Beware Social Media Weather Hype: Dire Snowfall Maps Making The Rounds Online

Call it the Great Facebook Blizzard of 2014. While the northeastern U.S. is weathering some snow and slush this week, it probably won't be quite the blockbuster that some were expecting. Recently, a prediction that New York and New Jersey would see as much as 30 to 40 inches of snow this week made the rounds on social media: