Indeed - we are all different.

The fact is with the USA the weather changes and is way more volatile - I doubt they would get another snowstorm of this severity and magnitude and it will probably turn milder. So They would only need to put up with this for a few days or a week depending on how long it lasts.

When we get rainy weather with wind - we are stuck with it for weeks or even months as November and December proved it. If he prefers wind and rain ....jolly good I say. I know I hate it as do most people especially those in Cumbria and Yorkshire.

Does your Pennsylvanian friend have the typical American layer of blubber to keep him warm? 

Made me laugh to see the 'Mercuns emptying supermarket shelves of food. I now we occasionally get panic buying when a severe weather event is forecast, but I imagine the yanks actually do eat the food mountain they buy. Over the course of a weekend.

Well, reporting from the suburbs of Philadelphia, We have received 2 Feet 5" at least, at my location.  with deeper spots dotted a bout.

Thankfully, My American friends are more sensible and already had enough food, for this two day wonder. and stayed home safe. I lost count on how many people i saw trying to drive in the snow, 80% of them got stuck and we're swerving all over the place like lunatics.

SEPTA Railway's are still Closed so i Cant get into the city.

There was an interview with a lady in Virginia by webcam.  She mentioned that she popped out to buy a few things and the shelves were bare - the bread, milk had sold out....... and apparently most of the ice cream......

I thought I read and/or heard that this was the worst for a century and broke records in places for the amount of snowfall?

They did under estimate the snow in NYC - NYC was forecasted 6-12" of snow when they received almost triple that amount of 30".

DC area was forecasted to receive in excess of 2ft of snow when they actually got 1ft!? - There was meant to be more snow in DC than NYC - what happened? did the snowstorm hang around NY longer?

An interesting and funny video - esp the one after:

http://pix11.com/2016/01/23/snowfall-total-forecast-for-parts-of-nyc-new-jersey-upgraded-to-24-to-30-inches-nws/

The best New York snow video ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRv7G7WpOoU

Brilliant

No doubt this will be in the news nearer the time......impressive

Coldest air in a decade headed for the east...New York with a high of -7 and -8 on Sat and Sunday with lows at -18C.

Brutally cold in southern Ontario this morning. -26c currently in Toronto with -40c windchill. That air temperature is the coldest I've seen in Toronto for some years. -29c in Ottawa with -45c windchill. Further north -38c in Timmins with -49c windchill.

Edit: quick check reveals that the Toronto reading may be the coldest since Jan 1994 (-31c), eclipsing the -25.5c from last February. 

Blimey , I should imagine very few venture outside in temps

Just to confirm what I thought yesterday:

http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html

One interesting thing to note is the official minimum temperature of -26.3 C at Pearson Airport is the lowest temperature officially recorded there since 16 January 1994 when the temperature tumbled to a frigid -31.0 C.

That's right Marcus, no-one enjoys those kind of temperatures with wind chill, even winter sports enthusiasts. You can't even go out and skate on your local rink if it's that cold, it's just miserable.

That's unusually cold for Toronto.

Where is Stewart these days?

I'd love a crack at those temps , just to see what they feel like

Slightly O/T- sorry- but hearing the wishes for experiencing these low temps- which appeals to me too - I still find it amazing that Shawbury's -25 and Newport's -26 in the 81-82 winter were within driving distance!

I think I might have to venture over there

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/35569244

plenty to note on this short forecast (old news now I realise); in particular the contrast with the SW US (30C S of LA) and the sudden rise forecast for New York from -16 to +12C during Tuesday.

A foot of snowfall forecast for Ottawa today followed by a forecast low of -32c on Thursday morning, while Montreal is under a freezing rain warning.  

No live cams for Ottawa that I can find unfortunately but it certainly looks snowy on the traffic cams. 

http://traffic.ottawa.ca/map/

Just one such event like that over here every year would be grand 

Quick update on the Ottawa snowfall - it turned out to be its heaviest on record, with 51.2cm (20.15 inches) falling, beating the previous record by 12cm. I'd happily take a 1.2cm snowfall let alone half a metre right now!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-snow-storm-in-pictures-photos-1.3450496

I'm not sure Tally, neither Stewart or Peter has posted for some months. Perhaps it's other priorities or they contribute to Canadian weather forums (which would be understandable!). I must admit to not posting so frequently on the NA thread myself these days though I still keep an eye on what's happening.

After a mild interlude this weekend looks like winter will return to eastern Canada as we head towards late Feb/early March!

Tornado season has begun! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35932123

Good to see no fatalities from the latest outbreak, which thankfully wasn't that strong. The footage we can get now is amazing 

Some big temp contrasts around the Great Lakes currently. 21C and sunny at 6pm in Chicago, while at the same time in Toronto it's -4C with light snow.