Some motorists had to be rescued after spending hours stuck in wet, heavy snow. Utilities in some hard-hit New England states predicted that the storm could leave some customers in the dark at least until Tuesday. About 650,000 lost power in eight states at the height of the storm.
"We've never seen anything like this," said county official Steven Bellone of New York's Long Island, where hundreds of drivers had been caught on highways by Friday's fast-moving storm. Local police said Sunday that all known abandoned cars were searched and no one needing medical help was found.
At least 11 deaths in the U.S. and four in Canada were blamed on the snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father shoveled Saturday morning.
Roads were impassable, and cars were entombed by snow drifts. Some people couldn't open the doors of their homes.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/02/10/snowstorm-slams-boston-new-york-city-as-residents-are-urged-to-stay-off-roads/
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