13 Photos (And One Tweet) That Show How Underwhelming NYC’s Snow Storm Was

It was supposed to be “very fast and very hard,” “worse than we have ever seen before,” “potentially historic,” and generally terrifying. For the public’s safety, New York City shut down schools, parks and public transit. Non-emergency vehicles were banned from the streets after 11 p.m.

Yet while parts of the East Coast were snowed in by massive winter storm Juno early this week, New York City woke up feeling fine — if a bit hungover. Here’s what it was like to live through the Blizzard of 2015: The One We’ll Never Talk About Again.

By the time snow began to fall on Monday, everyone was freaking out about #snowmageddon.

The great pre-storm Kale Panic of ’15. (Yes of course, this is the Gowanus Whole Foods) pic.twitter.com/OS50ntIatK

— Kat Kinsman (@kittenwithawhip) January 26, 2015

Some people got an early start on the snow day fun.

A photo posted by Kevin Finch (@eightfinchone) on Jan 27, 2015 at 8:08am PST

For others, life continued as usual.

#juno2015 The Hypothermic Cowboy pic.twitter.com/eVJvdapROw

— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 27, 2015

At least you’re all set for the next hurricane, New York.

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