The sloppy mix of snow and face-stinging sleet grounded more than 6,500 flights nationwide yesterday and about 2,100 more today. About 1.2 million utility customers lost power. Many schools remained closed on Friday in eight states from Virginia to Maine.
Across the US, this is shaping up as one of the snowiest winters on record. As of early this month, Washington, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, New York and St Louis had gotten roughly two or three times as much snow as they normally receive at this point in the season.