A pedestrian stands on the side of a snow-plowed street early Wednesday morning, March 17, 2004, in Rochester, N.Y., after a late winter storm blasted parts of upstate New York with more than a foot of snow.
Rochester (N.Y.) city worker Jose Quinones clears the access to bus shelters on Main street early Wednesday morning, March 17, 2004, after a late winter storm blasted parts of upstate New York with more than a foot of snow.
A bicycle messenger waits for the light at Ontario and Superior Avenues during a late winter storm Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Cleveland.
Jasmine Wesley, 11, left, and friend, Shaneshia Jordan, 14, both of Meriden, Conn., wrestle around in the snow at their home Tuesday afternoon, March 16, 2004. Both were dismissed early from school because of a winter snowstorm that forecasters feared would dump as much as 10 inches of snow throughout the state.
A row of golf carts sit covered with snow Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at the Sylvan Glen Golf Course in Troy, Mich. Several inches of snow fell on the Metro-Detroit area.
Terry Quagliata clears the snow off his car Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Brighton, N.Y. Steady snow continued overnight with accumulations of as much as 10 inches.
Two draft horses stand close together to fight the snow and the wind near Middlebury, Ind., Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
A person walks in the snow at the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
Steve Birkedahl of Duluth, Minn., slides another bucket of compacted snow into place in the pyramid of snow he is creating in front of his parents' home Tuesday, March 16, 2004. Birkedahl hopes to build the pyramid, currently at about 10 feet tall, up to 21 feet high. "I'm unemployed right now, and it keeps me in shape," he said.
Judith Watt and her dog, Remsen, walk through the snow along Bristol Avenue in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
Chelsey Stutzman, right, helps build a snow family while Kali Brigham, left, looks on Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Ottumwa, Iowa.
A commuter jet follows the tracks in the snow made by other aircraft as the pilot steers the plane through the blowing snow to a gate at La Guardia airport in New York, Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
Vehicles make a slow go of it on Interstate 787 in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, March 16, 2004. A late-winter storm has hit the area with forecasters predicting a foot of snow for the area.
Pedestrians make their way over a snow-covered Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, March 16, 2004. More than a foot of snow is expected during a 24-hour period and many drivers and pedestrians found the going slow.
Howard Griffin Sr. shovels his walkway and throws the snow over the fence at his house in Rochester, N.Y., on Tuesday, March 16, 2004. "I thought we were through with this," Griffin said as he worked through several inches of snow.
Desmond Metheny, 12, left, and Tre Smith, 11, get thrown from an inner tube, as they enjoy a day off from school, Tuesday morning, March 16, 2004, near their homes in Cumberland, Md. Snow covered the region with several inches of snow.
Firefighters from Savoy, Ill., and Tolono, Ill., work to extricate victims from two vehicles following a collision west of Savoy Tuesday morning, March 16, 2004. Two people were taken from the accident to a hospital in Urbana, Ill. Deputies were trying to determine if the accident was weather-related. Snow was falling at the time.
A squirrel sits beneath a tree in the snow at Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio, Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
Snow covers a flower in South Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, March 16, 2004. After temperatures reached into the 60s in parts of the state Monday, snow began falling Tuesday morning as a late-winter storm hit New Jersey.
A pedestrian walks along a snowy sidewalk outside Madison Square Garden in New York Tuesday, March 16, 2004. Four to six inches of snow covered the city by the end of the day.