Wacky Weather

For those keeping up with the northeast, there has been a blizzard! It was reported to be biggest snow storm for the record books.

The storm is cause hazardous travel within the areas of Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and across southern New England.

Photo credit: Jim Young
A man walks around Lake Michigan February 2, 2015

It is the second storm that the northeast has to face in less than a week, forcing to delay a parade celebration in Boston for the Superbowl win, and left more than a foot of snow.
The National Weather Service warned residents to stay indoors and avoid the dangerous wind chills.

Now I've been to New York on its coldest and windiest days and it was unbearable, it even snowed on my last day of the trip. Picturing Times Square plummeted with snow that its streets and billboards are hardly visible is daunting.

New York City covered in a white blanket of snow

I would have loved to have been there to take breathtaking photos as did some photojournalists throughout the storm and will continue their coverage for the next upcoming blizzard. 

Now to talk about a storm hitting home: Pineapple Express

"California drought: Big storm on the way for Northern California"

as titled in the San Jose Mercury News by Paul Rogers, seems very intimidating (at least for me, it definitely caught my attention) now many can recall the first storm, or as meteorologist refer as the "Pineapple Express" due to the storm coming off the coast of Hawaii where pineapples grow. But in seriousness, it brings southwest winds to the Pacific Northwest with warm, moisture air. This produces extensive days of heavy rain, flooding, and very wet people.

What to expect:

• Storm to hit Thursday evening 
• expected to be 1 to 3 inches of rain
• heaviest in Santa Cruz mountains
• flooding

Source: San Jose Mercury News

I'm actually very excited for this storm, I'm always intrigued for what Mother Nature can bring, especially since California needs as much water as it can get!
So for those able to read this post prior to Thursday, stay dry!