Ricky Nickerson adds ice melt to a spreader on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 in Durham, N.C. Nickerson had been out since 4 a.m. Friday spreading ice melt at various apartment complex parking lots. A massive blizzard began dumping snow on the southern and eastern United States on Friday, with mass flight cancelations, five states declaring states of emergency and more than two feet (60 centimeters) predicted for Washington alone. (Christine T. Nguyen/The Herald-Sun via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT  (AP/The Herald-Sun, Christine T. Nguyen)