Am I right in believing that the low front bringing the blizzards to U.S. eastern seaboard would be big enough to engulf the entire British Isles with simultaneous blizzards throughout the land at the same time?

How good would that be

It would be this good - 

I'd take some of that.

Also the fact that the whole of western Europe could fit nicely in that snow zone in NE states and it's not falling over higher ground it's lower levels and anywhere and everywhere. Imagine something of that scale/size in Europe!? Friends of mine in NJ are enjoying a lovely hot tub outside in the snow! So jealous!

Meanwhile, I have a friend in Pennsylvania who is furious because he despises snow and everything about it.. his car is completely buried and his road remains unplowed. This is the same person who stayed in Windsor with his English wife and actually liked the climate because it never gets very cold, and spent most of the winter here walking around in a shirt and was bemused that people were wearing winter coats at 8C. He intends on moving here in the near future.

All comes down to preference.

I'm beginning to think the propensity of the media to distort reality for the purpose of increasing revenue or page traffic (see The Daily Express and the ever reliable Exa**a Weather) is not only creeping into more mainstream forecasting outlets but affecting the coverage of what's actually happening.

This event is significant - I do not dispute that - but it isn't actually that unusual. A 'nor'easter' of this magnitude occurs roughly once every four years and as recently as 2006 a winter storm affecting the whole NE USA region dumped 40" in Virginia and was directly responsible for over 100 fatalities:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996

But of course, promoting this particular storm as 'a rather nasty snowstorm of typical magnitude based on recent climatology' doesn't sell copy like 'Snowzilla to bury New York' does, but we shouldn't let facts get in the way.

Eeeek

just a taster of the remnants of Jonas today. Record totals of 27in in NYC today

There's a good bit of snow in NY tonight

Theres a bike in there somewhere! 

Streets totally clear now. You'd hardly know it had been snowing more than a little shower from that camera now!

Apart from the fact the mounds of snow are about 3ft high

But take your point , they have done a great job of clearing the streets.....................never happen here like that

EDIT

I've just watched someone try to run up one of those snow banks, its about 12ft high