Bing Crosby couldn't have been more wrong when he sang about letting it snow. The meteorologists had been predicting Armageddon today but instead the tri-state area received snow, rain and a little dash of rain – close enough. Hamden has been covered in a giant sheet of white, the University has been closed (leaving the few athletes on campus without their trusty Cafe Q meals). But how long will the winter winds blow until the snow starts to become a nuisance? Seems it already has…

From Chicago to Connecticut, the same winter storm system that blasted Las Vegas with record-breaking snowfall Thursday lumbered through the Northeast Friday and left a trail of icy destruction across the Great Lakes region.

You know I heard it was supposed to come fast, but I had no idea it was going to come this fast," said a woman in Hartford, Conn.

This morning, the storm system dumped more than 8 inches of snow on Detroit and 10 inches of snow and ice in Illinois, causing more than 300 flight cancellations at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
 

From coast to coast, this snow has been ruining flights, plans and some very important date nights. So stay home, enjoy some spiked eggnog and pray the snow melts soon!