WILD WEATHER UPS AND DOWNS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN A
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS.

* Accumulations...Snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches...locally higher.

* New York City, Long Island, S. Connecticut, Lower Hudson Valley and Northeastern NJ.

* Hazard type... Heavy snow.

* Timing... Late Wednesday night through Thursday.

* Hazardous travel due to snow covered roads and poor visibilities. Blowing and drifting snow is possible.

* Temperatures... Upper 20 and lower 30s.

PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

Recently, my wife experienced a frightening episode with symptoms associated with an irregular heartbeat, which could have turned out much worse. The doctor orders rest, additional tests and a daily dose of aspirin, along with lots of relaxation. The service literally and figuratively took too many hours. This is a private hospital where the staff sometimes appeared to work with the same speed of molasses.

Killing abandoned animals illegal in Taiwan after the suicide of a vet who was distressed and injected herself with the same drugs used to euthanize dogs and died last year.

She was understood to have become distressed at the abuse that she had received online after being made to kill 700 dogs in two years, and had sought to persuade the authorities to encourage pet adoption. Animal rights activists nicknamed her a “butcher with beauty”.

Taiwanese authorities have denied that her death in Taoyuan City had brought the law changes.