Snowmageddon: how America is battling a real cold war

Snowmageddon: how America is battling a real cold war

http://www.smh.com.au
February 8, 2010

The biggest winter snow storm since the 1920s paralysed several eastern US states at the weekend, closing airports and stopping traffic and leaving more than 200,000 households and businesses without power.

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Record snow continues to fall as deadly East Coast storm lingers

Record snow continues to fall as deadly East Coast storm lingers

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December 20, 2009

A major snowstorm slammed the East Coast and snarled the busy holiday travel season Saturday as airports shut down runways, rail service slowed and bus routes were suspended on the last weekend before Christmas.

Record snowfall totals were reported Saturday afternoon at Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports — and snow was still falling. Accumulation at Dulles reached 16 inches, breaking the old record of 10.6 inches set December, 12, 1964; 13.3 inches was reported at Reagan. The old record there was 11.5 inches set December 17, 1932.

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Lynchburg breaks 84-year cold record

March 4, 2009

roanoke,va – Lynchburg broke an 84-year record Tuesday morning, posting the first single-digit temperature for that date since records have been kept.

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Calendar says fall, but for much of U.S., winter is here

Calendar says fall, but for much of U.S., winter is here

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December 16, 2008

(CNN) — A blast of Arctic air Tuesday morning has much of the nation — from the Great Lakes to Oregon and down to Texas — in its cold, icy grip.

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