Sentences with phrase «freezing rain continued»

Faced with a blizzard of criticism from angry parents forced to trudge with their kids to school through a nor» easter that dumped up to three inches of snow an hour on the Big Apple, a seemingly out - of - touch Chancellor Carmen Fariña defended the call to keep classes open Thursday — blindly declaring it «a beautiful day out there» as wet flakes and freezing rain continued to pelt New Yorkers.