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Updated Tuesday, February 9, 2010 1:04 pm TWN, By Nafeesa Syeed and Ben Nuckols, AP



	People stroll down a street on Capitol Hill as residents deal with the aftermath of a heavy snowfall in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 7. Churches canceled services and millions of people dug themselves out of snowbound streets as the U.S. mid-Atlantic region struggled to recover from its biggest blizzard in decades. (Reuters) Enlarge Photo

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Many stranded by 'historic' U.S. snowstorm

“They feel like they need to park in the street, so that when it's time to go, they can up and go,” Berry said.

In Philadelphia, 28.5 inches (72 centimeters) of snow fell during the storm, just shy of the record 30.7 inches during a January 1996 blizzard. Snow totals were even higher to the west in Pennsylvania.

Almost 18 inches (45 centimeters) was recorded at Washington's Reagan National Airport, which had canceled all flights. That's the fourth-highest storm total for the city, and airport officials haven't decided when flights would resume. At nearby Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the record was shattered with 32 inches (81 centimeters). Some flights there have resumed.

At Reagan National Airport, 59-year-old Gwen Dawkins was trying to get back to Detroit. She was supposed to leave Saturday but still hadn't Sunday afternoon because of delays and cancellations. And she said there was “no way we're getting out of here tonight.”

“You've got a whole city held captive here,” she said. “They were very ill-prepared.”

Authorities say most public transportation in Philadelphia has resumed. In Pittsburgh, bus service restarted but light-rail wasn't running. Washington's Metro trains were to be limited Monday to underground rails, and its buses were going to operate on a very limited basis.

In Mount Lebanon, a suburb south of Pittsburgh, Robb and Meredith Hartlage were again trying to clear the sidewalk in front of their house.

“We did a couple hours yesterday. I would say about four hours mixed with sledding,” said Robb Hartlage, 40, who said he's not too old to play in the snow. He acknowledged, however, that the shoveling was hard work.

“I made some 'old man' noises when I got out of bed,” he said.

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