Snow During a Pandemic
The New York Times
This is 2020. The snow day began nine months ago. And in the sort of reversal that could only happen in this pandemic era, the city’s heaviest snowstorm in years was, to many, a most welcome change, something new to look at from the windows that New Yorkers have lived behind since March.
There was no commute to snarl this year, because for many, there is no office to go to. Boys and girls being stuck at home is not called a snow day anymore; it’s Thursday. Some of the perennial frustrations of a winter storm — the disruption, the hassle in getting where you need to go — were absent. Like movie theaters and concerts and friends.
— Michael Wilson
