The Donner Party Didn't Think They Needed to Prepare for the Snowstorm Either
There’s a blizzard coming! (Again.) People are freaking out! (Again.) And thank god for that. In situations like this, constant, irrational panic is your best course of action. Because do you know what happens to people who think everything’s going to turn out fine? Why don’t we ask a hungry little group called The…
A Global Warming-Denying Loon Just Threw a Snowball on the Senate Floor
Republican Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe is the chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee. He once wrote a book called The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future. Today, he threw a snowball at a senate page to illustrate that tome's idiotic central thesis.
Boston Mayor: Can You Idiots Stop Jumping Out Your Windows?
Boston has always had a weird relationship with snow, but apparently it's getting bad enough that the fair city's mayor had to remind his idiot constituency not to jump out their windows into snow piles.
Boston's Number One Sweetheart Partially Buries New Yorker's Car in Snow
Just when you thought everyone in Boston was a dick, here's a good samaritan tale that will make you rethink your most deeply held beliefs regarding Massholes. When one Bostonian found someone with New York plates parked in his carefully shoveled spot, he took all the snow he had removed earlier and dumped it on top…
5 Tasty Ways to Eat Snow
"5 Tasty Ways to Eat Snow." You looking for tasty ways to eat snow?
Help Us Create a Before and After Picture of the Northeast Blizzard
Big blizzard '15 is here and while outside might look quaint now, we're promised up to three feet of snow in parts of the Northeast. If you're home, go take a quick photo of your best, snowy view and share it with us. And then after tomorrow's dreaded pileup, take another shot and send us that one, too. We'll put them…
Two Boys Buried in Snowbank Miraculously Survive in Small Air Bubble
Two young boys who were buried alive under five feet of snow survived close to seven hours thanks to an air bubble that formed around them.
Dozens of Cold, Hungry Drivers Trapped for 35 Hours on Snowbound Highway
Can you tell what's going on in this photo? You can't, because everything is covered in fucking snow. It was taken in Buffalo, New York, yesterday, near where dozens of people have spent the past 35 hours trapped in their cars on Interstate 90.
Does Snow Make a City Cleaner?
Now is the time for "Hey, Science"—America's primary source of scientific education—in which we enlist real live scientific experts to answer your most most interesting and/ or inane scientific questions. Today: does snow make a city cleaner, or dirtier?
Hundred-Car Pileup Shuts Down Pennsylvania Turnpike, Injures 30
The eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bensalem was shut down for a large portion of the day yesterday as over 100 cars piled up along the highway. After the first accident occurred at 8:30am, the collisions continued, causing 30 people to be taken into care for injuries. A foot of snow had fallen in the area only…
Snowboarding Through New York Is the Best Way to Spend a Snow Day
Of all the ways to spend a snow day in New York City, this might be the best: With the help of a friend, Casey Neistat filmed himself snowboarding around Manhattan yesterday. It looks fun, if slightly dangerous.
There was snow on the ground in 49 of the 50 states today. You win this round, Florida.

