it's been in for decades. patty hall haine al jazeera nbc is maggie vesper, has more from belvedere, illinois. we're getting down to the 0 our here in the mid west and out east to get on the road and get to where you want to go for the holiday as this or makes its way east. millions across the mid west and beyond. waking up to blizzard warnings, in fact, 8 states and counting now under blizzard warnings from montana and the dakotas out to western new york. also a growing number of governors, including in kentucky, most recently declaring states of emergency, the governor of indiana, hauling in the national guard to help rescue people on the roads just in case they get trapped. this, after we saw examples out west, how bad things could get white out conditions from places 2 days ago in washington also when the dakotas overnight. in denver, they've opened the denver coliseum, that massive readouts welcome and hundreds as a warming shelter, just in case there are power outages in that region, which is obviously a big concern here in the midwest and out used as well. officials advising p