Kathie Lien skis along the beach in Lynn, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, as wind-driven waves crash high above normal levels behind her and snow continues to fall. Two feet of snow had fallen on much of eastern Massachusetts by mid-day Sunday. (AP Photo/Neal Hamberg)
A pedestrian trudges through the snow in front of the Harbor Fish Market in Portland, Maine, early December 7, 2003. People across the northeastern United States on Sunday began to dig out from the region's first major winter storm, which dumped more than a foot of snow, closed airports and left thousands without power. REUTERS/Herb Swanson