Subways were operating normally Friday morning, with routine delays not linked to the approaching storm.
Social media was also abuzz with news of the approaching storm, including comments from pop star Justin Bieber.
Hearing Obama's statements, and watching him and his advisers make daily declarations of friendship to Iran's mullahs, Iraqi leaders are considering their options for surviving the rapidly approaching storm.
While airline stocks are trading lower today ahead of the major winter storm approaching the Northeast, higher fares could translate into higher earnings for the sector.
"We made our share of mistakes and simply did not foresee the ferocity of the storm that was approaching, " John Klopp, the company's former chief executive, said on an investor call in late 2009, according to a transcript.
An eventful Tuesday saw Nasa order the shuttle back to its hangar to protect it from an approaching storm and then reverse the decision just hours later.
BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Atlantis is locked down for storm
To the south, a severe storm with winds approaching 80 mph rolled into Moore, where a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado killed 24 on May 20.
WSJ: Tornado-Hit Oklahoma Struck Again; Mother and Baby Dead
Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport was evacuated over the threat from the approaching tornado, and travelers were sheltered in the airport's basement at the height of the storm, authorities said.
Acworth's parachuting Easter Bunny made his first jump last year in an approaching storm, making for a tense Easter behind the scenes.
"If I know there's an approaching storm, I will stay here, I'll sleep in the restaurant, " he said.
As Holdren and Beddington note, the solar maximum, and increased possibility of a great geomagnetic storm, is fast approaching, now less than a year away.
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