This is an obvious scene of fear and panic.. Times Square, empty during the Blizzard of 2015 that became the Fizzler of the new year.. I am amazed that the city that never sleeps wouldn’t venture out to enjoy a kiss under the lights during the snow.. or hot coffee and snowball fights on a city street.. I am sort of sad seeing this. If you go through the annals of history when big storms actually hit, the entire city was out and about, doing the same thing they’d be doing if it was sunny and warm..

But this year, with this new found generation if wimps, we hide and ‘hunker down.’  We play video games and stare at the endless supplies of bread and milk purchased in near empty stores.

Don’t get me wrong, weather can be dangerous during storms. Blizzards can also be horrendous with massive power outages and winds that can kill. 

But this storm was not that. At least not for millions of people who were told their lives were about to end and their island would be disconnected from the United States, sent out to drift, and subject to alien spaceshifts playing target practice on big buildings in the Atlantic Ocean. Okay. Maybe that is not what was said.. but what was said obviously led to fear and panic..

In New York State, the travel ban imposed by the Governor would say that you get a $300 fine if you get in your car. Sheesh..

Are we not able to endure any challenge anymore?

Last night during the brief snow that hit my part of Pennsylvania, I took my dog for a walk and noticed several yards were covered in footprints, sleigh paths, and tunnels. It was amazing to see the work of children playing their hearts out on a cold and school-less winter day. 

But that is not the scene in the trendy Big Apple. At least not according to the evidence supplied by this photo..
This photo shows an opposite era than one in the past. Now we hide behind walls and computer screens. We live blog our reactions, and we Tweet about weather.

But we don’t get out and enjoy it. Play in it. Live in it.

Live a little.
It’s snow.
And obviously, it’s not the big storm promised..

I love the energy of Times Square. I think a lot of people missed out on that energy by hiding away from flakes as they fell …

BUT THEN.. Just when hope is lost.. and image comes across a wire like this: People acting like children in the snowy city:

REUTERS

And this:

Jamina Goop, from Liechtenstein, does a handstand as she is photographed by a friend during a snow storm in Times Square, New York
The only problem for America: Our handstand friend is from Liechtenstein. 





Am I missing something here?