"Snowmageddon"

The Wall Street Journal, not known for hyperbole, quoted the President to headline an article by Christopher Hinton about the snow in the East:

The biggest winter storm in close to ninety years walloped the mid-Atlantic states Saturday, shutting down Washington, D.C., and burying the region in power outages, flight cancellations, and miserable driving conditions.
Some two feet of snow have already fallen in some areas by midafternoon, and it continued to pile up across northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, and southern New Jersey. The heaviest snow was predicted to taper off by the evening in most areas, but howling winds and drifting snow likely will make travel difficult through the night, the weather service said. Below-freezing temperatures were being reported as far south as Richmond, Virginia and could stretch to Columbia, South Carolina overnight.
Saturday's storm could be the largest since the 1922 Knickerbocker storm that dropped 28 inches of snow across the mid-Atlantic region, and up to 33 inches in some areas around Washington, D.C. The storm got its name from Washington's Knickerbocker Theater, whose roof collapsed on 28 January 1922 from the weight of the snow, killing 98 moviegoers and injuring 133.
Braving the blizzard to give a speech before the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, President Barack Obama referred to the storm as "snowmageddon".
Throughout the day on Saturday, air travel was snarled. Reagan International and Dulles airports near Washington, D.C., canceled all flights. There were also cancellations at Newark, Philadelphia, and Baltimore airports. Philadelphia International said it expects nearly all of its Saturday flights will be canceled too, saying crews have been working against whiteout conditions to clear runways. Typical delays were being reported for New York's LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Delta Air Lines, US Airways, and JetBlue Airways, among others, were offering customers a chance to rebook their flights at no cost.
State governments pleaded for residents to stay off the road except in case of emergency. Along the New Jersey shoreline, which was expected to see blizzard-like conditions throughout the day, local government banned all personal driving except for emergencies, CNN reported.
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were under states of emergency, with National Guard units on standby to help if needed.
"Snowfall totals across Pennsylvania range from about six to as much as thirty inches," said Governor Ed Rendell. Some 160,000 people were without power in Pennsylvania, according to its website.
The New Jersey-New York Port Authority pulled in extra manpower to keep tunnels and bridges clear. The entire state of New Jersey was under an extreme weather advisory, with N.J. Transit suspending most bus service and reducing train service until further notice. Though Brooklyn and Staten Island had several inches of snow, New York City's other boroughs, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, have so far been spared.
Power company Pepco said south Maryland was experiencing "significant" power outages. "We urge residents to avoid driving except for the most urgent reasons," said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. "If drivers stay off the roads it will help the dedicated state and local highway crews clear the rods in a safe and efficient manner."
In northern Virginia, two people were killed when they were struck by a truck as they helped a motorist stuck in the snow. On the state's transportation Twitter page, accidents and disabled vehicles were being reported every few minutes. Virginia reported about 185,000 people in northern Virginias were without power, according to its website, and the Virginia Department of Transportation said it was still cleaning up from two other winter storms from the past week, and has spent some $79 million on snow removal this year and has now tapped a $25 million emergency reserve fund.