With all their backs turned against the wind I can't help thinking of those flocks of Antarctic penguins huddled miserably against the blizzard.

BBC: Wounded soldiers train in Iceland for South Pole race

The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through early Saturday afternoon and predicted up to 2 feet of snow and wind gusts of up to 60 mph.

WSJ: A state-by-state look at the Northeast blizzard