This was most of yesterday's nearly 24-hour trip back from China; Detroit layover was a little under three hours, and the connecting flight to LGA arrived early.
Some friends from Columbus stayed at our place last week, and were driving west as we flew east. "We reached Columbus late last night," they report, "ahead of the polar temps. On the eve of Jan 20, it seems we’re entering an ice age."
Traveling far away I've managed to keep awareness of the impending storm on the back burner, except as the lingering question "how will I start a class the day the deportation razzias begin?"