adults, dress for it. no skinny jeans, no mini skirts. reporter: to endure the hours-long wait, dress in layers, wear heavy boots, cover head and hands, don t drink alcohol. you want to avoid hypothermia, when the body s temperature drops dangerously low. symptoms are intense shivering, dizziness, trouble speaking. hope they bundle up. reporter: new york has plenty of company. this cold is on a different level. reporter: this morning, the northern section of the country is stuck in winter s brutal grip. arctic blast adding insult to erin erie pennsylvania, more snow adding to five feet that already fell. i have run out of places to throw the snow. reporter: the coast guard coming to the rescue on st. mary s river to free two stuck freighters. roads are no better. more than 1100 spinouts and
new york has plenty of company. this is a different level. i m freezing over here. reporter: the northern section of the country is stuck in the arctic blast and adding insult to injury in erie, pennsylvania. more snow adding to the five feet that already fell. i m running out of plays to throw the snow. reporter: the coast guard coming to the rescue on st. mary s river in michigan to free two stuck freighters. roads are no better. more than 1,00 spinouts. one driver killed in wisconsin. sioux falls and cedar rapids covered by heavy snow. and niagara falls came to a halt in plunging temperatures. back here in times square, along with all the security you will see tomorrow night, there will be emts patrolling the crowd looking for people suffering from signs of hypothermia. they will move them on out of the pens and take them someplace warm so everyone can start 2018