The East Coast is bracing for a historic blizzard

If you're one of our readers on the East Coast of the U.S., brace yourself: Cities from Philadelphia to Boston and up into Maine are bracing for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday expected to dump as much as three feet of snow and snarl transportation for tens of millions of people. + According to the Weather Channel, blizzard watches are in effect from southern New England to New York City, with a lesser storm warning issued as far west as metro Philadelphia. + New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: “My message to New Yorkers is to prepare for something worse than we have seen before."