everybody who made it to work on clear roads will have stuck roads, and cars will be getting stuck on their way home. shepard: why are they calling this a dangerous heart attack snow what s this business? reporter: it s this wet, heavy snow. stuff is really good for making snowmen, it s warm, heavy when you shovel it so people who haven t been physical all year long, pick up a snow shovel, working hard, they have hard time with and it that s when people have heart attacks. the snow plows like this stuff because it comes off in one swipe. but cars have a hard time in this kind of snow. they get stuck. shepard: this is miserable. there s snow dripping off the end of your nose, got be uncomfortable. reporter: you know, i got a nice pair of pants. shepard: is he going to freeze to death out there? your nose isn t dripping, you seem high and dry.
the backlog of passengers this morning after about 1,000 flights were canceled nationwide because of the storm. in all, three deaths have been blamed on the storm. states of emergencies have been declared in massachusetts, connecticut, new york, and new jersey. let s go live right now to hartford, connecticut, and the weather channel s paul goodloe. paul, 760,000 people without power in connecticut. how are things where you are right now? reporter: well, right now things are warming up. and again, that number, craig, it translates to basically six out of every ten homes here in connecticut in the dark and in the cold as well without power, all thanks to things like this. it s a huge maple branch that came down because of all the heavy, wet snow, bringing down power line as well. the wind bringing down some of the snow from this tree. but the snow is still heavy, wet snow, great more making snowmen and snowballs, snowball fights, but horrible for these trues. i ll walk down toward thi
washington, d.c. around 8 p.m. people thought, you know what? we re going to take advantage of this and bring all of our friends and have this huge, massive snow fight with snowballs and all sorts of fun stuff. so that s the nice part of this system is people having fun. and, of course, the kids love it too. this is the type of good packing snow for snowballs and also for making snowmen, so, you know, i m hoping i go home today and i see lots of nice snowmen in my neighborhood. people are asking me questions on foxnews.com, here s a question for janice dean: how long before the next winter storm? a good question. we actually have a clipper system that s going to come across the northeast friday and saturday, bring us maybe 1-4 inches, but we re watching the latest computer model, and are you ready for this? jon: okay. reporter: almost an identical situation wednesday into thursday. storm forms out of the gulf of mexico, rides through the south up towards the northeast as a major nor
night and probably last right on through saturday afternoon. 10 to 20 inches of snow potentially with this system. right in the same spots, kyra that, saw about 20 inches of snow the third week of december. so kind of a repeat performance here. most of it will stay south of new york, but they ll get a little piece. the brunt of the action will be philly back through d.c. it s going to be quite a snowstorm for those kids. unfortunately it will be over the weekend so no such thing as a snow day on saturday. just a fun day of making snowmen over the weekend, or snowwomen. i guess i should be politically correct. well, a retreat focused on the soul. everyone paid thousands of dollars. some never lived to regret it. and after me giving her mouth-to-mouth, i would breathe into her mouth, her stomach would go up. when it go back down again, she d vomit into my mouth. we ll have the latest on the self-help guru now charged in the deaths. (announcer) a cold or flu can start fast.
charlotte with a look how things are shaping up. a lot of flights canceled throughout the south as well as a result of this big storm. reporter: they certainly have, tamron. good afternoon. the state of north carolina is underneath a state of emergency that was declared early on by governor beverly purdue. but snow started falling here in the queen city at 3:30 this morning and really hasn t let up. treacherous driving conditions being reported across the metropolitan area. but the road where i m situated right now south boulevard and 277, traffic has been faring quite well here. salt trucks have been out early this morning in the charlotte area, 32 trucks in the city were out early this morning. they will continue throughout the day. i put a ruler out early this morning. where i m situated in uptown charlotte anywhere from three to four inches of snow has fallen, a light fluffy snow, good for making snowmen and also not too difficult to shovel. before all is said and done the