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Major storm pummels swaths of country with ice, snow, bitter cold
The storm, which has already caused power outages and a number of pileups, is expected to travel up the Northeast through Tuesday.
Feb. 15, 2021, 7:56 AM AST / Updated Feb. 15, 2021, 8:16 PM AST
By Yuliya Talmazan and Erin Einhorn
A major winter storm plowed across the country Monday, delivering heavy snow, ice and temperatures so low they broke records in many places.
More than 140 million Americans stretching from Texas to Maine, were in the path of the historic storm as power outages — particularly in Texas where millions were without power — left people shivering in the dark.
Slick, icy roads and record snow fall in some states led to pileups, endangering more lives in a winter storm system that's claimed as many as 12 lives across the country in recent days.
In Lafayette, Louisiana, a 50-year-old man died after slipping and hitting his head on ice, the state Department of Health said Monday.
The storm was expected to travel up the Northeast through Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures, the National Weather Service said. Six inches to a foot of snow was forecast to stretch from the mid-Mississippi to the Ohio valleys, across the lower Great Lakes and into northern New England, according to the service.
It also warned about more power outages and significant travel disruptions across much of the southern Plains, as well as “bitterly cold air” that can result in “dangerous or life-threatening wind chills.”
There were reports of ice pellets falling in Nashville, sleet and freezing rain in Alabama, a possible "snow-nado" in Texas and a confirmed tornado near Damascus, Georgia.
Emergency responders mobilized across the eastern third of the country as the city of Memphis reported 15 straight hours of snowfall by Monday afternoon, a total of more than 6 inches as snow continued to fall.
Southeastern states were also under a tornado watch, with twisters as well as damaging winds and large hail the size of golf balls likely in parts of the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama before 7 p.m. Monday.
Snow fell in east Texas, Arkansas, parts of Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio on Monday morning, with wind chills reaching minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit in Dallas and minus 26 in Kansas City.
As the Plains continue to grapple with the Arctic chill, the National Weather Prediction Center said numerous record lows were established Monday, including minus 6 in Oklahoma City, where at least 6 inches of snow had fallen, and 5 degrees in Dallas.
At least parts of all 254 counties in Texas were under either a winter storm watch or a winter storm warning over the weekend.
The weather was affecting operations at airports across the area, with more than 760 flights canceled at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport amid a holiday weekend. On Monday, the airport said single-digit temperatures continued to affect its operations.
The first winter storm watch in a decade was issued for Brownsville, Texas. At 3,360 days, they had the longest streak of any National Weather Service office without one.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the flow of electric power in the state, was experiencing record-breaking electric demand due to the extreme cold temperatures that have gripped the state.
redmanjp wrote:bro in houston without power and heat right now- hope the 4 month old OK
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:redmanjp wrote:bro in houston without power and heat right now- hope the 4 month old OK
Now talking to some friends over there, they have no power or heat since 2am Monday morning and outside is a blanket of snow on the ground
Inside the house freezing cold
they have a 7yr old and 2yr old
this is their first experience of snow in Houston
Galveston Beach Texas is covered with snow on the beach sand
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Yup my cousins using Pool water to shower, no water for a few daysshake d livin wake d dead wrote:My brother in rockport. Had to resort to trying to melt snow for consumption. Electricity came back on thur (no water no internet). He moved to a hotel
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:My brother in rockport. Had to resort to trying to melt snow for consumption. Electricity came back on thur (no water no internet). He moved to a hotel
bluefete wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:My brother in rockport. Had to resort to trying to melt snow for consumption. Electricity came back on thur (no water no internet). He moved to a hotel
How are they doing now?
SMc wrote:Lighting a fire like that indoors real dangerous, not just the flames but the carbon monoxide.
Socks and sandals aside because that is not going to help you to keep warm, I will cut them some slack regarding carbon monoxide poisoning only because it looks as if they are inside of the garage. It's still a hazard but it's safer than building the fire in the living room (which I have witnessed during power outages).shake d livin wake d dead wrote:bluefete wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:My brother in rockport. Had to resort to trying to melt snow for consumption. Electricity came back on thur (no water no internet). He moved to a hotel
How are they doing now?
still in the hotel. Pressure for the area they were staying.SMc wrote:Lighting a fire like that indoors real dangerous, not just the flames but the carbon monoxide.
desperate times calls for....................shrugs shoulders
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