passenger trains grind to a halt, and at least 1,300 flights are kept at the gates at the airports. let s go to meteorologist bill karins for a look at what is unfolding here. bill. good morning. before i get to the details, talking about joe s point there, nine days apart between these two events. i can almost guarantee you go back through history of hurricane landfalls, and i don t think any area has ever seen a snowstorm nine days after they dealt with a storm surge like we had with sandy. i mean, it s just ridiculous that it even happened. we showed you how rare of the times we are in. the fact you think about what happened to this region the year before that with irene and then that freak halloween snowstorm, makes you scratch your head. the details this morning to get you out the door. i know a lot of schools have delays. and that s because the snow is ending, temperatures are warming up. we re supposed to go into the 40s today. that s why a lot of people didn t get school canc