Photos: Heavy snow hits Northeast
February 8, 2013
Snowbound vehicles remain stranded Saturday morning, Feb. 9, 2013 along Route 347 in Lake Grove, N.Y. Hundreds of cars were stranded on New York’s Long Island roadways as snow rapidly covered roadways. Many people abandoned their vehicles and first responders rescued motorists who chose to spend the frigid night in their vehicles. (AP Photo/Newsday, John Paraskevas)
A man sits on a snow covered bench on the boardwalk of New York's Coney Island, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A couple walks through Boston Common in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Jack Katovitz, 14, clears a path for Lucky, a Yorkie Poodle, on his driveway that was covered with over a foot of snow after a storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Lattingtown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
A couple walks past a large snow drift in the Old Port section of Portland, Maine, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Officials are cautioning residents to stay off the roads in Maine, where Portland set an all-time snowfall record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Ice clings to Ken Anderson's eyebrows and mustache as he uses a snowblower during a blizzard, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Aaron Powell digs out his car as Brenda Thomas, back, clears her walk along McKinley Avenue, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after a snow storm in Norwich, Conn. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot)
Wayne Gingo, of Medford, N.Y., gets back into his car that got stuck in the snow on the Long Island Expressway eastbound near Exit 60, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Gingo was driving home from his job as a postal worker at JFK Airport and got stuck in the snow at 1:45 a.m. He spent the night in the car waiting for a tow truck. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
A parking meter pokes out of a snow bank during a blizzard, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Claire Stout, 12, burrows into a pile of plowed snow near her home in Maplewood, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Northeast storm dumped over a foot of snow in northern N.J. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
Traffic is backed up on the Long Island Expressway just west of Exit 59 Ocean Avenue as payloaders clear snow from the road after a storm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Juan Tavares carries his bike rather than risk riding on a snow-covered street during a blizzard, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
George Ransom pushes his snowthrower on the sidewalk along Broadway in front of St. Patrick's School, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after a snow storm in Norwich, Conn. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot)
The statue of President Kennedy is covered with snow outside the Statehouse on Beacon Hill in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Children sled in Central Park on February 9, 2013 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the U.S. Northeast. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
A couple walks down Westminster Street in downtown Providence, R.I., after a winter storm dumped two feet of snow on the area, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
Johnson & Wales students climb a large pile of snow that was cleared from downtown Providence, R.I., after a winter storm dumped around two feet of snow in the area, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: A jogger passes snow-covered cars in Central Park on February 9, 2013 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the U.S. Northeast. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: A woman walks along a snow-covered trail in Central Park on February 9, 2013 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the U.S. Northeast. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: A couple kisses in a snow-covered Central Park on February 9, 2013 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the U.S. Northeast. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
A man tries to push a vehicle that got stuck on Route 347 in Lake Grove, N.Y. early Saturday morning, Feb, 9, 2013. Dozens of vehicles remain stranded on this stretch of Long Island road. (AP Photo/Newsday, John Paraskevas)
A man hunches over to protect himself from the wind and blowing snow while walking on the beach at New York's Coney Island, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A woman digs out her car after it was blocked in by drifting snow during a blizzard, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
John March walks his dog Grommit past damaged houses along the beach in Plum Island in Newbury, Mass., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Workers at a car dealership on Route 6 in Carmel, N.Y. clean snow from the cars in their lot, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The year's first major winter storm dumped up to 21 inches on the Lower Hudson Valley. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)
Steve Hull digs out his car after it was covered by drifting snow in Portland, Maine on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A pedestrian crosses a deserted street in North Andover, Mass. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 after a snowstorm came through dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
John Silver shovels snow between buried cars in front of his home on Third Street in South Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
A resident of Third Street in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston looks out of his snow-coated front door Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Wet snow coats houses along the South River at high tide in the Humarock coastal neighborhood of Scituate Mass. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/The Patriot Ledger, Greg Derr)
Neil Hodges uses a snow blower to clear drifting snow from in front of his home in Concord, N.H. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Snow falls on a pedestrian as she leaves the Rag & Bone Fall 2013 fashion collection show during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Robert Burck, aka the "Naked Cowboy," performs in Times Square as it snows Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Pedestrians walk through Times Square as snow falls Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. A blizzard of potentially historic proportions threatens to strike the Northeast with 1 to 2 feet of snow forecast along the densely populated Interstate 95 corridor from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: A bicycle delivery man has his feet wrapped in plastic as he rides through wind, snow and sleet on Broadway as Manhattan prepares for a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
West Springfield, Mass. firefighters fight a fire at the Emmanuel Baptist Church on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. As the storm gains strength, it will bring "extremely dangerous conditions" with bands of snow dropping up to 2 to 3 inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said. (AP Photo/The Republican, Don Treeger)
