At least 2,300 Flights Cancelled, 3,900 Delayed as Snow Storm Snarls US Travel

The airports most affected by the storm as of Thursday morning are Chicago O'Hare and New Jersey's Newark Liberty International. There have been nearly 3,900 delays by Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware.com

Hundreds of flight were canceled on Wednesday into and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware.com. Some schools in New England and New York closed pre-emptively or planned early dismissals, while cities issued on-street parking bans and homeless shelters were expected to fill beyond capacity.

All airlines are canceling flights from Boston's Logan at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday and no flights will come into the airport tonight either. Massport doesn't expect to start up airport operations again until tomorrow "somewhere before noontime," MyFoxBoston.com reported.

N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo encouraged drivers to utilize mass transit as there may be closures of major highways across the state including, the NYS Thruway I-87, Interstate 84, Interstate 684 and the Long Island Expressway, MyFoxNY.com reported.

Conn. Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging residents to take it slow and avoid travel during the height of the storm Thursday night.

In Hartford, Conn,, Hal Guy, of nearby Glastonbury, was shopping for snow shovels -- three, to be exact.

"We broke a couple in the last storm," he said. "We have four kids, so, three shovels, and we still have a little one back home."

Guy said three of his kids, girls ages 8, 10 and 12, have been out of school for two weeks for the holidays and hope to get a couple more days off with the snow.

Over in Maine, where some communities are still recovering from a recent ice storm that cut power to more than 100,000 customers, people seemed prepared for more winter weather.

Kelly St. Denis, of Auburn, went skiing Wednesday at the Sunday River ski area with family and friends. She said it's been cold but the skiing has been good.

"Hey, it's winter in Maine," she said. "We go with it."