Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. For those asking, the weather sucks. Sleet, freezing rain, ice, and snow. The heavy wet snow. Northern NJ got about 4-6 inches before the sleet, freezing rain, and ice have turned an already bad situation into one that’s pretty much bordering on intolerable.

Most of the schools have closed in NJ and a state of emergency is in place. NJ Transit is operating on a weekend schedule with significant delays. MTA buses/subways are operating on a regular schedule for now, but that might be problematic later in the day as the ice builds up.

Northern NJ is in the bullseye for significant freezing. With up to a half inch of ice expected, it’s possible for massive power outages.

Like I said, suckage.

Meanwhile, it looks like CVS realizes that being a health provider is incompatible with being a purveyor of tobacco and cigarette products. They’re going to quit selling tobacco products by October. Kudos to them, but you’ve got to wonder what took them so long - other than the $1-2 billion in lost profits they expect from the move.