The nor’easter smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with the most intense in history, meteorologists said.
The nor'easter quickly intensified to easily qualify as a “ bomb cyclone " and featured thundersnow and lightning, two things rarely seen in snowstorms. And while it was paralyzing and potentially dangerous for millions along the Eastern Seaboard, meteorologists found themselves rhapsodizing over its combination of power and beauty.
