It started off quite cold here around Thanksgiving.and continued on into december. Then a couple weeks ago it got warm and I was even running the air conditioner. Then it got cold again. Now it's about 9 deg F outside with complete white out conditions. You can't see an inch in front of you and snow is piling up fast in the face of extremely heavy wind gusts causing huge drifts. Friend of mine in Brooklyn called earlier. It is even more severe there. Already 2-3 feet of snow and piling up blocking doorways with cross winds in excess of 90.