Chris Gatewood's breath is a frosty cloud as the freshman at William Penn High School makes his way to school in York, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003.
Timothy Grover,from Pascoag, R.I., checks out a grounded boat on Carson Beach in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003. Wind-chill temperatures dropped as low as minus 35 degrees as the cold wave hung on from the northern Plains into New England.
Geese and ducks crowd near the shoreline of Capitol Lake in an effort to stay warm as steam rises from the water at the State Capitol in Pierre, S.D.
A red nose and fogged glasses indicate the sub-zero weather outside after Anne Mary of Bresinger, Canada, came back inside after checking ski conditions for a minute or two outside at Jay Peak Ski Resort in Jay, Vt., Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2003. The temperature was -12F and gusts of 35-50mph on the summit. Mary decided against skiing.
Paul Hamilton of West Bloomfield, N.Y., walks out of his barn Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, carrying a bucket of warm water to bring to the water bowl that his Polled Herefords drink from. Hamilton says due to the extremely cold temperatures the past couple of weeks, the bowl, which normally stays free of ice in the winter, freezes over leaving the livestock without water to drink.
A roadside digital sign reads a temperature of minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit as morning commuters pass Clark's Truck Center in Jericho, Vt., Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2003.
Rayshawn Rivera, middle, tries to keep his girlfriend, Nekisha DeWitt, warm as they wait for a bus with Stacey Miller, right, in Trenton, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003.
Bob Hayes braves a wind-chill factor of nearly minus-20 degrees Fahrenheit as he jogs at sunset Jan. 22 at Back Cove in Portland, Maine. "I run every day regardless of the weather," said Hayes, who wore a face mask to protect against the cold.
Jose Santiago, right, holds his head in his hands as he waits for a phone call as Ramon Herrera, left, sits at The Psychological Center Daybreak Shelter during a cold spell Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, in Lawrence, Mass.
A car sits stuck in the median as others sit stopped on the eastbound Indiana Toll Road Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, near La Porte, Ind. Heavy lake-effect snow and near white-out conditions caused several accidents, and the eastbound lanes of the road were closed for several hours.
Captain Peter Barbero from New Bedford, right, and some of the crew members of the "Cassiopeia," out New Bedford, Mass., stand on the ice-covered deck after docking in Hyannis Harbor, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003. The 75-foot scalloper was 20 miles south of Chatham when the icing occurred during the night.
Brothers Stephen, left, and Dallas You from Madill, Okla., nap in an almost empty cattle barn, bundled up against the cold weather, at the 107th Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, in Fort Worth. Their uncle Leroy You is sitting in the background.
American Red Cross emergency services volunteer Joe Farrington sets up cots with blankets inside of Harrington Hall Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, in Cranston, R.I. Harrington Hall, a state-owned building, will be used as an emergency overflow shelter. Dangerously cold temperatures have left city churches and other agencies filled with homeless families.
Salem Sue, New Salem's famous cow statue, sits on the top of a hill in New Salem, N.D., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003. Her view is always changing but on Tuesday it was similar to what most of North Dakota looks like in January: white and cold.
Bundled up postal carrier Kim McLoud carries on with her deliveries in the extreme cold in Janesville, Wis., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003. Frigid weather poured into Wisconsin this week, dropping temperatures below zero for the first time this year.