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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 18:23:21 EST
I thought this was an excellent summary from the Associated Press.
The list below was obtained from:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78811,00.html
--Iowa: four deaths; 14 inches of snow in Des Moines.
--Nebraska: one death; 10 inches around Omaha.
--Illinois: two deaths.
--Missouri: six deaths.
--North and South Carolina: power restored to most of 20,000 customers who
lost electricity after ice storm.
--West Virginia: six deaths; 23.4 inches of snow at Berkeley Springs;
100,000 customers without electricity; flooding that included high water
isolating the town of Hamlin; U.S. 60 closed at Cedar Grove by slide that
included rocks as big as houses.
--Ohio: one death; 62,000 without electricity; up to 16 inches of snow in
central Ohio; ice and snow 8 inches thick in some southern counties.
--Kentucky: 96,000 without electricity; flooding in eastern Kentucky;
scattered mud slides.
--Virginia: two dead; 1,000 without electricity; 35 inches of snow at
Linden on Blue Ridge and 30 at Winchester; northbound Interstate 81 closed
overnight near Strasburg by wrecks and slippery hill.
--District of Columbia: 16.1 inches of snow at Ronald Reagan National
Airport; Reagan, Dulles and Baltimore-Washington airports closed.
--Maryland: snow removal already cost $20 million to $30 million; Maryland
Transit Administration suspended local bus and subway operations; collapsed
roofs including one at B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
--Delaware: up to 2 feet of snow; flooding reported in several beach
communities; power outages reported in Dewey Beach.
--New Jersey: one death; 24 inches of snow at Little Egg Harbor; some
coastal flooding; several collapsed roofs.
--Pennsylvania: five deaths; 41.5 inches of snow at Seven Springs ski
resort area near Champion in western Pennsylvania. Philadelphia
International Airport was technically open Monday but every flight was
canceled.
--New York: 19.8 inches of snow in Central Park; snow removal for 6,000
miles of streets estimated at $20 million; LaGuardia Airport closed, almost
all domestic flights canceled at Kennedy and Newark airports; service
suspended on some city bus and train lines in all five boroughs; bus
service halted in and out of Port Authority bus terminal.
--Connecticut: Two feet in spots by evening; up to 30 inches forecast.
--Massachusetts: 17 inches by evening at Boston's Logan International
Airport, up to 2 feet forecast; Logan open but more than half of flights
canceled; ferry service from Cape Cod to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard
canceled.
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