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Title: Dangerous, Disruptive Blizzard from Omaha to Green Bay
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Accuweather
URL Source: http://www.accuweather.com/regional ... story.asp?region=midwestusnews
Published: Dec 8, 2009
Author: Alex Sosnowski
Post Date: 2009-12-08 13:39:16 by Joe Snuffy
Keywords: Global Warming, United Nations, Snow Ice Sleet Hail Death Dest
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Comments: 6
By Alex http://Sosnowski
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Powdery snow is falling from Wisconsin to Colorado at this hour.
The storm that has already claimed lives and closed major highways in the southwest has delivered a general 1 to 3 inches of snow from northern Illinois to Iowa and northern Missouri. The storm is still strengthening and far from over in the region.
Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado has received 52 inches of snow over the past several days.
As winds increase and frigid air flows into the storm, white-out conditions and near- to below-zero AccuWeather.com RealFeel temperatures will create life-threatening conditions for those souls venturing outdoors unprepared.
The powdery snow will be pushed around by 40-mph sustained winds leading to huge drifts that will challenge road crews to keep up, leaving some motorists stranded.
Portions of Interstates 29, 35, 70, 79, 80, 90 and others were already snowcovered and slippery in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Flight delays were up to 2 and a half hours at Chicago's O'Hare Airport at midday. Direct and ripple-effect problems are expected across much of the nation from the storm.
The most substantial lake-effect snow event of the season so far following the storm will bring localized blizzards to areas that escaped the front end of the massive storm.
As a result, some areas could be buried under feet of snow as the "December to remember" continues (3 images)
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#1. To: Joe Snuffy, mel (#0)
Powdery snow is falling from Wisconsin to Colorado at this hour. Mel, has your husband made it home yet?
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestSnow has already encompassed the area from Denver to Green Bay, but the worst of a dangerous and disruptive blizzard will hit late today into Wednesday.
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