This guy needs to check our weather out. Maybe he would be happier?
Posted on 12/01/2006 11:51:59 AM PST by NormsRevenge
CHICAGO - The season's first major snowstorm marched across the Plains and Midwest on Friday, slopping up highways, shuttering schools and knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses.
A plane slid off a runway in Chicago, and at least three deaths were blamed on the storm, which was moving northwest through Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin on a path to Canada.
Fifteen inches of snow was reported in Peru, 80 miles west of Chicago, and Kenosha, Wis., had more than 16 inches.
Charles Parker, 38, happily operated his snow blower in Milwaukee.
"I just got this baby and I've been waiting to break it in," he said. "From the looks of things, it'll get a lot of use."
In Missouri, Holly Foster said she was the only employee who had made it in to Gov. Matt Blunt's office by 8 a.m.
"My husband loves a challenge," she said.
The wintry system struck Thursday from Texas to Michigan, forcing the closure of thousands of schools, colleges and universities and state offices. Snow had moved mostly into Michigan and eastern Wisconsin by early afternoon, leaving behind downed power lines and icy roads and runways.
About 2.4 million customers across central and southern Illinois and parts of Missouri were without power early Friday after ice snapped tree limbs and power lines. St. Louis officials opened five warm-up centers, and utility officials warned that it would be days before all customers have electricity again.
"A lot of people are going to have to leave their homes," said Ron Zdellar, Ameren Corp.'s vice president.
A Fed Ex cargo plane arriving Friday morning at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport slipped off the runway into mud, and crews were working to tow it away. By noon, more than 450 flights were canceled there alone.
Three traffic deaths were reported Thursday, including two in Missouri.
The weather delayed state high school football playoffs in Oklahoma, where snowfall ranged up to a foot.
A gust of up to 50 miles an hour toppled a tree onto a mobile home in Greencastle, Ind., 40 miles west of Indianapolis.
Jennifer Stark with the National Weather Service in Topeka, Kan., said the storm seemed especially impressive because of the unseasonably mild weather that came before it. Temperatures in some places had reached record highs earlier in the week.
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Associated Press writers Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Mo., and Rochelle Hines in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
This guy needs to check our weather out. Maybe he would be happier?
It's the stoned surf-bums version of heaven, a nice beach, some waves, and free Doritos as far as the eye can see.
It was 70+ here in Kansas City on Tuesday. Then Wednesday the temp kept dropping until we got ice in the evening and snow on top of that the next day. Crazy!
This really sucks...
Glad the people in Missouri are so nice.
Thanks!
Word Web says in definition number 7 of this word,
Termination of operations
"they regretted the closure of the day care center"
LOL!
I suppose the error is so widespread that the dictionary recognizes it.
It still grates on my ears to hear it, though.
closure is what you try to get when your relationships go south.
But it seems to have been debased to mean whatever you want it to mean.
My point.
You bring up stuff like this again and I'll impact you upside your head.
Millions without power... A baby boom around next Labor Day?
Shipwreck!!!!
...all will learn lessons from this. And quit whining...
I'm in upstate NY near Lake Ontario. We're waiting!!
Hate the snow...but my job and family keep me here.
Lived in VA for a year...it was glorious!!
If you were 6 feet tall and weighed 145 pounds like me, you'd change your tune.
Bright enough to play cards and even read. About $15.00.
Bought one for my mom, too.
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