Thundersnow!

So a few days ago New York was hit by a severe snowstorm. It descended suddenly and dropped over a foot of snow on the city in less than 24 hours. It's also the first time in my life I've experienced a thunderstorm and snow at the same time. I knew such things happen, but they're exceedingly rare. I wonder what the science is behind them?

Anyway, the city has been pretty slow to respond. A great deal of public transit is still running behind schedule (particularly anything in or out of the city) and many sidewalks and especially crosswalks are still basically impassable.

I attempted to buy some boots at Macy's but now I have buyer's remorse. The ones I got are a little too cowboy-ish for me.

Oh well. At least the snow looks nice (when not mixed with dirt):