"Get used to saying ‘bomb cyclone.’ This is our climate now."
"Atlantic Ocean temperatures right offshore were as much as 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal for early January, causing hurricane-force winds and snow squalls so intense they fired off lightning bolts over parts of New York and Rhode Island. Forecasters dispatched a Hurricane Hunter airplane to investigate the storm."
http://grist.org/article/get-used-to-saying-bomb-cyclone-this-is-our-climate-now/