
The storm dropped 20 inches of snow in Central Park, and totals were higher elsewhere. At left, drifting snow across Brooklyn viewed from the East Side of Manhattan.
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A pedestrian walks along a street during a winter storm in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Plows and salt spreaders hit the streets up and down the East Coast to stem chaos during Wednesday morning’s commute as a storm that shut down much of the South churned northward and dumped several inches of wet, heavy snow.

A morning commuter passes under the trellis row at Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. The Boston area is expected to receive well over a foot of snow during a day long winter storm.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A Portuguese Water Dog named Zephyr tries to navigate the deep snow while playing with it’s owner, Joe Stamp, during a winter storm in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)





