Tag: Brooklyn

Thundersnow! I finally got to see some!

…  a slushy mix of rain and snow piled up and lightning and thunder rattled New Yorkers. The five boroughs and Westchester are still on track to get anywhere between 7 to 11 inches of snow, and some areas of New Jersey may see as much as 20 inches. The afternoon has brought the storm’s heaviest snowfall — up to two inches an hour — and it may continue into the evening commute. –New York Times, 10 minutes ago.

Laura got off school early and her evening class at Brooklyn College was canceled. She picked up Alex for me, right before the storm turned really ugly. I tried to take some pictures–but you know me and my camera. It was nearly a white-out at about four in the afternoon and still going strong.

I have been wanting to see or hear thundersnow since I read Winter’s Drums by pandemonium_213 (illustrated by Huinárë), written in response to Back to Middle-earth Month (B2MeM) prompts: Winter Weather (B2MeM 2014) and Thundersnow (B2MeM 2012.

(Read it if you have not.)