I remember talking to zwyts (Matt) during the early afternoon on the phone while I was out walking around. He had told me stories about the city in a big storm but this was really my first experience. I did get here right before the Feb 2006 storm but it happened at night, melted quick, and I had just arrived from New England so I barely paid attention to it. I just remember wandering local streets that are otherwise kind of mundane and being in awe of how much snow was on the ground here in the city and that everything basically came to a complete halt.
It was maybe a bit before this time
I tried to just take it all in as much as possible but I feel like I didn't have enough time. Who knew more was coming later..