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To: Dick Smith who wrote (13465)	3/7/1998 2:39:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

Dick, I have located the responsible.... exchange2000.com

To: Dick Smith who wrote (13465)	3/10/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

3COM Weather Report (Dick Smith, MIA version): Many Without Power in Midwest; South Colder 04:02 p.m Mar 10, 1998 Eastern CHICAGO (Reuters) - Temperatures plunged Tuesday in the wake of a late winter storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people across the Midwest and triggered flooding in the Southeast. Frigid air that swooped in behind the blizzard left some Midwesterners shivering in their homes and threatened orchards and nurseries across the South. At least 12 deaths were blamed on the storm, including five people who died in Elba, Alabama, when an earthen dam gave way over the weekend and flooded the town. Freezing temperatures threatened to turn the floodwaters to ice. Electricity was out for roughly 260,000 customers of utilities serving northern Illinois and northern Indiana, where hundreds of repair crews fanned out to restring ice-encrusted lines shorted out by high winds or snapped by falling trees. Major highways in northern Indiana were clogged by stalled vehicles after Monday's storm dumped as much as a 18 inches of snow and 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts piled up drifts. ''Several counties have declared snow emergencies, meaning people should stay off the roads,'' Indiana Emergency Management spokesman Alden Taylor said. ''There are so many cars stranded on the roads, it's hard for plows to get through.'' Sections of Interstate 80, the main east-west artery in northern Indiana, were at a virtual standstill and a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 65, which connects Indianapolis and Chicago, was partially closed. A Delta Air Lines jet skidded off a runway at snowy Cleveland Hopkins International Airport early Tuesday, but none of the 146 passengers and crew on board were hurt. An Illinois motorist was killed Monday when his car slid in front of an oncoming commuter train in a northwestern Chicago suburb. Four other weather-related traffic fatalities were reported over the weekend across the plains. Many schools remained closed across the Midwest for a second day, including 20 percent of Chicago's school system because power and heat was out at more than 100 sites. Commonwealth Edison, the utility serving northern Illinois, reported power was out to 180,000 customers, down from a peak of 325,000 outages. It said more than 600 repair crews were at work, some called in from as far away as Texas. Roughly 80,000 customers were without power in northern Indiana, and residents were warned it may take days to restore electricity. Commuter rail lines and airlines resumed normal schedules after travelers endured long delays and hundreds of canceled flights. However, the South Shore rail line that brings Indiana commuters to Chicago was not operating. Thousands of sandbags were piled up along the Lake Michigan shoreline where high waves had lapped up onto a lakeside highway that had to be closed for several hours. Bright sunshine and lighter winds illuminated frosted trees and buildings in Chicago, although temperatures dipped uncomfortably for commuters accustomed to this year's mild winter. Some had spent the night huddled under blankets and sleeping bags in darkened homes, using candles as a source of heat and light, while others sought shelter at area hotels. Warming shelters were opened for those whose heat was off. In the plains, residents dug out from under the weekend snowstorm that left many rural roads impassable. A 275-mile section of Interstate 80 between Omaha and Lincoln was reopened, but motorists were advised to check with authorities to make sure the road was cleared of drifting snow. Nebraska hospitals reported dozens of emergencies involving heart problems as residents attempted to shovel sidewalks and driveways in frigid temperatures. Kansas Governor Bill Graves declared a state of disaster for 13 counties in the northeast part of the state. A state of emergency was also in effect for the southern half of the Alabama, while waterways from Louisiana to Georgia were gradually receding after heavy downpours sent them spilling over their banks and turned roads into rivers. National Guard troops were laying sandbags and providing aid for the 2,000 evacuated residents of Elba, about 60 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. Meanwhile, bitter cold threatened trees and other plants grown by Tennessee's $400 million nursery industry, and frost may have destroyed 80 percent of the state's peach, apple and pear crops, officials said. ''We've had such a warm winter, our fruit trees have blossomed too early,'' and the cold was killing the buds, said Cecil Whaley of Tennessee's Emergency Management Agency. Florida's orange growers were also bracing for the worst should frost arrive. Conversely, snow blanketing the heartland should protect dormant winter wheat crops from the cold, an Agriculture Department expert said. o~~~ O