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Theresa
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 Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:04 pm Snowstorm Hits Midwest, Northeast |
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| Quote: | By JULIET WILLIAMS
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A blustery snowstorm out of Canada created a midwinter bonanza for snow sports enthusiasts across the upper Midwest while the upper Ohio Valley and Northeast braced for more than a foot of highway-clogging snow Saturday.
Storm warnings were posted from Wisconsin to New England, where the National Weather Service posted a blizzard warning in effect through Sunday. By midmorning, snow was falling from parts of Wisconsin and Illinois into New York state, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.
With up to 10 inches expected, Maryland school systems canceled Saturday activities, including SAT tests.
One man died after falling through ice on a pond in Ohio, where two others died of apparent heart attacks while removing snow, authorities said.
Up to 15 inches of snow was forecast in New Jersey and areas around New York City during the weekend, and accumulations of up to 20 inches were possible in parts of New England, the weather service said. A foot was likely in northern Ohio and some areas of the Midwest, such as southwestern Ohio, already had several inches on the ground from earlier storms.
Even at the Hidden Valley Resort in Vernon, N.J., there was apprehension about the storm.
``It's great for morale and gets a lot of people interested in skiing, but a snowfall like that over the weekend hurts our cash registers because people aren't getting in their cars and coming out here,'' general manager John Shema said.
The heaviest snowfall in Wisconsin was about 12 inches in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, but 2 to 5 inches more was possible during the day because of moisture from Lake Michigan, the weather service said. The heavy snow prevented a rescue squad to quickly getting to the scene of a house fire that killed two women in Racine during the night.
Up to a foot of snow had fallen in Michigan by late Saturday morning. Detroit delayed the opening of its first annual Motown Winter Blast for several hours to give road crews a chance to clear highways. The outdoor festival features dogsledders, ice carvings, snow sculptures, a giant toboggan and ice skating.
Wind gusts of more than 60 mph were common across Iowa.
Wisconsin snowmobilers were in ecstasy. With up to 12 inches forecast in the far north, the snowstorm was the icing on the cake of one of the best seasons in years, said Al Andreotti, president of the Cross Country Cruisers snowmobile club in Minocqua.
``Every trail in the area is just awesome right now,'' Andreotti said.
But in Chicago, about 200 people had to spend the night at O'Hare International Airport, where more than 300 flights were canceled on Friday, and several more flights were canceled Saturday, airport officials said.
In Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport had both of its main runways open Saturday after shutting them down one at a time Friday for plowing, said airport spokesman Patrick Hogan. Airlines canceled some 200 flights Friday. Highways that were shut down because of zero visibility Friday in western Minnesota had reopened.
AP reporters Chris Newmarker in Trenton, N.J., and Melanie S. Welte in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.
01/22/05 12:08
� Copyright The Associated Press.
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Daaaaaamn it!
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Defiant
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:06 am |
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I ordered a case of bawls energy drink. They went through this storm, froze, and broke a bunch of bottles. I cried. Now fighting UPS to get replacements.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:59 am |
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I would not want to be there right now. It will kill me not to go to the store cause I have to walk
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Link, the Hero of Time
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:05 am |
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Yeah, I left Jersey right before the storm hit. By the time it started in Albany, where I was waiting for a bus, it was already dumping inches on my mom's house.
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Curtis
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:09 am |
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I am living through the storm as I am in Wisconsin...I usually don't go many places anyway though, so I ain't complaining about it  ...besides, I love the snow   !
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:11 pm |
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Snowed about two feet here in Albany. Gross.
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Theresa
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| Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:14 pm |
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We don't seem to be getting much,
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