The weekend of blizzards along the East Coast set new records for snowfall from New York City to Baltimore, and although cleanup crews worked hard on Sunday, schools from Virginia to the Jersey Shore will be closed Monday, federal offices in Washington are shuttered, countless cars are buried under snow, hundreds of flights have been canceled, and public transportation is limited. Thirty people were reported killed in the storm, with people dying from heart attacks while shoveling snow and from breathing in carbon monoxide as well as being involved in auto accidents.
"Just about everybody was expecting a strong storm system," said National Weather Service meteorologist Peter Wichrowski on Sunday. "The question always was, just how heavy was the precipitation going to be?"
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