New York's Times Square, Jan. 28, 2004, after another snowstorm hit the city. Snow, ice and cold has blanketed the eastern half of the nation since the weekend.
Pedestrians walk through a snowy Times Square in New York, Jan. 28, 2004. Flights were canceled and schools were closed as a low pressure system swept through the area. The National Weather Service said the region received between 3 and 10 inches of snow, with 8 inches measured in Central Park.
Ted Edgecomb clears a fresh 8 inches of snow off the parking lot at Ridgemont Plaza in Greece, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2004.
Gary Burcheski uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk in North Haven, Conn., Jan. 28, 2004. A large storm left several inches of snow across Connecticut.
A pedestrian walks past a steam vent on a snow covered sidewalk on Main Street in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 28, 2004.
Snow covers a statue of Israel Putnam in Hartford, Connecticut's Bushnell Park, Jan. 28, 2004. Several inches of snow fell on the state overnight from a large storm.
People in New York's Chinatown neighborhood cope with the snow that fell overnight, Jan. 28, 2004. New Yorkers, who have braved what has been a brutally cold winter, spent Wednesday digging out of another snowstorm.
Workers from the Times Square Business Improvement District shovel snow in New York's Times Square, Jan. 28, 2004.
Antonio Vazquez, a bell captain at DoubleTree hotel, shovels snow in New York's Times Square, Jan. 28, 2004.
A pedestrian crouches as he passes under a bush weighted down by snow while navigating a snow-covered street on the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York, Jan. 28, 2004.
John Giambrone uses snowblower to clear the new 8 inch snow fall into the Genesee River behind the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2004. It was the 26th straight day of snow in the Rochester area, pushing the city's total snow fall for 2004 to 100 inches so far.
People in New York's Chinatown neighborhood, Jan. 28, 2004.
A woman carries a child on her back in New York's Chinatown neighborhood, Jan. 28, 2004.
People in New York's Chinatown neighborhood, Jan. 28, 2004.
A man and child take a morning walk along the edge of New York's Riverside Park, Jan. 28, 2004. The storm closed schools for more than a million youngsters and tied up air travel.
A coating of ice covers this tree branch and buds in Indiana's Kimmell Park, Jan. 27, 2004, following a ice storm and snow.
Justin Potter, Josh Catt, Shannon Catiller and Kacy Phillips, from left, all from Vincennes, Ind., enjoy sliding down the levee at Kimmell Park, Jan. 27, 2004. The kids had the day off due to the winter storm.
Up to 10 inches of snow blew across farmland in Macedon, N.Y. and the Finger Lakes Region, Jan. 27, 2004, causing high winds and whiteouts..