The snow is falling and the blizzard is on its way.
It will be interesting to see the reporting on this event - if they consider this to be an artifact of global warming.
If they do, how will they reconcile the other great blizzards - specifically the Great Blizzard of 1888:
The Great Blizzard of 1888 or Great Blizzard of '88 (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States of America. Snowfalls of 20–60 inches (51–152 cm) fell in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and sustained winds of more than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) produced snowdrifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m). Railroads were shut down and people were confined to their houses for up to a week.
Mental Floss has a nice collection of photos from that storm - here is one of them:
When going to school in Boston, I lived through the Blizzard of 1978. Nobody moved for a week.
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