This is a mess. As snow blankets the East Coast, North Carolina drivers are just walking away from their cars and in some cases, walking home. Weather Channel has more here.

Here are some tweets, with pics:

Dear South: STOP DRIVING RT @Sean_Breslin: Raleigh does a Snowpocalypse even crazier than Atlanta pic.twitter.com/VXApK40B62”

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) February 13, 2014

Traffic backup at 1-540 and 70. #ncsnow pic.twitter.com/hhnkrYQEVJ

— Heather Waliga (@WaligaABC11) February 12, 2014

Glad you're home safe! RT @ashleyfawn: @ABC11_WTVD our 2 mile walk home after leaving our truck! #frozenFloridians pic.twitter.com/ffwmuFZXMq

— ABC11 WTVD (@ABC11_WTVD) February 13, 2014

The federal government is shut down tomorrow, flights are being cancelled across the South, and the storm is forecast to move north toward the eastern seaboard tonight and tomorrow.

The National Weather Service has upgraded Pax to a 'significant storm'.

But climate change is a myth, right?

If you are on the East Coast, please stay home, stay safe, and stay warm.