>> reporter: many cars buried. hundreds of drivers stranded for hours, including jake haze. >> stuck here since about 5:00 a.m. as you can see, it's white everywhere. cars are stuck. we weren't going anywhere probably for a while. >> we are having some difficulty in obtaining enough tow trucks to help clean the roads of cars that are abandoned. >> reporter: in kalamazoo, these semi trucks crashed. both drivers survived. all night and day, viewers sending images documenting the snow's depth. this woman completely disappearing into a snow drift. the bone-shattering cold for more than 225 million americans from kansas city, where they hit a new record low, all the way to atlanta, where windchills were in the teens.