European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday november 2,199120 inches of Snow Bury twin cities Minneapolis a a record 20.4 inches of Snow in the twin cities contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents forced school closings delayed flights at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport and caused scattered Power outages. The a super major storm a As the National weather service called it moved into the state thursday and was not expected to taper off until Friday afternoon or Early evening. The weather service said the 20.4 inches that fell As of 10 . Friday broke a january 1982 record of 20 inches in a 24-hour period. The previous october snowfall record of 5.5 inches in 1905 was broken with 8.2 inches that fell on halloween night. The weather service ended its announcement by saying  it is still  the storm drastically reduced traffic at the Airport. Some flights were cancelled. John Ostrom Airport operations coordinator said the Airport was Down to one runway Friday morning. A a we re out there constantly a he said. A you close one runway you open another. We can barely keep up. A this is considered a record breaker due not Only to the amount of Snow but the Type of Snow. Its a very very heavy Snow. Usually its More of a dry  the storms Wake could be equally dangerous the weather service said because conditions were already worsening to the West. The combination of heavy Snow Anci increasing Northwest winds of 40 Mph was causing blizzard conditions and near Zero visibility in southwestern Minnesota. A blizzard warning was in effect for extreme southwestern Minnesota on Friday morning. A the whole Story is not just the Snow a said forecaster Bill Harrison. A winds and colder temperatures will move Back in.�?�. The storm contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents even though Snow lows and Sand trucks were out in full Force. A 102-mile stretch of interstate 90 from the South Dakota line to Fairmont was closed late Friday morning because of blowing Snow and poor visibility. A the plow just can to keep up a state patrol dispatcher Les muck said. Scattered Power outages were reported overnight in Southern Minnesota. Gov. Ame Carlson declared a state of emergency Friday in two Southern Minnesota counties Freeborn and Mower because electric cooperative distribution systems were Down in that area spokesman Greg Frank said. A Frank said it was necessary to Call a state of emergency because the Only equipment available for repair work is in Wisconsin. Federal Law requires that a state of emergency exist to transport such equipment across state  storm kills 1, leaves 3 others missing by he associated press v coastal communities from Maine to Florida began assessing damage Friday As they Rode out the last hours of a fierce Atlantic storm that washed away buildings and roads eroded beaches and was blamed for possibly four a Caius. The intense extra tropical storm was winding Down Friday. Things were ugly along the East coast in the aftermath of the onslaught. A it looks like someone ripped open the Ocean floor and dumped it on the Roadway Quot said Ilyas Bhatti of Revere mass. He characterized the scene up and Down the coast which was littered with demolished seawalls flattened Homes torn up beaches and ruined roads. Among the casualties was president Bush a vacation Home in Kennebunkport Maine. A there Are reports of windows and Walls being Cave in a said Bush a press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater. Bush planned to go to Kennebunkport today and assess the damage. The body of a Fisherman swept out to sea in Long Island ., was found under a drawbridge. A Fisherman who was swept from a Rocky Point at Narragansett , on tuesday night was missing and is presumed dead As was a person tossed from a Sailboat off Cape Hatteras . The search resumed Friday for an air National guardsman whose four fellow Crew members were rescued after their helicopter went Down in the Atlantic Ocean South of new York City on wednesday. The helicopter was returning from a Rescue Mission. On thursday evening a search plane spotted a Man on a raft in the Ocean about 80 Miles South of where the helicopter went Down. But the plane could Only drop Rescue kits and markers before leaving to refuel authorities said. One of the markers was found Friday morning but not the raft. Thousands of Massachusetts and Connecticut residents were forced to flee their oceanfront Homes Many of which were severely damaged or destroyed. Several Cape cod Homes collapsed into the sea As did several on Long Island. Damage in new Jersey was also extensive and gov. Jim Florio declared a state of emergency in four coastal counties. A we literally lost our whole Beach a said police chief Kenneth Johnson of sea Bright n.j., where about 1,300 people were evacuated thursday after Waves came crashing Over a seawall. New jerseys Gateway National recreation area at Sandy Hook lost about 200 feet of Beach and part of the Atlantic City Boardwalk was damaged. In Florida towering Ocean swells destroyed a Lake Worth fishing pier slammed cars into one another and caused severe Beach erosion in the Southern end of the state. Eight windows in the Beach club at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach were shattered by huge Waves and the three Bridges to Palm Beach were damaged and closed to All but local traffic. North Carolina officials declared a state of emergency in part of the outer Banks and hundreds of Homes were flooded in nags head by heavy surf that flattened dunes and blocked roads with Sand and water. Floodwaters and debris filled streets and beaches in Virginia Beach va., where two oceanfront Homes were so badly damaged they were condemned. Boats were tossed onto land. Ocean front cottages were knocked off foundations and carried into streets. Houses on fire Island  Were washed into the sea by thursdays  Bush attacks democratic carpers Houston api a president Bush kicking off his re election drive blistered the democrats and said Saddam Hussein would still be in Kuwait it Liberal senators like Ted Kennedy had their Way. A thank god i did no to have to listen to these carpers telling me How to run that War a Bush said thursday night. Sliding in the polls and likened earlier in the Day by a democratic Leader to Herbert Hoover Bush came out swinging before a crowd of 850 who poured $1 million into the Bush Quayle 92 Campaign committee coffers. He arrived in Dallas later Friday for another $1,000-a-plate banquet to fuel his re election drive As Well As a private luncheon at the Home of oilman t. Boone Pickens to raise $500,000 to strengthen the gop in its reapportionment Battle in Texas. Before leaving Houston Bush voted in a local election casting a ballot in the Harris county office Annex. A Hope we Haven t disrupted the voters Here a the president said. In his speech thursday night Bush flailed against his democratic foes and their a old tired Liberal ideas a threatening to veto their unemployment benefits Bill again and goading them to give his capital gains tax Cut a Chance. Bush expressed disdain that some democrats had criticized him for going to Madrid to open the Middle East peace conference wednesday. A i have a responsibility to Lead and in a not going to let democratic Liberal carping keep me from leading a he shouted. A a if id have had to let Ted Kennedy Tell me whether i could move a Quarter of a million troops to the Middle East. Saddam Hussein would still be in Kuwait maybe moving into saudi Arabia a Bush said. A Bush reacted with fury to criticism of his Domestic record from Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine and others. He accused them of playing politics with an unemployment benefits Bill and Irvine to a ram it Down my ear. He held out the possibility of a Compromise but vowed a a in a going to veto their Bill if they Send it Down in a Way that a going to bust this budget agreement a Bush a sky High ratings in the polls have tumbled amid signs that the recovery from the year old recession is sputtering. Mitchell in a speech thursday in Washington compared Bush to Hoover who was in office at the beginning of the depression. A a no More trickle Down theories to justify tax Breaks for the wealthy. The american people have been trickled Long  Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a democratic presidential hopeful rebuked Bush for a promising another capital gains tax Cut to the wealthy contributors who fill is coffers while one in 10 americans will be eating supper paid for by food  Bush and his wife planned to return to Washington after Midnight Friday then Fly to Kennebunkport Maine on saturday to inspect the devastation wreaked on their summer Home by a fierce Atlantic storm