Wearing shorts and a T-shirt, Jonathan Symonds, right, and Martin Ward shovel out their driveway in Saranac Lake, NY on Monday, March 7. Parts of upstate New York are buried under more than 2 feet of heavy snow, with freezing rain, sleet and 30-mph winds added to the mix, closing scores of schools and knocking out power to more than 40,000 utility customers.

A collision involving two vehicles that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Paul Smith's College student on state Route 86 in Ray Brook, N.Y., on Sunday, March 6. George H. Deets IV, of East Dorset, Vt., was driving a 2002 Saturn sedan, left, when he lost control of the vehicle and slid into an oncoming 2010 Honda CRV operated by Alan Daunais of Saranac Lake, NY., according to state police.

Donald Devoil, center, takes his children to a neighbor's house since his daycare was closed due to a winter storm in Montpelier, Vt. on Monday, March 7. Meteorologist Bruce Taber says 20.6 inches of snow has fallen at the Burlington International Airport and it's supposed to keep snowing through the early afternoon. He says some parts of northern Vermont could get up to 30 inches of snow. At left is Isla, 1, and at right is Callum, 5.

Michael May (L) holds the hands of his daughter, Sienna, as they walk up a hill in New York's Central Park on Jan. 12.

A woman walks her dog in the snow near the the United Nations in New York, New York on Jan. 12. New York City was expecting 8 - 12 inches of snow.

Smithsonian's National Zoological Park's Andean bear plays in the snow in Washington in this photograph released to Reuters on Jan. 12. The Northeast U.S. has been plagued with massive storms and frigid temperatures this winter season, however, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has been spared with only one to two inches thus far. Despite the light snowfall, the bears are intrigued and enjoying it.

Jo Chattman pulls her 3-year-old son Miles through the snow on a sled during a major snow storm on Jan. 12, in Greenfield, Mass. A winter storm is dumping over a foot of snow across New England closing most state and local facilities.

Tian Tian, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park plays in the snow in Washington in this photograph released to Reuters on Jan. 12. The Northeast U.S. has been plagued with massive storms and frigid temperatures this winter season, however, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has been spared with only one to two inches thus far. Despite the light snowfall, the bears are intrigued and enjoying it.

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., on Jan. 12.