Washington area residents try to deal with the snow covered streets, where many cars and buses became stuck, Feb. 18, 2003, near the White House. The Northeast began digging out of snowdrifts several feet high following a crippling storm that left a devastating toll across the East.
Park Service employees try to clear snow in front of the White House in Washington, Feb. 18, 2003. The Presidents Day blizzard will go down as one of the worst storms in decades.
A pedestrian walks down a plowed sidewalk on Franklin Street in downtown Boston, Feb 18, 2003. The snowstorm dumped 27 inches of snow in the Boston area.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer William Charles clears snow from around a cannon on the deck of the USS Constitution in Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Feb. 18, 2003.
Crowds wait in a line for cancelled flights at Boston's Logan Airport, Feb. 18, 2003.
A motorist examines an overturned SUV that ran off the Massachusetts Turnpike, Feb. 17, 2003 near Springfield, Mass. The SUV driver survived the accident.
Frank McGaughran clears his driveway of snow in Neptune, N.J., Feb. 17, 2003.
Amanda Shephler stands up to her waist in snow as she sweeps even higher drifts off her car, Feb. 17, 2003, in Chambersburg, Pa. Nearly 20 inches of snow was expected in the area, said Bill Gartner, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
In Baltimore, Little Italy resident Rick Carter looks out from his downstairs family room door as his neighbors begin digging out their cars and sidewalks, Feb. 17, 2003.
Communications workers struggle to restore service on a debris-filled Grosvenor St. in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 17, 2003. An ice storm here interrupted power to thousands of residents for several days.
A woman pulls her luggage across Times Square in downtown Manhattan, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2003. The blizzard shut down much of the mid-Atlantic region on the Presidents Day holiday.
A row of snow-covered cars in New York City, Feb. 17, 2003.
Gena Burgoff wears grocery bags on her feet as she plods through the streets of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2003.
Snow plows work to clear the snow on the Long Island Expressway in Islandia, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2003.
Lisa Escobar, left, and John Garcia wait in line at the Miami airport, Feb. 17, 2003, as they try to find a way home. Thousands of people remained stranded in Florida as they waited for improved conditions.
Myren Green, left, an emergency medical technician, David Hayburn, center, a nurse, and Robert Bethea, right, an emergency medical technician, push an ambulance out of the snow, Feb. 17, 2003, at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
A man in Westerville, Ohio, shovels snow from the end of his driveway, Feb. 17, 2003.
Robin Brundage opens her gate after taking a look at damage to her car on Preston Avenue during an ice storm, Feb. 16, 2003, in Lexington, Ky.
Gary Sullivan braves blizzard conditions in Springfield, Ill., to gather grocery items as the powerful storm moved through central Illinois, Feb. 15, 2003.