only have they been incredibly cold and low in the upper midwest, they have been getting very cold in the northeast. and also, this is not just a snow maker. this is wind and also this is an incredible amount of snow and cold temperatures. so the three together creating an awfully difficult environment. hour by hour windchills, here s the snow accumulation. what we re seeing, 8 to 14 for boston and new york. here come s that snow. friday, the snow will be over, but on the backside, the incredibly gusty winds, thus the blizzard warnings and such an incredible amount of snow and difficult travel on the cape and the islands. we ll have much more at the top of the hour. let me show tell you, you can only imagine how remarkable colorado teenager claire davis was after you see how exceptional her parents are. claire was murdered last month by a school shooter who then killed himself after he shot claire.
be open about the fact that they use marijuana, whether it s recreationally or medically, wherever it is they live, and they re looking to come here and be around other adults where they don t have to feel stigmatized where they re constantly pa ll lly parsing th and they can talk, and watching somebody s face the first time they re aunt adults talking openly about marijuana, it s powerful to be there and watch somebody have that moment. that s been surprising. hopefully we ll be able to do that thousands more times. it s a new day in colorado at least. best of luck to you. sounds like you don t need it, though. let me show you this, this is a marijuana line in denver. a woman cheering and raising her arms in victory as she stands in line in the snow. we are hearing throngs of people brave freezing temperatures just to stand to get some recreational pot for the second day in a row.
prison. ana cabrera, cnn, new york. thank you. coming up, the northeastern u.s. getting slammed with snow, freezing conditions. idealey, you do not have to be out in this, but if you are traveling, we have advice on how to stay safe as you re on the roads, and a memorial for the colorado teenager killed by her class mate at a shooting at their high school recently. that girl s father gave an emotional speech, and we have to play for you the words you may think they re surprising. a surprising message for his daughter s killer. stay here. yeah. try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i m feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!
you are watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. 100 million people right now are in the path of a nor easter, and boston is going to take a direct hit. logan airport is stopping flights in five hours from now, and the city is already under a snow emergency. cnn fred pleitgen is live for us. as the snow is falling, when we say snow emergency, how much snow is expected there? a lot of snow expected here. up to 16 inches in some places. as you can see, up until now, there s already been some snow that s accumulated. we think it s about 2 inches so far, but that s nothing compared to what s going on in the evening hours when the snow is going to increase considerably and the wind is going to increase considerably as well. i have been on the roads here in the state of massachusetts
of new york city tonight. even worse weather is going to happen east of us on long island. the county executive is telling people to prepare for treacherous conditions. he s asking people to stay home and stay off the roads to allow the plows there to do their work. we re preparing for a big storm here. wind is an issue. windchill is going to be the big issue. that s why we re talking about the bone-chilling temperatures. we re along the hudson river, and i have to tell you, i have seen a few joggers out here. i know it s january 2nd, so people are committed to the new year s resolutions, but i m not committed to anything like that. so i tip me halt to these people. i do as well. get the working out in before the snow really starts to fall. thank you so much for us in new york city. and you know, she was talking about the wind and the cold. let s go to the chicago area for that. to ted rowlands. he s standing by just west of the city in naperville. when we say cold, ted, how cold