▁Maine . ▁On ▁February ▁ 8 , ▁bl izz ard ▁warnings ▁were ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁in land ▁port ions ▁of ▁sout heast ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁and ▁in land ▁port ions ▁of ▁Maine ' s ▁coast al ▁count ies . ▁By ▁February ▁ 8 , ▁storm ▁warnings ▁and ▁h urr icane ▁force ▁wind ▁warnings ▁were ▁in ▁effect ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁England ▁and ▁Mid ▁Atlantic ▁waters , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁coast al ▁flo od ▁warnings . ▁ ▁In ▁Chicago , ▁officials ▁deployed ▁ 1 9 9   s now ▁tr uck s , ▁and ▁the ▁Illinois ▁State ▁T oll ▁Highway ▁Author ity ▁sent ▁ 1 8 2   pl ows ▁for ▁its ▁road ▁system . ▁In ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁storm ▁threatened ▁be aches ▁and ▁d unes ▁in ▁areas ▁affected ▁by ▁H urr icane ▁Sand y ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁October . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁threat , ▁air lines ▁can ce led ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 , 7 0 0   fl ights , ▁mostly ▁for ▁February   8 . ▁In ▁New ▁York , ▁officials ▁read ied ▁snow ▁removal ▁cre ws , ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0   tons ▁of ▁salt ▁prepared . ▁School s ▁were ▁closed ▁in ▁Hart ford , ▁Connecticut ▁and ▁Prov idence , ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁among ▁other ▁cities . ▁ ▁Connecticut ▁Governor ▁D annel ▁Mal loy ▁declared ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁emer gency ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   p . m . ▁E ST ▁( 1