Sunday, February 10, 2013

10 Things to Know about the big storm

Snow falls on a pedestrian as she leaves the Rag & Bone Fall 2013 fashion collection show during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Snow falls on a pedestrian as she leaves the Rag & Bone Fall 2013 fashion collection show during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A group of men help push a sports car up a snow-covered street in the Old Port section of Portland, Mane, during a snow storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The storm is expected to dump up to two feet of snow on the region. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Riders wait in a bus stop where color-tinted windows collect snow during a storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The National Weather Service says a blizzard warning is issued Friday evening for the southern coast. The forecast calls for up to 2 feet of snow and winds gusting to 50 mph.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

1. 650,000 LOST POWER IN NEW ENGLAND

Even the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass., lost electricity and had to shut down Friday night.

2. WINDS REACHED 82 MPH, BUT OUTAGES COULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER

With leaves long gone, it seemed the damage to power lines from falling trees and branches was somewhat limited.

3. AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED

The deaths include three in Canada and a New York man killed when the tractor he was using to plow went off the road.

4. MORE THAN 3 FEET OF SNOW FELL IN CONNECTICUT

Maine and Long Island recorded 30-plus inches, with Massachusetts and New Hampshire not far behind.

5. IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers..." was canceled when delivery was halted in New England.

6. AIR TRAVEL IS COMING BACK

The first inbound flight landed at JFK at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, and Boston's Logan expects to be back soon.

7. NOT EVERYONE GOT OFF THE ROADS

Despite warnings and highway closings, hundreds of cars became stranded on the Long Island Expressway.

8. HOW SANDY VICTIMS WERE HIT AGAIN

On Staten Island, New Yorkers still without power had only a tent shelter and tarps to protect them.

9. NBA ROAD TRIPS WERE EXTENDED

The Knicks were stuck in Minnesota, the Spurs hunkered down in Detroit and the Brooklyn Nets took the train home from DC.

10. YES, MICHAEL KORS HIT FASHION WEEK IN UGGS

"I came in looking like Pam Anderson," the designer joked in New York after trading in his boots for more acceptable black leather.

Associated Press

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