A little white powder blankets New York...no evacuation planned
In the East, a Storm Of Epic Proportions
'Classic Nor'easter' Brings Cities to a Halt
By Michael Powell and David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 13, 2006; Page A10
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- A nor'easter snowstorm rumbled over New York City and New England over the weekend, dumping record quantities of snow and bringing this densest of urban corridors to a silent stop.
The snow totals acquired a prodigious quality as one weather station after another weighed in Sunday afternoon. Central Park stood at an all-time record 26.9 inches, Hartford at 21 inches and Boston at 20 inches -- and the falling flakes were still thick and accompanied by the rare peal of "thunder snow."