Bert Johnson takes a break while clearing snow from a bus-stop bench outside the apartment complex where he lives in Portland, Maine, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Residents are digging out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The Northeast is digging itself out of a blizzard that dumped up to 40 inches of
snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and
leaving about half a million customers without power.
