People are crazy when it comes to weather.
A completely un-scientific survey of Facebook status updates this morning showed that an obscene amount of people were shocked and appalled by the fact that it is snowing in February (I define obscene as "if I read one more update about the fact that it's snowing, I will no longer be your friend").
Guess what, people? Here's a weather lesson for you.
I'm assuming that if you're reading this, you are located somewhere within the Northeastern section of the United States (the majority of people I know live in this area).
It is currently February. This is what is know as "winter" in the Northern hemisphere.
During this "winter", temperatures are lower than at other times of the year. (This is due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and other scientific mumbo-jumbo that you should have learned in 9th grade Earth Science.)
This drop in temperature causes changes in the weather. Therefore, precipitation that might have been rain during another time of year (such as "summer") freezes and becomes what is known as "snow".
There's a lot of other stuff, about low-pressure systems and Canadian winds, but the long and short of it is this: You live in the Northeast. It is February. STOP BEING SHOCKED THAT IT'S COLD AND SNOWY!
[I apologize for the rudeness...but really, people? Weather is not that hard to understand.]
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