2018 has begun its year for the east coast with a Nor’easter; we are aware that two of them have hit, with an expected third to be coming within the next week. A Nor’eastern is a storm or wind blowing from the northeast, especially in New England which creates massive waves crashing along the coast lines, piles of snow reaching well over ten inches and possible flooding in some areas.

For now if a storm does materialize it will likely pass through Virginia and North Carolina before heading north over the Atlantic, possibly touching Boston lightly late Monday in route to Nova Scotia, said Brian Hurley, a forecaster at the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. For New York, they will probably be spared even the sight of a snowflake, Hurley said. And if a storm does develop, it won’t pack the wind power of the March 2nd storm or the snowfall of the March 7th system.

After this second Nor’easter hit we have evidence to believe that at least 7 person have died and hundreds of thousands of homes on the East Coast remain without electricity. Civilians in the East Coast, ranging from Virginia to Maine (this region’s second major storm), left them without power. This devastating storm whipped the area with heavy snow and stiff winds, downing power lines and leaving precarious road conditions.

This storm has dumped heavy, wet snow at an intense rate in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and southern New England. This especially happened west of Interstate 95, with a build-up of two feet or more reported in some areas. The storm packed gusts of 30 to 50 mph.

This storm has also brought a special surprise for the East Coast, the storm brought a rare phenomenon in some parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. This phenomenon is known as a “thundersnow,” it is snow that is paired up with lightning. This results in snow, lightning and thunder. I would say that would be a pretty scary storm to be in.

A quote from Sue Holman states that “I have only seen a maximum of 1′ and 3″ possibly but I have never seen 2 feet of snow before and hearing that there could be lightning and thunder while it is snowing just sounds crazy and very scary to me. I live in the mountains and can deal with the snow but snow and other natural events along with it I don’t want any part of.”

A fellow Californian has stated that they much rather live here because of these Nor’eastern and just having to deal with one season and problem that comes with it is fine by me, they love it here.