Panic shopping for milk and bread; constant references to Ol' Man Winter — there is no escape from the cliches of a strong winter storm. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption
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In Boston, nearly 9 feet of snow this winter has kept shoppers out of stores, putting a strain on the local economy. bettlebrox/Flickr hide caption
Snow begins to fall Thursday morning along the National Mall, in Washington, D.C. The federal government closed its offices because of a new round of winter weather. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
A woman walks with two dogs as snow falls on Boston Common in Boston, on Saturday. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
In Boston, residents are bracing for another round of severe winter weather. Bill Sikes/AP hide caption
Greg Burkett clears snow from a winter storm in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday. Boston has had more than 6 feet of snow in the past 30 days. Brian Snyder/Reuters/Landov hide caption
A man shovels snow from his car in Boston on Sunday, when a snowstorm began that isn't expected to finish until early Tuesday. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Airplanes stand in the snow at O'Hare International Airport on Sunday in Chicago. The city received 19 inches of snow from a storm that is now in the Northeast. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted this photo taken Monday of the storm bearing down on the U.S. Northeast. NOAA hide caption
A man walks along a snow-covered street Thursday. Some areas of northern and western New York state could get a combined total of 8 feet of snow this week. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
A map by the National Weather Service predicts winter weather spreading through the north-central U.S. Monday, and spreading east. National Weather Service hide caption
A NOAA satellite image of the storm off the coast of New England. NOAA hide caption