thunderstorms as well because you re talking about a significant amount of snow on the northern side, but also rain on the southern side, basically for the entire eastern half of the country. that s why we ve also got the potential for excessive rainfall and flooding risk along the gulf coast as we go into the day, the next day, and by the following day on tuesday you re looking at more of that threat for areas on the northeast. also the severe potential here, too. monday the rain concern is going to be along the gulf coast, places like new orleans, houston, even along the panhandle of florida. the main concern will be damaging winds and tornadoes and then that threat shifts a little farther east in the coming days. allison, how many snow flake ensembles do you have? tell us about your earrings, too. i was going to say i m at the point where people keep giving me stuff. this was my christmas present from my son, lego snowflake earrings. that s her second snowflake en sem snoobl