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We made it! Although our streets and sidewalks are still piled with snow (getting dirtier by the minute), New York City made it through Blizzard Jonas. For many it was probably a great time to catch up on sleep, binge watch an entire season of a television show, take their kids out sledding, and take in the swirling storm around us.

Here are our favorite moments from Blizzard Jonas from New York City and beyond, submitted and shared by our readers:

1. Casey Neistat Snowbarding Through NYC

One of our favorite urban disrupters Casey Neistat took to the streets snowboarding while being towed by a Jeep. Neistat, a popular YouTuber and filmmaker who previously took on drivers for parking in New York City bike lanes, careens through places from Times Square to small side streets with friends. They jump off mounds, take on a fellow snowboarder in the East Village, sometimes wipe out, and finally get stopped by an NYPD car near Bryant Park. The officer says, “Someone complained about you, so we’re just gonna act like we’re talking to ya, alright?” “You guys are awesome,” they respond.

Reminds us of the snowboarders who took the funicular up Montmartre for a ride in Paris.

2. Subway Stations Getting Snowed In

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In the closest we’ve gotten to The Day After Tomorrow recently, many subway station entrances and platforms got piled with snow. Here are a few of our favorites:

66th Street Subway Station-Snow-Blizzard Jonas-NYC66th Street-Lincoln Center. Photo by Jenny Lai 

3.  Snowball Fight in Times Square

Though not as epic as previous snowball fights in Times Square, a group did gather for an impromptu fight on Saturday.

4. The Pets and Animals of Jonas

 

At the National Zoo in Washington D.C., Tian Tian the panda woke up and cavorted happily in the snowfall. Throughout the day in New York City and other cities, we saw your photographs of pets having a field day in the snow like Stubbs, a Crown Heights dog who has his own Instagram account:

Stubbs Stailey-Blizzard Jonas-Dog-Pet-NYCPhoto via The Daily Stubbs

5. The Silence

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One thing we read over and over in your tweets and updates was the silence in the streets. With the travel ban in effect for non-essential vehicles, the streets were curiously devoid of noise. In the thick of the storm, we went out for some much needed bread and eggs, and it had the feel of a post-apocalyptic Walking Dead scene with pedestrians head down making their way through the wide, empty streets back home. In a city that is always buzzing, the brief silence is indeed golden.

Next, check out PlowNYC, a real-time map of street plowing in NYC  and read about the 1888 blizzard that crippled New York City.