"I guess Mother Nature wants it to snow everywhere this year"

I think 8-year-old Annika's weather assessment is spot on this morning.
The scene pictured is downtown Portland, Ore., where yesterday snow and ice combined for countless traffic accidents.
This morning, we are listening to KGO-AM live online to reports of SNOWFLAKES spotted in San Francisco.
San Francisco? Snow?
The snow isn't sticking in The City, but white-covered hillsides have been reported in numerous Bay Area locations, including the Peninsula. Black ice is causing problems in my old stomping ground, Sonoma County.
"Snow-noma?" Kerstin, 11, just said. Yeah! SNOW-noma!
At least 2 inches of snow fell in neighboring Lake County.
A winter storm watch remains in effect in the Bay Area until later this morning.
Winter only arrived in Dubuque during the past week, after a lengthy spell of unseasonably mild weather.
Obviously, the opposite has been happening elsewhere: Unseasonably cold weather grips much of the country, including places we NEVER associate with S-N-O-W.