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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 09:02:24 EST
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-010704storm_lat,1,651039.story?coll=la-home-headlines
QUOTES:
"SEATTLE Much of the Pacific Northwest spent today coping with the
aftermath of the worst snowstorm to hit the region in years, as heavy
snowfall turned to freezing rain and slush - causing power outages, flight
cancellations, school closures and hundreds of car accidents.
As of this morning, 119,000 households in the Puget Sound region were
without electricity. And Portland reported outages in more than 40,000 homes.
Tuesday's snowstorm dumped as much as 9 inches in western Washington and
Oregon, and more than two feet of snow in the nearby Cascade Mountains and
Coast Range.
At the Seattle-Tacoma and Portland International airports, hundreds of
flights were canceled due to ice on the runways and lack of sufficient
de-icing fluid for the planes. Thousands of travelers were left stranded in
the terminals.
Most schools in Seattle and Portland were closed today for a second day.
And a stretch of Interstate 90, between North Bend, Ore., and Ellensburg,
Wash., remained closed because of treacherous driving conditions.
The Washington State Patrol investigated 968 collisions between 5 a.m.
Tuesday and 11 a.m. today. More than half occurred on Interstate 5 between
Thurston County and the Canadian border. Puget Sound-area police
departments reported many more accidents and fender-benders.
Seven inches of snow in Portland was enough to nearly bring the state's
largest city to a halt Tuesday. Even the city's light-rail commuter train
skidded to a stop on icy rails on some routes.
Interstate 84, which runs along the Columbia River, was closed east of
Troutdale, and U.S. 101 was closed north of Rockway due to mudslides.
Snow accumulations from Tuesday's storm were the largest since 1996 in
western Washington, which typically has mild weather. Accumulations ranged
from 3 inches in Everett, north of Seattle, to 11 inches at Hoodsport.
Three deaths were linked to the snow and cold."
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