The Boston area got hit by a blizzard with wind gusts over 70 mph along with other areas of lower New England and Long Island on Tuesday. However, this storm was reportedly expected to hit Philadelphia and New York City which it didn't. The buses and subways were shut off momentarily in preparation for the storm which angered some residents preventing them from making their daily commutes to work and school. Other's were more sympathetic to the weathermen who reported a drastically severe storm headed their way it relation to the severe storm they have experienced in the past. But anyways, Boston has experienced snow plows working non-stop this morning and police officers driving nurses and doctors to hospitals to take precautionary measures. More than 7,700 flights were cancelled, along with

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schools and businesses closed.