The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Michael S. Snow.
In New York City, which is expecting a 12in dousing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said snow ploughs and 250, 000 tonnes of salt were being put on standby.
"Everything can and should be done" to keep schools open during the wintry weather, Education Secretary Michael Gove said - as snow closed more than 5, 000 schools across the UK on Monday.
Elsewhere in Amarillo, iReporter Michael Jaison shot video of the windblown snow outside his house.
Ceri Williams, personal assistant to managing director Michael Davies, blamed the closure on the snow and freezing weather, as well as the state of the economy.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said all city streets would be cleared of snow by the end of Saturday.
The snow did require some wardrobe changes: Designer Michael Kors was forced to arrive at the Project Runway show in Uggs.
Michael Musher, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said light snow in the Midwest and light rain elsewhere around the country could cause only minor problems.
The storm brought about a foot of snow to the city and could have been much worse, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker is the author of this plan, and in a letter to the editor in last week's Wall Street Journal, former Treasury secretaries W. Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Brady, Paul O'Neill, George Shultz and John Snow lent their support.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he lifted the "weather emergency" on Wednesday, as salting crews and snow plows finished clearing city streets.
In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held two briefings in which he encouraged New Yorkers to stay indoors during the heaviest snow fall.
People may get more complications from this particular strain of H3N2, "which may make them ill for a longer period of time, " Dr. Michael Jhung, medical epidemiologist in the influenza division at CDC, told CNN's Mary Snow.
About a foot of snow fell on New York City, which was "in great shape, " Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Elsewhere, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove urged head teachers in England to do "everything" possible to ensure schools opened on Tuesday after snow forced the closure of 5, 000.
BBC: Wales snow: Neighbouring Caerphilly schools open and shut
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