Philadelphia
• FORECAST: Winter Storm Wayne starts Sunday evening 3-3-2019 | Weather ... WFSB.com
• New winter storm to hit Midwest, South and Northeast ... NBC News
• When can you see your first snow of the season? The Weather Channel

Tomorrow evening we should see a lot of new cold weather records.

ISO New England: link here. It's starting. I have not see this before: electric rates are now spiking in New England, on a Sunday evening -- usually electricity prices spike early in the morning on weekdays -- not after dinner and certainly not on Sunday nights. But there it is. Spiked to about $175/MWh around 6:30 p.m. ET. Renewable energy not able to meet demand. Hydroelectricity from Caanada spikes. Natural gas at 46% of the fuel mix; nuclear 33%.

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The Literary Page

I just ordered L.E.L: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lucasta Miller, c. 2019. It will be released March 5, 2019.

See WSJ review.  It begins:

In her first book, “The Brontë Myth” (2001), Lucasta Miller retrieved the three scribbling sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, from more than 150 years of variously fabricated identities and liberated their writings from the clutch of myth. The work was not only a brilliant exercise in reclamation but also an exploration of shifts in cultural temper and a shrewd meditation on biographical writing. “L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated ‘Female Byron’ ” is only Ms. Miller’s second book, but it too is a valiant recovery job—the life of a writer, a woman first celebrated, then notorious, in her time and nearly forgotten today. 

I have Lucasta's first book -- the one on the on Brontës -- on my bookshelves -- or at least I did at one time. A fascinating book. Anyone taken in by the Brontë  myth should read that book. (I have to check: I may have donated the book to our oldest granddaughter's high school.) I have made the requisite pilgrimage to the Brontë parsonage in Hawarth, Yorkshire, England. One cannot be a true Brontë fan if one has not made that trip.

By the way, as long as rambling, I might add that the opening scene in Wuthering Heights is a perfect fit for those snowed in due to Winter Storm Wayne.