Storm hits with heavy snowfall, power outages

As the storm rages, 250,000 power outages have occurred, and some towns asked residents in coastal areas to evacuate.

Boston, MA--2/8/2013 Blair Holbrook (cq) skiing down Cambridge Street on Friday February 8 2013. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) Topic: 09storm Reporter:

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A person skied down Cambridge Street on Friday.

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Two people crossed the street in near whiteout conditions.

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A pedestrian made his way through driving snow with a broken umbrella in the Back Bay.

QUINCY, MA--February 8, 2013---Globe Staff photo by Stan Grossfeld---A motorist gets out of his car along Quincy Shore Drive and takes a cell phone photo at near whiteout conditions from drifting snow along the seawall just before vehicles were banned due to blizzard conditions

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A man took a photo of the storm on Quincy Shore Drive.

East Boston, MA--2/8/2013 Peter Simons (cq), 65, waiting for his flight to Paris, France stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport on Friday February 8 2013. Simons is homeless and looking to get out of Boston after getting robbed three times since his arival in October. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) Topic: 09storm Reporter:

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A man was stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport.

Boston-02/08/13-People run to one of the last buses to stop around 3:15 at the Copley Square, bus stop as snow from the blizzard picks up. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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People ran in Copley Square.

A couple walks down the illuminated, snow-covered Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. As the storm gains strength, it will bring

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The Commonwealth Avenue Mall was covered in snow.

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Post Office Square was eerily quiet

02/08/2013 NEWBURYPORT, MA A man walked along Washington Street (cq) as a winter storm, expected to dump as much as 24 inches of snow in the region, intensified in Newburyport. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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A man walked along Washington Street in Newburyport.

BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 08: A man operates a snowlower in the Back Bay neighborhood on February 8, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts and other states from New York to Maine are preparing for a major blizzard with possible record amounts of snowfall in some areas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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A man operates a snowlower in the Back Bay.

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The Lincoln Tavern and Restaurant in South Boston was busy as people crowded in.

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People found a way to have fun in the storm in Quincy.

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The Mass. Pike, normally a bane of commuters on Friday afternoons, was almost completely empty.

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After the 4 p.m. driving ban, some resorted to other modes of transportation.

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The longtime South Boston tradition of saving parking spaces began early.

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Strong winds turned an umbrella inside out in downtown Boston.

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Governor Patrick announced a state of emergency and vehicle ban for the state.

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This graphic tracks the projected wind speed for Massachusetts towns during the snowstorm.

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See where the storm has knocked out power in Massachusetts.

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This map shows the snowfall totals from the storm hitting the Northeast.

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Tips on how to handle the blizzard of 2013

Shoveling slowly, not bringing grills indoors, and setting your fridge to its coldest setting could help you weather the storm better.

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The Boston area was surprised by the Valentine’s Day Blizzard of 1940, which left cars and people stranded overnight, and 31 New Englanders dead.

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“Solomon Enthroned,” a folio from a 16th-century manuscript of the “Shahnama” (“Book of Kings”), from the “In Harmony” exhibit of Islamic art at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

The appeal of the Persianate

The beguiled collection of Islamic art the late Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood donated to Harvard University is on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.