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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 08:05:49 EST
FULL STORY:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/01/28/sprj.ww04.winter.storm.ap/index.html
QUOTES:
"(AP) -- A storm carrying the threat of heavy snow for the Northeast coated
a wide swath of the East Coast in ice Tuesday, stopping trains, closing
schools and courts, and knocking out electricity to a quarter-million people.
At least 50 deaths have been blamed on snow, ice and cold from Kansas to
the Carolinas since the weekend.
While one low-pressure system pushed a wave of icy weather that stretched
from Georgia into Maryland, another propelled snow across the Midwest and
Great Lakes. Up to 27 inches of snow was possible in northern Michigan by
Wednesday morning.
The two systems were converging over the Northeast, threatening
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts.
Nearly a foot of snow was expected in parts of New Jersey, with a chance of
15 inches in New York's Catskills.
Freezing rain and drizzle fell from northern Georgia into Maryland during
the morning, creating a layer of ice up to an inch thick in South Carolina,
where Gov. Mark Sanford declared a state of emergency.
Because of ice on switches and electrical connections, Amtrak stopped four
East Coast trains, including the New York-to-Miami Silver Meteor and the
Auto Trains.
Towing services were kept busy pulling vehicles out of ditches.
More than 250,000 customers lost power Tuesday in South Carolina and 58,000
in Georgia, utilities reported. In North Carolina, electricity was restored
to about 10,000 customers by Tuesday night, leaving about 20,000 still
without power.
New York City was closing schools Wednesday because of snow and
below-freezing temperatures. The snow caused dozens of flight delays and
cancellations Tuesday at the city's airports.
In the Midwest, snow and sleet fell across Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin. Dozens of Illinois school districts called off classes because
of slippery roads. Rush hour traffic was snarled in Chicago and hundreds of
flights were canceled.
The weather was blamed for seven deaths in North Carolina; six in South
Carolina; five each in Iowa and Missouri; four in Ohio; three each in
Nebraska, Virginia, Minnesota and Maryland; two each in Indiana, Illinois,
Pennsylvania and Oklahoma; and one each in Kansas, New Jersey and West
Virginia. Most of the deaths were in traffic accidents."
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