By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/no-one-loves-winter-storm-jonas-more-than-this-giant-panda-at-the-national-zoo Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter No one loves Winter Storm Jonas more than this giant panda Nation Jan 23, 2016 1:08 PM EDT While Washington D.C. residents hunkered down on Saturday as Winter Storm Jonas battered a large swath of the Eastern Seaboard, one capital dweller was unfazed by #blizzard2016. Tian Tian woke up this morning to a lot of snow, and he was pretty excited about it. 🐼🌨 #blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/GrhI9t1u7j — National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 23, 2016 In a 30-second video posted by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Saturday morning, giant panda Tian Tian took advantage of his naturally warm coat and basked in the snowy bliss of the season’s first major storm. Keepers captured the 19-year-old fluffy bear’s unabashed excitement for the fluffy white stuff as he rolled around in 13 inches of snow that blanketed the area. By contrast, panda cub Bei Bei was less amused by the conditions when he was introduced to the snow for a few minutes, zookeepers said on Instagram. “Keepers said he wasn’t quite sure what to make of the powdery snow and made his way back inside quickly.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
While Washington D.C. residents hunkered down on Saturday as Winter Storm Jonas battered a large swath of the Eastern Seaboard, one capital dweller was unfazed by #blizzard2016. Tian Tian woke up this morning to a lot of snow, and he was pretty excited about it. 🐼🌨 #blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/GrhI9t1u7j — National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 23, 2016 In a 30-second video posted by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Saturday morning, giant panda Tian Tian took advantage of his naturally warm coat and basked in the snowy bliss of the season’s first major storm. Keepers captured the 19-year-old fluffy bear’s unabashed excitement for the fluffy white stuff as he rolled around in 13 inches of snow that blanketed the area. By contrast, panda cub Bei Bei was less amused by the conditions when he was introduced to the snow for a few minutes, zookeepers said on Instagram. “Keepers said he wasn’t quite sure what to make of the powdery snow and made his way back inside quickly.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now