From what I’ve heard, the heat wave induced the blizzard, since hot air begins raising pressure, air begins moving, picking up humidity and creating a stormfront, then hitting our cold weather here.
Hence, high temperatures south, tornadoes in between from high winds, and a blizzard at the terminal (with lightning! That’s rare for a snow storm.).
Maybe trapping trillions quintillions of extra calories worth of heat in the air wasn’t a good idea.
Now we’ve lost the mandate of heaven.