Blizzard Juno overwhelmed the Northeast in more ways than predicted. In preparation, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts all announced a state of emergency, and according to Buzz Feed News over 5,000 flights for Monday and Tuesday in New England were cancelled. Logan Airport cancelled all flights for after 7 P.M. on Monday night. Travel bans were placed in the above states, and, affecting Hingham residents, in Massachusetts a travel ban went into effect at midnight of Monday night. State officials have thanked citizens via public broadcasts for widespread compliance to this temporary rule.

New York City did not receive the brunt of Juno’s force, but instead it battered New England, with Worcester recording a record-breaking total of 33.5 inches of snow, according to Channel 7 News. Winds of 70 mph swept across all of New England, and in Scituate waterfront houses were flooded and entire neighborhoods had to clear out to escape the inundation. Many damaged houses have been condemned. A waterfront resident of Scituate received stitches to heal the wounds he sustained from broken glass after a window in his house shattered in a violent gust. In Marshfield a broken sea wall lead to widespread flooding, and in some cases water froze over streets next to the ocean, encasing them in a sheet of ice.

Blizzard Juno did not trample peoples’ spirits, however. On Tuesday, an anonymous patriot shoveled the finish line to the Boston Marathon, uncovering the single yellow strip from underneath feet of snow. After a photo of the exposed line went viral, bartender Chris Laudani of Boston was revealed to have shoveled the finish line because he believed it was an injustice to see the symbol of triumph buried. Evidently, the harsh conditions of the storm did not snuff out peoples’ pride and enthusiasm. Hingham residents cross-country skied across and sled down inclined streets, and snowshoes also made an appearance (see pictures). Despite the severity of Blizzard Juno, Hingham residents made the most of their two days off. Although some of us may have just watched Netflix.