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Rick Mendenhall of Albuquerque, N.M., right, gets hit in the face during a snowball fight with his friend Jeff Scott of Los Angeles, left, on the National Mall in Washington during the start of a major snowstorm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Many government offices and schools closed before the first flake of snow, but there were signs Tuesday that significant winter weather was moving into the mid-Atlantic region as heavy snow began falling.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Wind picks up snow from the ground as a man waits to take a photograph of a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre in 1940, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 8 to 12 inches of snow to Philadelphia and New York City, and more than a foot in Boston. Bitterly cold air with wind chills as low as 10 degrees below zero was forecast. The Katyn Memorial, a 34-feet tall bronze statue of depicting a soldier and created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski, commemorates the massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners by order of Joseph Stalin in April and May 1940 after Soviet Union troops had invaded eastern Poland. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Rick Mendenhall, of Albuquerque, N.M., throws a snowball during a snowball fight with his friends on the National Mall in Washington during the start of a major snowstorm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Many government offices and schools closed before the first flake of snow, but there were signs Tuesday that significant winter weather was moving into the Mid-Atlantic region as heavy snow began falling. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Wind flips over the canopy of an umbrella as a woman walks in gusty wind during a winter storm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 8 to 12 inches of snow to Philadelphia and New York City, and more than a foot in Boston. Bitterly cold air with wind chills as low as 10 degrees below zero was forecast. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Students are dismissed from Bunker Hill Elementary School as snow begins to fall in Middletown, Del. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school or were being sent home early, and the federal government closed its offices in the Washington area Tuesday as another winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Daniel Sato) NO SALES

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Tourists seeks shelter from the falling snow by walking close to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. A storm front is expected to leave five to eight inches of snow in it's wake as it passes through the Nations's Capitol. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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A man crosses the street as a light snow falls, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Baltimore. Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school or were being sent home early, and the federal government closed its offices in the Washington area Tuesday as another winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A woman walks outside of an office building as snow falls, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Baltimore. Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school or were being sent home early, and the federal government closed its offices in the Washington area Tuesday as another winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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The Washington Monument is barely visible from the Lincoln Memorial as snow falls in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Many government offices and schools closed before the first flake of snow, but there were signs Tuesday that significant winter weather was moving into the mid-Atlantic region as heavy snow began falling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Eileen Angelico of New Orleans take a photograph of herself with the White House as as snow begins to fall, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, Washington. Many Washington offices and area schools closed before the first flake of snow fell from the sky, but there are signs that significant winter weather is moving in. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Visitors stand in front of the White House as a heavier snow begins to fall in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The Federal government was closed Tuesday morning due to weather before the first flake of snow, though heavier snow began to fall in the mid-Atlantic region by early afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Rick Mendenhall of Albuquerque, N.M., right, gets hit in the face during a snowball fight with his friend Jeff Scott of Los Angeles, left, on the National Mall in Washington during the start of a major snowstorm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Many government offices and schools closed before the first flake of snow, but there were signs Tuesday that significant winter weather was moving into the mid-Atlantic region as heavy snow began falling.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sarah Appleman of Washington and her dog Frankenstein take a walk near Capitol Hill in Washington during the start of a major snowstorm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Many government offices and schools closed before the first flake of snow, but there were signs Tuesday that significant winter weather was moving into the mid-Atlantic region as heavy snow began falling.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)