Hercules packs a punch! Brooklyn digs out from snow storm
Southern Brooklyn did its best to get on with daily life during Winter Storm Hercules on Friday morning, but like their fellow citizens elsewhere in the borough, residents found that the snow, the heavy winds, and the sub-freezing temperatures disrupted their normal routines.
According to most media reports, Hercules dumped at least 7 inches of snow on New York City. But News 12 Brooklyn reported that that measuring the amount of snowfall in terms of how many inches were on the ground proved to be difficult because strong winds were blowing the snow around.
At 11:45 a.m., the temperature in Bensonhurst was 16 degrees, Weather.com reported, with a wind chill that felt like 1 degree.