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Subject: Plains & Midwest Storm Aftermath
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"Winter storms leave Plains residents without power"
(Source: Associated Press. 12/14/00)
Residents across the Plains were dealing with widespread power outages
and
treacherous travel early Thursday as freezing rain, frigid temperatures
and heavy snowfall pounded the area and pushed eastward.
More than 200,000 homes and businesses in Arkansas and Texas alone were
without electricity after Wednesday's ice storms felled power lines. The
slick roads and heavy snowfall caused at least 10 traffic deaths,
including five in Indiana.
"This is as much snow as we've seen in the last 15 years and we got
it all in one whack," said Charles Ward, city superintendent in the
small southeastern Kansas town of Colony. The area received about
14 inches of snow. Springfield, Mo., also had received more than 14
inches
of snow.
The remnants of the storm that began Tuesday were expected to continue
Thursday, with more chilly temperatures. Many residents were also faced
with the daunting task of digging out from all the snow.
In Arkansas, where about 202,000 people were without electricity, a
pileup of about 15 tractor-trailer trucks and cars shut down parts of
Interstates 55 and 40. At one point, 80 semi-trucks were backed up on
another highway. No serious injuries were reported.
AAA Michigan reported more than 8,200 calls from stranded motorists
-- four times the usual winter tally -- after as much as 20 inches of
snow accumulated in parts of the state.
In east and central Texas, tens of thousands of customers were still
without electricity Thursday, and a nursing home was forced to transport
32 residents to a nearby church for warmth.
Thousands of workers were scrambling to restore power to the devastated
power system in the two states. Entergy Arkansas said it
could be Saturday before power was fully restored.
"This very well could be the worse ice storm we've ever seen in terms
of damage to the electrical system," Entergy spokesman David Lewis
said. "The ice is it. Snow wouldn't have hurt nearly this bad."
On Wednesday, the nasty weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of
flights in and out of St. Louis; Dallas-Fort-Worth; Chicago; Memphis,
Tenn.; Little Rock, Ark.; Tulsa, Okla.; and Oklahoma City.
St. Louis got 7 inches of snow, causing Trans World Airlines to cancel
275 flights and delay several others. In Chicago, two planes bumped on
the
ground Wednesday night amid steady snowfall. It wasn't known if weather
was a factor, and no one was injured.
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