New York City residents cross a street covered in slush on February 8, 2013 during a storm affecting the northeast US. The storm was forecast to bring the heaviest snow to the densely-populated northeast corridor so far this winter, threatening power and transport links for tens of millions of people and the major cities of Boston and New York. New York and other regional airports saw more than 4,500 cancellations ahead of what the National Weather Service called "a major winter storm with blizzard conditions" along most of the region's coastline. MEHDI TAAMALLAH/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Mass. reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Mass., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is heading toward the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-area region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Jose Echevarria delivers gas to a station that is completely out in Ellington, Conn., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Many stations in the area are out due to a pending storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday. Forecasters warn this could be one for the record books, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and gas. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Snow falls on fishing boats at the state fishing pier in Portsmouth, N.H., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Fisherman are staying off the water in the Northeast as a major snowstorm moves in. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Mary Ann Bova walks along a slippery snow covered sidewalk during a winter storm in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. In some upstate areas, snow fell early Friday morning and was expected to increase throughout the day, with the heaviest accumulations expected in eastern New York on Friday night.(AP Photo/David Duprey)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Snow falls over Lower Manhattan stands in the early hours of a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in Brooklyn borough of New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected in Boston, Massachusetts. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Salt is thrown on a sidewalk as Manhattan prepares for a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: People walk along the Brooklyn Bridge in the snow and sleet in the early hours of a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected in Boston, Massachusetts. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A woman uses her umbrella to shield herself against the snow and wind while crossing the street in New York's Chinatown, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Snow began to fall as a massive blizzard headed for the American Northeast on Friday, sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and supplies ahead of a storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Tow truck operator Shawn Juhre sets up road safety reflectors before towing a car out of a ditch during a winter snow storm in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Andre Tranchemantague, left, and Will Guerette, ski on a snow-covered road as they make there way to a bar during the early stages of a snow storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. A snowstorm sweeping into Maine already has dumped half-a-foot of snow around Portland and contributed to a 19-car pileup. And it's just getting started. Chris Legrow from the National Weather Service says a blizzard warning is issued Friday evening for the southern coast, when the main storm arrives. The forecast calls for up to 2 feet of snow and winds gusting to 50 mph. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Two travelers walk to catch the last train into Boston from the Andover, Mass. train station as snow falls on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is barreling into the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-area region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. The MBTA will suspend all transit service in the late afternoon due to the storm. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
A customer leaves Taft Power Equipment in Holyoke, Mass. as new snow blowers line the entrance on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. As the storm gains strength, it will bring "extremely dangerous conditions" with bands of snow dropping up to 2 to 3 inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said. (AP Photo/The Republican, Dave Roback)
A convoy of snowplows tank up with fuel in Marlborough, Mass., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Forecasters warn this could be one for the record books. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
Snow-covered cars sit in a parking lot adjacent to where firefighters battle a 4-alarm fire in a 3-story apartment building in Wilmington, Mass., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is well under way in the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-anchored region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Passengers rush to board a train in New York's Penn Station, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the record books, forecasters warned, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand. Amtrak rail said its Northeast trains will stop running Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Passengers look to an overhead sign displaying departure times for trains in New York's Penn Station, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the record books, forecasters warned, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Grounds crews prepare a plane for flight at LaGuardia Airport Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other airports in the American Northeast on Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump up to a meter of snow in some parts. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
TV monitors at Logan International Airport in Boston show cancelled flights Friday morning, Feb. 8, 2013. Boston and much of eastern Massachusetts was under a blizzard warning until 1 p.m. Saturday. Logan International Airport said it would try to stay open during the storm but airlines had already canceled many flights through Saturday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Passengers line up to board a train in New York's Penn Station, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the record books, forecasters warned, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Snow falls on a street in is viewed as Manhattan prepares for a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A worker power-sweeps snow from under the arch at Rowe's Wharf as a winter snowstorm intensifies in Boston, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
People on Journal Square brace against gusty winds and sleet as winter storm Nemo bears down on Hudson County on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Jersey City, N.J. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Reena Rose Sibayan)
People on Journal Square in Jersey City brace against gusty winds and sleet as winter storm Nemo bears down on Hudson County Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Jersey City, N.J. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Reena Rose Sibayan)
Guy McChesney pulls Lucas McChesney and Nico Doyle on a sled up Munjoy Hill during a snow storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A group of men help push a sports car up a snow-covered street in the Old Port section of Portland, Maine, during a snow storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The storm is expected to dump up to two feet of snow on the region. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Riders wait in a bus stop where color-tinted windows collect snow during a storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The National Weather Service says a blizzard warning is issued Friday evening for the southern coast. The forecast calls for up to 2 feet of snow and winds gusting to 50 mph.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Lilah Watt gets some interference from her 6-month-old puppy, Willa, as she shovels out from the snowstorm on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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