February 12, 2006. 1217 est.
All the USA weather people are calling it a 'Nor'easter'
It isn't really. The oddity of this is the combination of two opposing portions of the physics of Global Warming coming together to provide a huge moisture deposit over the Northeast. The source of the frigid aire is directly form the North Pole. The source for the humidity that has blanketed the affected region relentlessly is from the equator.
I'll point all that below.
