United Airlines said customers
in storm-affected cities will be allowed to reschedule their itineraries "with a
one-time date or time change, and the airline will waive the change fees."
Delta, Jet Blue, Southwest and
other airlines offered their customers similar assurances.
In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel
Malloy said utility companies were bringing additional crews from out of state
to deal with potential power outages. Metro-North rail lines could also be
closed at any time should winds exceed 40 mph.
The Connecticut National Guard
has moved equipment to staging places, including several Black Hawk helicopters
at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford. In Rhode Island, 300 members
of a military police brigade were scheduled to drill on Saturday and Sunday but
the drill has been moved up because of the storm.
A snow emergency went into
effect in the southern Connecticut city of Stamford, beginning at 5 p.m.
New York's Air National Guard
unit on Long Island has some snowmobiles it can deploy to help with search and
rescue or emergency transportation. If Gov. Andrew Cuomo were to order the
National Guard to assist, each of New York's Guard's six operating areas will be
ready to deploy 10 Humvees and 40 troops trained in disaster response.
By late Thursday, the National
Weather Service had issued a blizzard warning from 6 a.m. Friday until 1 p.m.
Saturday, with wind gusts up to 50 mph, creating dangerous driving conditions
with visibilities near zero in white-out conditions.
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