Carver Masucci, 7, of Altoona fashions a snow seat at Fairview Park on Thursday afternoon.

Ron Mentzer of Gallitzin shovels out the sidewalk and driveway of his aunt’s home along Powell Avenue in Cresson on Thursday afternoon. A massive winter storm is barreling toward the eastern U.S., threatening to bring severe ice and snow from Texas to Boston.

Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski