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This image provided by the Connecticut State Police shows the scene of a crash involving as many as 20 vehicles on Interstate 91 in Middletown, Conn., on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. No serious injuries were reported. Up to 8 inches of snow was expected in parts of Connecticut, but areas along the southeastern Massachusetts coast could get 1 to 2 feet before the storm moves away later Saturday. (Connecticut State Police via AP)
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A light dusting of snow covers the ground in Auburn, Ga.,on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Parts of the Southeast got a dose of winter weather. Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted a wide swath of the South overnight, turning roads icy and impassable in spots amid reports of car crashes as many braced for up to a foot of snow in parts of the Carolinas and Virginia. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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A light dusting of snow covers the ground in Auburn, Ga.,on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Parts of the Southeast got a dose of winter weather. Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted a wide swath of the South overnight, turning roads icy and impassable in spots amid reports of car crashes as many braced for up to a foot of snow in parts of the Carolinas and Virginia. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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A crew of workers clear the sidewalks in an office park on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 in Charlotte, N.C. A winter storm blanketed parts of North Carolina and Virginia with snow Saturday as its slow march across the Southeast grounded flights and left roads icy and impassible. (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 photo, Ski Patrol member Peter Juker works on the slopes at the Ober Gatlinburg resort in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The Gatlinburg wildfire took the house he owned, along with the homes of two other ski patrol members. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 photo, Ski Patrol members Peter and Joy Juker pause on the slopes at the Ober Gatlinburg resort in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The Gatlinburg wildfire took the house they owned, along with the homes of two other ski patrol members. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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Randall County Emergency responders work an accident at Interstate 27 and Highway 2219, after a driver slide off the service road, in Amarillo, Texas, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. One person was transported to nearby a nearby hospital. (Michael Schumacher/The Amarillo Globe News via AP)
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In this December 2016 photo, Erin Thompson and her daughter, Chelsie, talk about Chelsie's prosthetic leg at their home near North Powder, Ore. Chelsie lost part of her leg in an accident with a riding lawnmower and has had a prosthetic since early November. (S. John Collins /Baker City Herald via AP)
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In this December 2016 photo, Chelsie Thompson, center, her twin brother, Cash, 6, left, and big brother Cade, 9, join in on her curiosity about a password for an iPad at their home near North Powder, Ore. Chelsie lost part of her leg in an accident with a riding lawnmower and has had a prosthetic since early November. (S. John Collins /Baker City Herald via AP)
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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Eric Gelinas, front, clears the puck from behind the net as New York Islanders left wing Nikolay Kulemin, of Russia, defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, front, of Finland, reaches out for the puck as New York Islanders left wing Nikolay Kulemin, of Russia, defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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New York Islanders defenseman Thomas Hickey, left, is checked by Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene as they pursue the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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New York Islanders center John Tavares, front right, shoots at Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard, left, as defenseman Fedor Tyutin, back right, of Russia, defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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New York Islanders center John Tavares, center, drops back to defend as Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, front left, tries to pass the puck to defenseman Patrick Wiercioch in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Penny Marshall second from left, leaves a memorial service at the homes of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Reynolds died Dec. 28 at the age of 84, a day after her daughter died at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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A plow clears snow in front of a warehouse, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 in Sparks, Nev. Crews have stacked sandbags in front of a warehouse a half-mile away from the Truckee River, which is expected to experience its worst flooding this weekend in more than a decade. The mayor of the city neighboring Reno has declared a state of emergency as warmer, wet storm is expected to hit on the heels of a colder one that dumped more than 6 feet of snow on the stop of the Sierra over the past week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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City crews help local business owners fill sandbags in the Sparks Industrial Park in Sparks, Nev., Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 within a mile of the Truckee River, which is expected to experience its worst flooding this weekend in more than a decade. The mayor of the city neighboring Reno has declared a state of emergency as warmer, wet storm is expected to hit on the heels of a colder one that dumped more than 6 feet of snow on the stop of the Sierra over the past week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, sandbags are stacked and ready at this Paradise Park home in Santa Cruz, Calif. On the California coast this weekend, forecasters anticipate a storm surge from the Pacific, called an atmospheric river, to dump up to eight inches of rain from Sonoma to Monterey counties, and up to a foot in isolated places in the Santa Cruz mountains. Forecasters warn of mudslides on the Central Coast hard hit this summer by scarring wildfires. (Dan Coyro/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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People load sand bags in preparation for a large storm on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in San Anselmo, Calif. On the California coast, weather forecasters anticipate a storm surge from the Pacific called an atmospheric river to dump up to eight inches of rain from Sonoma to Monterey counties, and up to a foot in isolated places in the Santa Cruz mountains. Forecasters warn of mudslides on the Central Coast hard hit this summer by scarring wildfires. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Ian Sobral ties sandbags in preparation for a large storm on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in San Anselmo, Calif. On the California coast, weather forecasters anticipate a storm surge from the Pacific called an atmospheric river, to dump up to eight inches of rain from Sonoma to Monterey counties, and up to a foot in isolated places in the Santa Cruz mountains. Forecasters warn of mudslides on the Central Coast hard hit this summer by scarring wildfires. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
