March's snowy start

In the first days of March, major storms have dumped snow from the midwest to the East Coast.

In this photograph, a woman walks through a snow-shrouded park in Brooklyn, New York, March 8, 2013.

A woman crosses Market Street in Philadelphia during a winter snow storm, March 8, 2013. Many areas in the state reported 4 to 6 inches of snow.

A house on the Plum Island seacoast in Newbury, Mass., sits partially collapsed into the churning surf, driven by winds from a slow-moving storm centered far out in the Atlantic Ocean, at high tide Friday morning, March 8, 2013. The storm dropped up to a foot of snow in some parts of New England, caused coastal flooding in Massachusetts and slowed the morning commute in the region to a slushy crawl.

Boats make their way down the Schuylkill River during a winter snow storm in Philadelphia, March 8, 2013.

A llama seeks shelter next to an abandoned school bus at Cox Farms in Centreville, Va., March 6, 2013.

Carol Marelli walks down her flooded street after an overnight storm in Sea Bright, N.J., March 7, 2013.

Workers use shovels and brooms to remove a heavy mixture of snow and ice from the front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

The sculpture "Cloud Gate," commonly known as "the bean," is covered in snow in Chicago March 5, 2013.

A tourist takes cover underneath an umbrella while snapping a photo of the U.S. Capitol as snow and rain fall in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

A train runs past the snow covered Southside slopes in Pittsburgh, Pa., March 6, 2013.

U.S. Capitol Police officer Alex Rys' hat is dusted with snow as he patrols on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star/Peter Cihelka

David Sant, left, and Christian Leigh, right, set the head of a large snowman in Stafford County, Va., March 6, 2013.

Annie Castro, left, and Sophia Benedetto battle gusting winds and snow to reach the top of a sledding hill on the grounds of Manassas Battlefield Park in Manassas, Va, March 6, 2013.

AP Photo/Rockford Register Star/Max Gersh

Gracie Snow, 5, sticks her tongue out while sledding at Twin Sister Hills Park in Rockford, Ill., March 5, 2013. The storm forced all major school systems in the area to close.

A White House staffer walks to the West Wing during a snow storm in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

Workers use shovels and brooms to remove a heavy mixture of snow and ice from the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

A grounds crew truck plows snow off the football field at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2013.

Commuters brace against snow as they arrive in downtown Chicago March 5, 2013.

AP/Rockford Register Star/Amy J. Correnti

Matt Coyne plows his driveway and sidewalk in South Beloit, Ill., March 5, 2013.

Matthew Williams, 12, sets off on his stomach riding a snowboard, left, as his brother, David, 9, stands upright leaving the crest of the sledding hill at Detweiler Park in Peoria, Ill., March 5, 2013.

John Baer of Elgin, Ill., finishes shoveling half of his driveway during a snowstorm in the suburbs of Chicago March 5, 2013.

Ocean waves crash over a seawall and into houses along the coast in Scituate, Mass., March 7, 2013.

A couple skate during a snow storm at Millennium Park in Chicago, March 5, 2013.