bus. forcing police to close part of new york's famous fifth avenue. luckily, no one was hurt there, but crews were scrambling to keep up with trees falling all over the city. >> right now we have trees down at four locations. 76th street, 71th street, 69th street and 68th street. >> reporter: it made for an uglier than usual commute for new yorkers with people literally racing to get home before it got worse. >> jersey it's snowing a lot more. i figure let me go now. >> reporter: the worst wasn't in new jersey. some areas northwest of new york city could see more than two feet of snow. there were some brave souls out during the day. >> driving is crazy today. crazy. ridiculous. >> reporter: by nightfall orange county, new york, declared a state of emergency, banning all but plows and emergency vehicles from the roads. the storm knocked out power for tens of thousands in the area and outages extended as far north as vermont. in fact, the latest numbers, more than 22,000 people without