Midwest, Plains face colossal blizzard

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Midwest, Plains face colossal blizzard

Midwest, Plains brace for 'historic' storm

The Arkansas river and the skyline of Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday.

A truck and car drives by a couple of abandoned cars near near Catoosa, Okla. on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

Bobby Farren clears the sidewalks in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday.

Pedestrians cross under an elevated train track during a blizzard Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. Forecasts call for snow accumulation between 1 and 2 feet.

A car landed vertically into a snowbank after a multiple vehicle accident on Interstate 93 during a snow storm north of Salem, N.H. No one was injured. A colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, leaving motorists stranded for hours and shuttering airports and schools as it barreled toward the Northeast.

An abandoned car is covered by snow as an SUV passes in Allendale, Mich., on Wednesday.

A tow truck clears one of several cars stranded on Lake Shore Dr. during a blizzard Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. Forecasts call for snow accumulation between 1 and 2 feet.

A woman makes her way along an icy sidewalk, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in New York.

A city employee uses a front loader to push snow in piles on downtown streets to be hauled away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Columbia. Mo. More than 17 inches of snow fell on the town.

emark Davis, of Irving, Texas, adjusts his ski mask as he waits for a bus in downtown Dallas on Wednesday.

A a group of people stop along Interstate 91 to help push a car out of a snow bank during a winter storm in Windsor, Conn. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

A snow blower clears a sidewalk during a winter storm in Windsor, Conn., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

Ice and freezing rain covers branches as Steve DeName of Ossining, N.Y., shovels snow and slush in Ossining, N.Y. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

Cars are buried as a woman tries to clear her windshield Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Milwaukee. The area was under a blizzard warning and some freeways were shut down.

Early Wednesday snow was falling heavily across much of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. A dog named Muldoon waits in the snow for its owner, Tess Taylor, who stopped for coffee on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Barre, Vt..

Jessica Smith waits for a train at a station in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. More than 20 inches of snow have accumulated in some areas of Chicago, and more is on the way. Power outages, school and business closings, motorists stranded on roadways and public transit disruptions are reported throughout the city and suburbs.

Hundreds of cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.

A local resident clears snow from his driveway after an overnight snowfall, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Urbandale, Iowa.

City of Rochester, Mich., public works employee Cory Bendick uses a front end loader to clear the streets early Tuesday, February 2, 2011.

An worker removes ice covered branches near lines in a neighborhood without power in Coatesville, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

Pedestrians walk south on Ninth Street using paths created by plows since most sidewalks remain unshoveled on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2, 2011, in Columbia, Mo. City crews worked through the night and morning to try and clear snow piles, many exceeding six feet in height, from the centers of downtown streets.

A man shovels in the early morning hours Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Milwaukee, Wis. The area is under a blizzard warning and some freeways were shut down.

High waves pound along a break wall near a lighthouse in Lake Michigan, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Milwaukee. The area was under a blizzard warning and some freeways were shut down.

Colleen Donahue shovels snow in front of her car in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. More than 20 inches of snow have accumulated in some areas of Chicago, and more is on the way. Power outages, school and business closings, motorists stranded on roadways and public transit disruptions are reported throughout the city and suburbs.

A vehicle is stranded on I-43 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Grafton, Wi. The area is under a blizzard warning and some freeways were shut down. The blizzard blowing across the Midwest has caused Chicago public schools to close for the first time in 12 years.

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The Arkansas river and the skyline of Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday.

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