Snow blankets Midwest, heads east

A house on the Plum Island seacoast in Newbury, Mass., sits partially collapsed into the churning surf, driven by winds from a slow-moving storm centered far out in the Atlantic Ocean, at high tide Friday morning, March 8, 2013. The storm dropped up to a foot of snow in some parts of New England, caused coastal flooding in Massachusetts and slowed the morning commute in the region to a slushy crawl. (AP Photo/Newburyport Daily News, Jim Vaiknoras)

BOSTON - MARCH 8: A man shovels snow on Commonwealth Avenue following a storm that left as much as a foot of snow in some areas March 8, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The storm will linger into the evening commute, but is expected to taper off into the evening. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

A Subaru Outback is rolled over on Rt 20 in Charlton, near the Sturbridge line, blocking part of the westbound lane Friday, March 8, 2013. The National Weather Service reported that central Massachusetts, areas southwest of Boston and Middlesex County are getting the most snow from a slow-moving storm that hit Massachusetts harder than expected. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Dan Gould)

A bike taxi takes passengers for a tour of Central Park in the snow in New York March 8, 2013. A slow moving winter storm brought a combination of snow, rain and high winds to the northeast U.S. Friday after moving through the mid-Atlantic states earlier in the week. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

epa03615325 United States National Guard soldiers drive through deep water in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA 08 March 2013. A winter storm that left snow in the midwest, and rain in the nation's capital, is expected to dumped three to seventeen inches (7 to 43 cm) of snow in the northeast, along with damaging winds and storm surge tides. EPA/CJ GUNTHER

epa03615267 A man walks his bicycle across the Brooklyn Bridge during a snow storm in New York, New York, USA, 08 March 2013. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

People shield themselves from driving snow in Foley Square during a storm on Friday, March. 8 2013, in New York. A very wet snow is causing slippery road conditions in the metropolitan area and several inches have fallen on eastern Long Island and Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties.(AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

This March 7, 2013 NOAA GOES East satellite image shows a late winter storm that impacted the US mid-Atlantic area as it moves up the coast to New England where it was expected to bring strong winds, more snow and the possibility of coastal flooding. A late winter storm blanketed the eastern United States with snow Wednesday, shutting down the federal government and causing aviation officials to cancel more than 1,000 flights.The US Office of Personnel Management said federal workers in Washington and the surrounding areas would get the day off from work due to the storm, which set snowfall records in Chicago one day earlier. The streets of the nation's capital were eerily quiet as a result. = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \" AFP PHOTO / NOAA/\" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = HO/AFP/Getty Images

Carol Marelli walks down her flooded street Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Sea Bright, N.J., after an overnight storm. Flooding remained a problem in this and other shore towns. Water on roadways was also forcing closures in towns including Monmouth Beach, Absecon, Aberdeen, Egg Harbor Township and Wildwood. A coastal flood warning remains in effect until 9 a.m. Friday, but forecasters were not expecting Thursday's wind to be as strong as Wednesday, when gusts exceeding 60 mph were recorded in many places along the ocean. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Ocean waves crash over a seawall and into houses along the coast in Scituate, Mass., Thursday, March 7, 2013. A winter storm brought strong winds to coastal areas in the state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A bicyclist rides through the snow at the beginning of a winter storm in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 7, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)

A pedestrian walks past a mural at the beginning of a winter storm in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 7, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A snowplow moves down a country lane during a massive blizzard near Mt. Jackson, Virginia. Washington and its suburbs face what could be their heaviest snowfall in two years on Wednesday, as a fierce storm headed east after blanketing the Midwestern United States, snarling traffic and causing hundreds of flight cancellations.

A llama seeks shelter next to an abandoned school bus at Cox Farms March 6, 2013 in Centreville, Virginia. A winter storm hit the Washington, DC area today with areas west of the city seeing signficant snowfall, but the city itself seeing minimal snow.

Student Hunter Gallagher uses a shovel to write a letter from his girlfriends name in the snow on the football field at Catholic University in Washington, DC. A late-season winter snowstorm is forecasted to hit the Washington area and is expected to dump 5 to 10 inches of snow.

A morning commuter, bundled against the cold, watches the snow begin to fall in Washington early Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The Mid-Atlantic region is expected to get 6 to 10 inches of snow. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

A sign warns of snow and ice conditions on a highway in Prince William County, Virginia. A winter storm is dumping rain, sleet and snow over the Washington, DC area, making driving treacherous.

Two men walk with snow shovels down Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, W.Va., on Wednesday A late winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow Wednesday in West Virginia, closing schools in more than half the state and leaving more than 20,000 customers without power.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: Workers use shovels and brooms to remove a heavy mixture of snow and ice from the west front of the U.S. Supreme Court March 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. A late winter storm is expected to cover the Mid-Atlantic region after dropping almost a foot of snow across the the West and Midwest. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: U.S. Capitol Police officer Alex Rys' hat is dusted with snow as he patrols on Capitol Hill March 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. A late winter storm is expected to cover the Mid-Atlantic region after dropping almost a foot of snow across the the West and Midwest. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 5: The sculpture \"Cloud Gate\", commonly known as \"the bean,\" is covered in snow on March 5, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The worst winter storm of the season is expected to dump 7-10 inches of snow on the Chicago area with the worst expected for the evening commute. (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Gracie Snow, 5, sticks her tongue out while sledding down a slope Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Twin Sister Hills Park in Rockford. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star,Max Gersh ) MANDATORY CREDIT

Workers remove snow from cars at an auto dealership Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Bloomington, Minn. left by a storm that is crawling east from the Dakotas and Minnesota toward Chicago which could bring up to 10 inches of snow in some areas. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

This March 5, 2013 NASA GOES handout image shows a satellite view of an enormous winter storm system running across the US from from Canada all the way down to the Florida panhandle. Two powerful winter storms blanketed huge swaths of the central United States Monday and threatened to bury much of the northern portion of the country in the coming days. The first storm was creating blizzard conditions in parts of Montana and North Dakota and was expected to pound parts of the central plains and upper midwest before hitting the Appalachians Tuesday. A second storm, forming in the Rocky Mountains was expected to reach the central plains by Monday evening, at which point it would join up with the first storm in a huge mass of biting wind and blowing snow. \"Accumulation rates of one to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 3.8 centimeters) per hour are possible at times making snow removal difficult and travel extremely dangerous,\" the Chicago office of the weather service warned. Up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow w

A snow plow slowly navigates around parked cars along West 3rd Street in Dubuque, Iowa during a snow storm Tuesday March 5, 2013. Forecasters say more snow is on the way to snarl travel and disrupt people's daily routines. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Dave Kettering)

Bill Ford gets help shoveling the sidewalk by his 3-year-old son, Bray, during a winter storm that came through the area in Monona, Wis., Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal/Amber Arnold)

Pedestrians cross Main Street in Dubuque, Iowa during a snow storm Tuesday March 5, 2013. Forecasters say more snow is on the way to snarl travel and disrupt people's daily routines. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Dave Kettering)

Good samaritans including, from left, Mateo McGlasson , Damian Carter, Matt Anderson and Ayden Carter help push their neighbors car free from the snow Tuesday, March 5, 2013, on 25th Street near Wesleyan Avenue in Rockford, Ill. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT