Sat Dec 26, 8:11 PM ET

A truck is covered with ice and snow as it waits at a truck stop near Gretna, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 for Interstate 80 to reopen. Treacherous weather has forced the closing of I-80 and plagued much of the country for days and stranded road and air travelers . (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)