Alice Randles gets hit from behind by a snowball near Arden, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004. School systems statewide canceled classes or sent students home early for the day in the face of the heavy snow.
An unidentified man helps push a stranded motorist in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004 after a snowstorm hit the area. Forecasters predicted snow accumulation across all of North Carolina, except for rain along the coast.
Talee Branch, 5 catches snowflakes on her tongue while waiting for her father at a grocery store in Maxton, N.C., Feb. 26 2004.
Corey Allen, 10, right, blocks Rashard Fleming, 12, left, during a snowy pick up basketball game Feb. 26, 2004, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Donald Branch packs groceries in the snow-filled bed of his truck outside of grocery store in Maxton, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004.
Ebenezer Avenue Elementary School students board a bus for home Feb. 26, 2004 in Rock Hill S.C. after school was dismissed early because of a snowstorm.
Michael Graham sits in his car after losing control and sliding into a ditch near Arden, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004. Heavy snow began falling early that morning.
Passing by motorist help push a vehicle after the driver lost control and slid into a ditch, near Arden, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004.
Home-schoolers, from left, Rebecca Hart, Abby Hylton, Nathan Hart, Elizabeth Hylton, and Abigail Hart go sledding Feb. 26, 2004 at Montford Park in Asheville, N.C.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief Darrel Stephens, center, crosses a slushy street in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004, after a snowstorm hit the area.
Cars clog a street in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004 as people leave downtown after a snowstorm hit the area.
Nick Browning, 17, and his brother Lacy, 14, pack snow on a snowman that they made in Lumberton, N.C. Feb. 26, 2004.
Wet snow covers a cow in a pasture on Old Post Highway near Gaffney, S.C. during the storm Feb. 26, 2004.
David Clary and Ernest Murry help push a car that is stuck on a hill near Boiling Springs, N.C., Feb. 26, 2004.
As heavy snows fall, a Lee County, N.C., student gets off a bus Feb. 26, 2004, near Sanford, N.C., after schools were closed early due to bad weather.
Lloyd Jones rides his bike in the snow near Fletcher, N.C., Feb. 27, 2004. The total snowfall from Feb. 26 through Feb. 27 ranged from 12 inches to 18 inches in the Winston-Salem and Greensboro area; 6 inches to 8 inches in the Raleigh-Durham area, and 1 inch to 4 inches further east around Rocky Mount and Wilson.