Monster blizzard set to slam Northeast

Are you ready? Another big blizzard is about to slam the northeast:

Stores across the Northeast were packed with shoppers as people prepared for what could be a historic blizzard set to arrive on Friday.

In Reading, Massachusetts, residents were preparing for several feet of snow that could leave them stuck in their homes for days.

“It’s a zoo in there. There’s nothing left on the shelves. … I think I got every bottle of water that they had in stock,” Elizabeth Fraiser told CNN afilliate WHDH.

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At the Home Depot, another resident said she had essential supplies but wanted to be doubly sure she was ready.

“I have a lot of it, but just want to be prepared. You never know,” Joanna Spinosa said.

A picture posted on the website of CNN affiliate WCVB showed long lines at a gas station in Boston.

Travelers looking up flight details on airline websites were seeing the word “Canceled” over and over. And it wasn’t just affecting travelers in the Northeast.

Nearly 3,300 flights were canceled in anticipation of the storm as emergency crews geared up for inclement weather, most of which was expected late Friday into Saturday.

According to the flight-tracking website Flight Aware, airports from Logan in Boston to O’Hare in Chicago to Reagan National in Washington were seeing significant number of flights — inbound and outbound — called off for Friday. More than 60 U.S. airports reported flight cancellations, Flight Aware said.

Amtrak canceled many trips in the Northeast corridor. The rail transit company said on its website that northbound service from New York’s Penn Station would be suspended after 1 p.m Friday.

Two ferocious storm systems are expected to converge across the Northeast on Friday and spawn nightmares for a large swath of the country.

A wintry blast churning across the nation and a cold front barreling up the East Coast will unite and could dump as much as a foot of snow in New York and up to 3 feet in Boston.

Boston could see snowfall of 2 to 3 inches per hour, as frigid gusts swirl across the region. The system has already drawn comparisons to the “Great Blizzard” of 1978, when thousands were stranded as fast-moving snow drifts blanketed highways and left several people dead.

The most severe weather is expected to hit Massachusetts between 2 and 5 p.m. on Friday. Read More

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