down, you hear the cracking, listen for a second, the cracking, we're sending it back inside and are not going to stand here anymore. >> reporter: it seems one of the few places spared all of this nasty stuff was new york city, where just days before christmas folks enjoyed a record high of 71 degrees over the weekend. >> i love it. it feels like it is may in december. >> reporter: too bad winter has only just begun. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> you see a big mess for a lot of people in a lot of places, for more on what is causing it, let's talk to chad myers, this is a crazy december, many of us, i went to baltimore for a football game. it was like spring, but maybe not for long? >> no, not for long, just outside your door. it has been warm up and down the coast, the jet stream has been