reporter: the storm that deflated the metrodome and stranded the new york giants at the airport in k.c snowstorm of all time in the twin cities. saturday was the snowiest day on record as 17 inches of the white stuff. bone-chilling 50-mile-an-hour winds moved in. >> that's a bus. it's stuck in the snow and can't get out. >> reporter: creating whiteout conditions that made travel so dangerous that plows were even pulled off the roads. >> that's the best way to get around, cross-country skis. >> reporter: and at o'hare, a depressing departure board. >> chicago pizza may end up in the snow drift tonight just to keep them cold. >> in all, some 1,400 flights canceled. and countless nerves frazzled in chicago. the only person the snow couldn't slow down, tom brady. as the patriots rolled over the bears at the snowy field. >> nothing like watching the game from the comfort of your own living room when it's a snow bowl. jets didn't do so well, and they were in rain. all the warm air is east of i-95, and that's where it is now. but we're starting to see colder air filter in to the bigger cities