Millions are stuck at home due to blizzard warnings and travel shutdowns in northeastern US
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
The storm dumped up to 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in parts of the metropolitan northeast as accumulations from an earlier snowfall had just melted away — except for gray mountainous piles in parking lots and along the side of roads. Officials declared emergencies from Delaware to Massachusetts, and hundreds of thousands of people grappled with power failure from downed electrical lines.
Even as the snow moved northward and tapered off in other areas, the National Weather Service said it is tracking another storm that could bring more snow to the region later this week.
The weather service referred to Monday’s storm as a “classic bomb cyclone/nor’easter off the Northeast coast.” A bomb cyclone happens when a storm’s pressure falls by a certain amount within a 24-hour period, occurring mainly in the fall and winter when frigid Arctic air can reach the south and clash with warmer temperatures.
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And it's supposed to snow Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! 
Got about 22 inches if I have to guess, but I only stood on the back steps to look after my husband and daughter cleared them.
A couple of snow-covered Leyland cypress trees are leaning over ominously, and there's a large-ish branch broken, but not fallen, on one of the big maples.
I wish I could go out and use a broom to knock snow off the trees. Alas, my winter boots have been lost in the mess of our garage for two years. Didn't need them last winter, and didn't think I'd need them this year either. 