Bitter cold, power outages follow in wake of massive winter storm
Bitter cold temperatures dipped into Texas and the Deep South on Thursday, a massive storm that is released in the U.S. for the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Rear of the system of historical time, which has already dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in some locales was still powerful enough to bring down several more inches of snow in Maine and New Hampshire on Thursday, the forecast of National Weather Service.
efforts of the Arctic cold front and complicated cleaning gel stimulated warnings that lasted much of the central section of the country.
However, Green Bay Packers fans in North Texas before their team's Super Bowl showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers had only one break on the temperature of a watch.
In Arlington, Texas, site of Sunday's game, there was an effect of wind chill advisory due to very cold temperatures which have felt the temperature between zero and minus-10 degrees, and several inches of snow and Ice has a debilitating effect in parts of Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
"It was fun to see a whole city closed. Everything was closed, "said Packers defensive lineman Ryan Pickett." In Green Bay he's just a normal day. "
Even if the storm swirled out of the country, brewing new challenges in parts of the Deep South. Freezing rain, snow and sleet are scheduled for Thursday from parts of Texas to Alabama.
Continental Airlines said it would suspend most of its operations from Houston Intercontinental Airport on Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon due to frozen precipitation expected.
The extreme weather has been put unprecedented demand on energy, leading to power outages Wednesday that it expected to continue until Thursday, said Texas Governor Rick Perry in a statement.
In addition, 50 plants out of state because of extreme weather events, which is 10% -15% discount on electricity production, "said Commission spokesman Terry Hadley state utility. The Commission noted in its statement that rotation breaks are only 10-45 minutes, unless the device can not surge during the restoration process.
It is part of the effects of a storm system that covered 30 states with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain for several days, producing a record accumulation in various parts of the Midwest to make travel treacherous in the snow, strangled his way and forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights.
The huge demand for information has caused sporadic outages for web servers the National Weather Service, who are having trouble getting a flood of 10 million to 20 million hits per hour, officials said. The site normally receives 70 million hits per day.
The system of storm curved perhaps the most serious blow to Chicago snowstorm hits the third largest city in the wind on record. O'Hare International Airport received 20.2 cm of snow, the weather service.
Raymond Roscoe, Chief of Staff for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, said many motorists were stranded in their cars during the storm, while others abandoned their vehicles.
"There were no cars or people on the street and we could see the adjacent buildings due to deep snow," said city resident Sruthi Swaminathan. "The only thing you can clearly see the lights had been the scene of Chicago."
Barack Obama on Wednesday night approved a request of Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and approved a disaster declaration of emergency by all 77 counties of the state, a move that will accelerate after the storm aid , according to a statement from FEMA. Fallin declared a state of emergency on Monday before the storm, a statement from State Department of Emergency Management said.
And nationally, the storm paralyzed air travel through much of the Midwest and Northeast, as big companies canceled thousands of flights that stranded thousands of passengers.
Chicago airports should return to the list of most normal Thursday.
"Airlines in both airports to anticipate a more extended timetable to resume ...," Chicago Department of Aviation said in a statement. "The team ... Snow will continue to work on clearing and cleaning of runways, taxiways and terminals to both O'Hare and Midway. "
Between two airports, more than 2,600 flights were canceled Wednesday.
Amtrak has announced that the service should return to normal along the eastern coast.
The most famous groundhog in the world, Punxsutawney Phil, has provided a glimmer of hope in the midst of the wicked winter week. Wednesday morning from his perch in the middle of the storm track in central Pennsylvania, Phil had not seen his shadow. In a tradition dating back over 100 years, this means that spring is early this year.