Whoa! Pic of winter storm Nemo from space:

[Are_grits_groceries]

@danastabenow: If anyone ever asks what space exploration has done for them, point them to this picture. via @BadAstronomer

Hunker down!

[Laffy Kat]

1. Cool-looking. nt

[calimary]

14. Welcome to DU, Laffy Kat!

Glad you're here! Cool-looking but scary as hell. I hope everybody underneath that cloud cover is gonna be okay!

[HappyMe]

2. That's cool.

[malaise]

3. Holy facting shite!!

Wow!

[Skittles]

4. people in that area please stay safe

do not take ANY chances

[Gman]

5. That looks ominously familiar

Looks like Sandy.

[BlueStreak]

6. I have heard of 2-foot snows, and I've heard of 70 MPH winds

but never at the same time. I went through a storm like that one in Prince Edward Island, but I don't recall anything like this so far south. Mother Nature is pissed.

[wryter2000]

7. Two hurricanes and a mammoth blizzard within a bit over 2 years

No climate change there.

[edbermac]

8. That fucken lying gopher!

An early spring, my ass!

[SoapBox]

10. ROFLMAO!

[heaven05]

9. whoa

another huge storm. ominous looking.

[KittyWampus]

12. M'eh. It's just a sloppy mess now….She says as she whistles past the graveyard….

Got lots of food & staying off the roads until Monday.

[SoapBox]

11. "The Day After Tomorrow"!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After_Tomorrow

[WillyT]

13. K & R !!!

[Neoma]

15. Cool.

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Looking grim at ground level