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Gallery: Snow storm hits Mid-Atlantic

A Charlottesville Public Works plow truck moves snow on Ridge-McIntire Road on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

February 08, 2010 @ 10:50 PM

Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday by a blizzard the president jokingly called “Snowmageddon,” and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow.

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A Charlottesville Public Works plow truck moves snow on Ridge-McIntire Road on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

From left, a Weimaraner named Bobby Brown, is walked by Madeline Jones, 12, and Alayna Aaron, 13, during a light snow on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

William Dean walks down University Drive in Huntsville, Ala., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, during an unexpected snow storm. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Robin Conn)

Natalie Cavallaro shovels snow in the driveway of her home in Harrison Township, N.J. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Gloucester County Times, Lori M. Nichols) ** PHILLY METRO OUT NEWS **

A snow plow drives past two downed trees, brought down by heavy snow, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

As snow continued to fall Monday afternoon, Feb. 8, 2010, Joe Meyer makes sure the sidewalk is cleared for residents at the apartment building he co-owns in St. Cloud, Minn. A three-day storm continues to pile snow up in the area. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Kimm Anderson)

Clouds flit across the west face of Mount Hood as seen near Boring, Ore., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Bonneville Power Administration officials say El Nino ocean warming likely will result in a dry winter and light mountain snowpack that will reduce spring runoff to feed the rivers that power Northwest hydroelectric dams. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Severin Johnson shovels snow, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, from a Liberty Street sidewalk yet one more time this winter in Mankato, Minn. A slow-moving snowstorm is expected to dump nearly a foot of snow across southern Minnesota before it ends Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mnakato Free Press, John Cross)

Mike Murray of Hockessin, Del. drags his snow blower to help dig out neighbor, who has a back problem, during a heavy winter snowstorm, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Hockessin, Del. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson)

A pick up truck going southbound, left, slides off the road and ends up in a ditch alongside U.S. Highway 218 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Monday Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/ Waterloo Courier, Tiffany Rushing)

In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 photo, University of Virginia students Carrie Jaeckle, left, Bethany Turner, and Bethany Martin, right, have a snow ball fight on the Lawn at the University of Virgina in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, University of Virginia students fill Mad Bowl with snow games in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

Jill Lehmann of Sachse, Texas, walks across the University of Arkansas campus during a light snow on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

A car with a Minnesota license plate is buried under more than 30 inches of snow during a winter storm in Columbia, Md., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pedestrians struggle through the snow behind a statue of a man reading in front of the Public Library during a major winter storm in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A jogger runs through a frosty landscape in Calgary, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Temperatures dropped overnight and an icy fog descended on the city making it look like a winter wonderland. The forecast is for above average temperatures and sun the rest of the week. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)

Pedestrians walk in the snow down K Street in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Erik Strungman clears the sidewalk in front of his N. Wayne St. home in Piqua, Ohio on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 after more than 12 inches of snow fell across the area yesterday. (AP Photo/The Piqua Daily Call, Mike Ullery)

Snow collects on the branches of a Sweetgum tree on the University of Arkansas campus during a light snow as the south tower of Old Main is seen in the background on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

Sinh Phaim, pushes Quyen Pdang, center, and Charles Phaim, in the snow down 13th St, NW in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Larry O'Donnell removes snow from the windshield of his vehicle during a winter snow storm Saturday Feb. 6, 2010 in Havertown, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

An abandoned snow covered car sits in a turn lane on Little Patuxent Parkway during of a winter storm in Columbia, Md., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mikki Fattoruso heads out under the snow-covered trees Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 to clear her sidewalk and a stairway outside her home in St. Cloud, Minn. A three-day storm continues to pile snow up in the area. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Kimm Anderson)

Snow covers the stairs leading up to the Truman Balcony at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A snow plow is dwarfed by a pile of snow during snow cleanup on the tarmac at Washington's Reagan National Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as a massive snow storm has hit the Washington area, canceling all flights for Saturday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Edna Burgess, bundled up against the cold and heavy snow, leaves the Colbert County Courthouse in Tuscumbia, Ala., Monday Feb 8, 2010. A surprise winter storm dumped more than 4 inches of snow and sleet across north Alabama, shutting down schools and roads as forecasters said more wintry weather could hit the state late in the week. (AP Photo/TimesDaily, Daniel Giles)

A pedestrian walks on the Downtown Mall, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Charlottesville, Va. A blizzard battered the U.S. capital and Mid-Atlantic states Saturday, with emergency crews struggling to keep pace with the heavy, wet snow that piled up on roadways, toppled trees and left thousands without electricity. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

Alec Jackson, 10, left, and sister Kira Jackson, 13, clear snow from their grandma's car on Levy Street in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Daily Progress, Megan Lovett)

Eric Morris, left, and Billy Rowe, center, both Waynesboro, Va. public works employees, help police officer Patrick Scott push a motorist from a snow drift in Waynesboro, Va. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Norm Shafer)

With nearly three inches of snow on the ground from a weekend snowstorm, a cardinal feasts on corn from a nearby feeder Monday, February 8, 2010 in Maysville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Ledger Independent, Terry Prather.)