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CHICAGO – A colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, shuttering airports and schools and leaving normally bustling downtowns deserted. The monstrous storm billed as the worst in decades delivered knock-out after knock-out as it made its way from Texas to Maine, bringing Chicago and the rest of the Midwest to a halt and prompting a region-wide snow day. "I'm usually skeptical about predictions of a big storm," 50-year-old law firm librarian Janet Smith said Tuesday afternoon while waiting at a downtown Chicago train station. "But I'm kind of excited. I wasn't around for the storm of `67, or the storm of `79, or the storm of `99. I've missed all the greats. I'm excited about experiencing it." For the first time in history, the state of Missouri shut down Interstate 70 between St. Louis and Kansas City due to a winter storm. The newspaper in Tulsa, Okla., canceled its print edition for the first time in more than a century. And in Chicago, public schools called a snow day for the first time in 12 years. And it wasn't over yet. Chicago expected 2 feet of snow, Michigan more than 1 foot, Indianapolis an inch of ice, and the Northeast still more ice and snow in what's shaping up to be a record winter for the region. Forecasters warn that ice accumulations could knock down some tree limbs and power lines. Ice also could affect transit service, even as plow drivers struggled to keep up with the snow on many roads. "Nights like tonight stink because you clear a street and you turn around and you can't even tell you did anything," Kevin Briney said as he drove his plow through downtown South Bend, Ind., on Tuesday night.

In New York, officials preemptively banned tandem-trucks of all sizes from a major interstate. New York City residents were urged to use mass transit and to clear snow and ice from fire hydrants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_winter_weather

А что же у нас?
Public Schools of Tarrytowns are closed.
А наша школа работает!!!!!!!! (Как всегда). Я только что послала письмо завучу и директору, что тарритаунские школы закрыты (о чём в пять утра мне повзонили на три телефона - мой, Митин и домашний), в надежде, что у нас тоже уроков не будет. Проблема в том, что нашу-то школу закрыть нельзя, мы - boarding school. Дети всё равно живут в школе, и с ними надо что-то делать.
Мне ужасно хочется snow day. Школа требует тонны бумажек, и если будет snow day, я как раз этими бумажками и займусь.