Occupy Wall Street: The Snow Day [Update] -- Daily Intel

As high winds, low-30 temperatures, and sheets of snow ripped through downtown Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street was under siege on Saturday, this time from Mother Nature. Zuccotti Park was transformed into a tent city, with just over a hundred protestors huddled against only the fourth October snowstorm to hit New York in 135 years.

Other than the roaring wind, the park was quiet: no chants, no drum circles. The day's outdoor activities were canceled and the wall of sign wavers on Wall Street has been replaced by a single, stalwart placard: "Hell Snow, We Won't Go!"

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Deadly snowstorm hits US East Coast - Times LIVE

Nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of snow fell in parts of Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey, authorities said.

In Manhattan, where the storm marked the first October snow in decades, forecasters said up to 10 inches could fall.

In Maryland and West Virginia, some towns already had 10 inches on the ground as of 2000 GMT Saturday, the weather service said.

Unseasonably cold air was pouring into the northeast...