5. The Silence

Blizzard Jonas-Elise Goujon-NY Off Road-NYCPhoto by Elise Goujon/New York Off Road

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.