Monday, October 31, 2011

Millions Without Power After Rare Storm

First the Northeast had an earthquake, next they had a hurricane and now they just experienced the WORST October snowstorm EVER!  I wonder what is going on??

And as if the snow wasn't miserable enough...millions are still without power.  NBC Nightly News had stories of people grilling meet and heating water on their gas grills.  It could take weeks to get people's power back on.

BOSTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Devastation from a rare and deadly October snowstorm lingered in the U.S. Northeast where 1.6 million homes were still without power on Monday, schools were closed and downed trees and powerlines snarled traffic.

The storm that raged from West Virginia to Maine from Saturday until late Sunday was blamed for at least 13 deaths, most on slippery roads.

It will likely be days before power is restored to all residents in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and other states hit hard by the storm.

Despite a sunny Monday, several New Jersey Transit train lines going into New York City remained suspended.

Connecticut was particularly hard hit and Governor Dannel Malloy said 100 state roads were closed and about 200 more partially closed. He called the power outages in his state the worst in history. As residents escaped homes without heat and electricity, hotels in central Connecticut were sold out.

Here it is:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/usa-weather-idUSN1E79U1DG20111031

It is funny how when I see news stories like this I now think to myself, "I wonder what Washington D.C. was doing to Israel today?"

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