middle of the snowstorm because you have snow piled up on top of it. they flew all of those planes out and you don t want to bring one in in the middle of a snowstorm because you don t want to have it iced over. it cost a fortune to deice. that s part of the calculus here when they figure out when to bring planes back in and when to get things moving again. chris, back to you. were people showing up for their flights? reporter: we had hardly anybody here. interestingly, chris, the few people who were stuck here who spent the night or who are still here, they generally are not native english speakers and therefore, somehow, didn t get the word that nothing s happening here. there you go. tom, thank you so much. i ve never seen anything like that at laguardia. meantime, jim cantore is in auburn, massachusetts. you know the question that we all have. any of your favorite thundersnow? reporter: yeah, we ve heard a couple of reports this morning.