We ventured outside during New York City's 'bomb cyclone' - and saw some of the city's iconic landmarks covered in snow

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New York City was hit on Thursday with a bomb - a coldbomb, that is.

Meteorologists call it a "bomb cyclone."

It basically means a storm occurring outside of the tropics, whose central pressure falls at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period. If it happens in the Northern Hemisphere - like New York City - the storm usually takes place between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.

While the temperature hovered in the 20s, the wind chill was below zero and wind gusts reached 48 mph. By 2 p.m., Central Park had received nearly 8 inches of snow.

Given such abnormal weather conditions, we ventured out into the streets to see how the city and its famously stoic people were handling it.

Here's what we saw: