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Ice, Snow Spread From Plains to East

Seven killed in storms

By the Associated Press

Posted Jan 27, 2009 10:08 AM CST
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(AP) – Schools closed and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity today as a storm spread a coating of ice and snow on roads and power lines from the southern Plains to the mid-Atlantic states. At least seven deaths had been blamed on the weather. Highway department crews were out in force spreading salt and sand on the accumulating ice.

"The way it's shaping up, it looks like it's going to be a major ice storm," said a meteorologist in Arkansas, where ice had built up as much as an inch thick in one town. Some 5,800 customers were blacked out as ice brought down power lines, a power company said. The National Weather Service posted storm warnings from Texas and Oklahoma through the Mississippi and Ohio valleys to New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

Snow is cleared on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area.
Snow is cleared on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
A snow is seen on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area.
A snow is seen on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
A light snow covers the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington Washington area.
A light snow covers the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington Washington area.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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Guest
Jan 29, 2009 4:21 AM CST
Yeah, tell him how warm it is everywhere else.
Guest
Jan 27, 2009 12:14 AM CST
Let's send a copy of this to Al Gore. Anyone have an email addy for him?

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