The roads in Connecticut and New York City will be empty tonight: Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy instituted a travel ban for the entire state beginning at 9pm tonight at a morning news conference on the looming blizzard, saying, "It's imperative that you have a plan in place to get home safe this evening." On Twitter, his office runs down the latest: Snow is expected to be "intermittent" through the late afternoon then hit hard, with accumulation totals potentially reaching as high as 32 inches. Snow drifts could rise to 4 feet in height, and winds along the coast could hit 60mph. Other official reactions to the storm bearing down on the Northeast: