Across the Northeast, communities battened down the hatches, fearing that additional, even more savage and furious snowballs may be on the way during the next 48 hours.
“We are urging all citizens to stay off the roads unless it is absolutely necessary that they get on the roads,” says Jason Biddles of the National Weather Advisory Bureau. “As bad as that first snowball was, some of the snowballs that may be on their way could be even more savage, furious and ferocious.”
People crowded into supermarkets across the Northeast today, buying up milk, bread, bottled water and other staples in the anticipation of an onslaught of furious and ferocious snowballs.
“I’ve got two kids at home,” says Shirley Portsmouth of Scarsdale, N.Y. “The last thing I wanted was to run out of bread, milk and bottled water with all of these ferocious and savage snowballs working their way up the coast.”
In Washington, President Bush urged the residents of the Northeast to remain calm but recognized the seriousness of the situation. “These snowballs may pound the region at a moment’s notice,” Bush told the nation in an emergency radio address. “I am urging all Americans in the Northeast to dress themselves in wool hats and snow pants at all times, even if they remain inside.”
As of press time, no additional snowballs had been sighted in the Northeast. “That makes this whole situation even more threatening,” says the National Weather Advisory Bureau’s Biddles. “When the snowballs come, they could be even more savage, devastating, furious and angry than we had previously thought possible.”
