Article posted: 2/7/2013 9:42 PM

Blizzard threatens Northeast; 2 feet feared

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Work is ongoing on large salt piles at Eastern Salt Company in Chelsea, Mass., Thursday in preparation for a major winter storm headed toward the Northeast.

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A blizzard of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to 2 feet of snow feared along the densely populated Interstate 95 corridor from the New York City area to Boston and beyond. From Pennsylvania to Maine, people rushed to stock up on food, shovels and other supplies, and road crews readied salt and sand, halfway through what had been a merciful winter.