Photos: East Coast preps for snow blast

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Photos: East Coast preps for snow blast

A customer grabs a bag of salt from a newly-arrived shipment at Strosniders Hardware in Bethesda, Md., on the morning of Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)

Steve Bellich sits in his snow plow bundled up while taking a break from clearing a parking lot, as snow falls in downtown Asheville, N.C., in the morning hours on Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)

Cars make their way down Electric Road in southwest Roanoke County past Tanglewood Mall on Friday morning, Jan. 22, 2016, near Roanoke, Va. A blizzard menacing the Eastern United States started dumping snow in Virginia, Tennessee and other parts of the South on Friday as millions of people in the storm's path prepared for icy roads, possible power outages and other treacherous conditions. (Erica Yoon/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Employees unload a newly-arrived shipment of fire logs at Strosniders Hardware in Bethesda, Md., on the morning of Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)

Donell McKelvin, from left, helps a customer chose a snow shovel at Annie's Ace Hardware in Washington, Jan. 21, 2016. A severe snowstorm began to drift toward the East Coast on Thursday as the National Weather Service added the New York City and Philadelphia areas to a blizzard watch already in place for Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)

Plowed snow sits piled up in front of the Capitol building in Washington, Jan. 21, 2016. A severe snowstorm began to drift toward the East Coast on Thursday as the National Weather Service added the New York City and Philadelphia areas to a blizzard watch already in place for Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)

A motorist slowly makes its way through the snow on Interstate 240 near Asheville, N.C., in the early morning hours on Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)

A man walks through snow in downtown Asheville, N.C., in the early morning hours on Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)

Rittenhouse Hardware store manager Mike Thomas, center, carries out a heavy bag of Ice Melt for a customer to place in her car's trunk in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Much of southern Pennsylvania is expected to receive a foot or more of snow from an approaching winter storm as plowing crews and state troopers prepare to work overtime to clear highways and respond to emergencies. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

A worker of a hardware store walks past a pallet of ice melt while restocking a display of snow shovels in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Forecasters warned residents of North Carolina on Wednesday to brace for what it calls a significant winter storm that could dump snow, sleet and ice and make driving hazardous. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)

A man walks through snow in downtown Asheville, N.C., in the early morning hours on Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)

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A customer grabs a bag of salt from a newly-arrived shipment at Strosniders Hardware in Bethesda, Md., on the morning of Jan. 22, 2016. With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)

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