A pedestrian walks into wind-driven snow in Boston, Mass., Feb. 8 at the beginning of what is forecasted to be a major winter snow storm. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

An image released by NASA from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured Feb. 8 shows a massive winter storm coming together as two low pressure systems merge over the northeast US. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge storm sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (NASA) #

Riders wait in a bus stop where color-tinted windows collect snow during the storm on Feb. 8 in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

Bethany Cook, a waitress at the Barnacle Bar and Restaurant, plays with Quinn Nevins during the storm in Marblehead, Mass. (Bill Greene/The Boston Globe) #

Peter Simons waits for his flight to Paris, France while stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport on Feb. 8 in Boston, Mass. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe) #

A man walks through a driving snow as the storm arrives in the Back Bay neighborhood on Feb. 8 in Boston. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

Mike Streeter shovels snow in his front yard as ocean water crashes over the sea wall just feet away on Feb. 9 in Winthrop, Mass. The powerful storm knocked out power to 650,000 and dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of New England. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images) #

Snowbound vehicles remain stranded Saturday morning, Feb. 9, along Route 347 in Lake Grove, N.Y. Hundreds of cars were stranded on New York's Long Island roadways as snow rapidly covered roadways. Many people abandoned their vehicles and first responders rescued motorists who chose to spend the frigid night in their vehicles. (John Paraskevas/Newsday via Associated Press) #

People shovel snow as flood waters go down Coral Street on Feb. 9 in Winthrop, Mass. An overnight blizzard left one to two feet of snow in areas and coastal flooding is expected as the storm lingers into the day. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images) #

A parking meter pokes out of a snow bank during a blizzard on Feb. 9 in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

Large waves crashed over sand barriers, destroying the decks of homes along the beach on Plum Island, Mass., as a large winter storm hit the region at high tide. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe) #

A man hunches over to protect himself from the wind and blowing snow while walking on the beach at New York's Coney Island on Feb. 9. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press) #

An inner-tube floats on Turner Road in Scituate, Mass., on Feb. 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

A man walks along a snow-covered, evacuated seafront road in Salisbury, Mass., on Feb 9. (Winslow Townson/Associated Press) #

Andrea Giacomozti and her daughter, Gavin, were circled by water in their Scituate, Mass. home on Feb. 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

A woman reacts to the snow after opening her front door on Feb. 9 in Boston, Mass. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) #

A man drags a shovel up Beacon Hill during a severe winter snow storm in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 9. A blizzard hit the Northeastern United States leaving hundreds of thousands without power and disrupting thousands of flights, media and officials said. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

Snow covered vehicles sit on Commonwealth Avenue on Feb. 9 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Mass. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) #

A snowblower gets sprayed with snow as winds gust on Bellevue Road in the Squantum neighborhood of Quincy, Mass., on Feb, 9. (Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe) #

A woman digs her car out after it was blocked in by drifting snow during a blizzard on Feb. 9 in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

A boy and his dog take in the scene on Marshview Drive in Marshfield, Mass., on Feb. 9. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe) #

With snow shovel in hand homeowner Jeff Lincoln heads into the floodwater near his home in Scituate, Mass., on Feb 9. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

People dig out from the historic snowfall on Feb. 10 near Hamden, Conn., in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (Craig Ruttle/Associated Press) #

While the walkways were clear, ice still covered the facades of business storefronts on Nantasket Ave. in Hull, Mass., on Feb. 10. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe) #

Private First Class Juan Jimens with the 1182d National Guard looks over flooded Turner Road in Scituate, Mass., on Feb 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

A common message was written in snow around the George Washington statue in the Boston Public Garden on Feb. 10. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

Mary Ann Bova walks along a slippery snow-covered sidewalk during the winter storm on Feb. 8. (David Duprey/Associated Press) #

A man rides down a hill on a toboggan, chased by his dog in Central Park in New York City on Feb. 9. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) #

Nicole Lacoursiere of North Andover, Mass., falls back to make a snow angel on Feb. 9 in some 24 inches of snow that had fallen in her yard. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) #

Greg Beal and Karen Willis Beal pose for photos outdoors after their wedding that went on despite a snowstorm in South Portland, Maine, on Feb. 9. Karen Willis Beal said her vision of a dream wedding included a snowstorm just like the one hit before her parents married in December 1970. The record-breaking storm prevented some of her guests from attending. (Bonnie Harrison/Associated Press) #

Brooke Linsky knocks a snow-coverd branch in Central Park on Feb. 9 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the US Northeast. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

About 50 people participated in a snowball fight at the Boston Common on Feb. 10. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe) #

From left, Worcester Polytechnic Institute freshmen Kyle Foster and Steven Como, both members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, jump from the fraternity house porch roof into a steep snow bank on Wachusett Street in Worcester, Mass., in the aftermath of an overnight storm on Feb. 9. (Paul Kapteyn/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Associated Press) #

A snowboarder catches some air while taking advantage of a makeshift terrain park on Boston Common in Boston on Feb. 9. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press) #

Masschusetts Institute of Technology student Erica Simmoms is covered in snow during a snow ball fight between MIT and Harvard University students in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 10 following a winter blizzard which dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

Cheryl Roegner of the North End neighborhood of Boston, sits in the sun and the snow on a bench in Paul Revere Mall next to a snow sculpture she says she did not have a hand in making on Feb. 10 in the North End neighborhood of Boston. With temperatures in the 40's many turned out to enjoy the sun and some of the two-feet of snow left by Friday and Saturday's storm throughout Boston. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) #

Rebecca Road in Scituate, Mass., was blocked on Feb. 9 by rocks left from the storm. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe) #

Grave markers in the Granary Burial Ground, that date back to 1660, are partially buried in snow on a sunny Sunday afternoon on Feb. 10 in Boston. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) #

Peter Bloom digs his car out of a parking lot at sunrise on Feb. 10 in Portland, Maine. Residents are digging out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

Fergus Moylan of Plymouth, Mass., reads by the light of his battery fed reading light as he prepares to weather another night without power on Feb. 9. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff) #

Cars are buried by snow near Hamden, Conn., on Feb. 10 in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (Craig Ruttle/Associated Press) #

Ice is seen from the air off the Quincy, Mass., shoreline on Feb. 10. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

Courtney Bazininet hands a shovel to her friend, Alice Fernald, after getting her car temporarily stuck in a snow bank on Feb. 10 in Portland, Maine. Residents are digging out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

Bert Johnson takes a break while clearing snow from a bus-stop bench outside the apartment complex where he lives in Portland, Maine, on Feb. 10. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

Maxine Jonas of France passes a buried car while walking on top of piles of snow on an unplowed street in Boston on Feb. 10 (Winslow Townson.Associated Press) #

Julie MacDonald rests on the back of her car while trying to dig it out in Somerville, Mass., on Feb 10 following a winter blizzard which dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #