"By all accounts, we are expecting a serious weather event, " he said, adding that the storm was likely to start as a light snow on Friday morning and become heavier as the day goes on, with the worst coming between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

WSJ: Northeast Braces for Major Blizzard

So what I remember now about the day Stan McKechnie almost killed his brother is how the light changed after the snow melted.

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