European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Winter in . Wednesday january 19,1994 the face of John Krzic of Chisholm minn., is an icy mask As he clears a Walkway monday while in Clark Mills n.y., Tammy Hillage finds Snow no Barrier to freeze keeps grip on . By the associated press National guardsmen pitched in tuesday to help dig out the Ohio Valley from 30 inches of Snow and single digit temperatures reached into the deep South. Bad weather kept schools closed from the Dakotas to new Hampshire to Georgia. Temperatures in Mississippi and Alabama plunged to 7 degrees and to 10 below Zero in Louisville by. A i done to mind the cold but god this is unbelievable a said David o cull in Madison wis., where the wind made a record Low of 27 below feel like minus 70. The weather has been blamed for 39 deaths since last week. Thousands of people were without electricity after heavy Snow and ice from mondays storm weighed Down Power lines. States of emergency continued in Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia because of the Snow. Interstate highways remained closed throughout Kentucky. Tuesdays record Low temperatures for the Date ranged from 34 below Zero at devils Lake n.d., and 27 below at Madison to 3 below at Jackson by. Chicago a 21 below erased the record of minus 16 that had been on the books since 1930. The frigid air was pushing southward and Tupelo miss., had a Low tuesday of just 7 degrees. Today a forecast Low was about 4, the National weather service said. Plumbers in parts of Northern Alabama where Huntsville Decatur had a Low of 7, were inundated with Calls from homeowners with Frozen pipes. A a we told some of them to Call other plumbers. There were so a Many we just get to All of them a said James Moss of fort Payne. Minnesota gov. Arne Carlson ordered schools closed statewide to make sure no youngsters had to wait at bus stops with wind chills As Low As 75 below Zero. A when it gets this cold its just too dangerous a said Robert Hanson school superintendent in the Northern Wisconsin town of Rhinelander. A if in this weather one of the buses goes Down you done to have much time to get those 60 to 70 kids somewhere with Ohio sent More than 100 National guardsmen and 50 emergency vehicles to help dig out counties in Southern Ohio where up to 30 inches of Snow fell monday. West Virginia National guardsmen cleared roads and helped in medical a iffy a a a x it it amp we \ ii Gilill ii Iii a a a v a a inti amp it a 7 a Driver from California a name not yet released a died monday alter losing control of this Rig on a Slick Highway near Portage Mich. A emergencies in seven counties. The Kentucky guard also was at work. In Parkersburg w.va., which received 18 inches of Snow two dozen tenants retrieved belongings tuesday from a one Story apartment building whose Snow Laden roof collapsed during the night fire chief Jim Beckett said. A 30-mile stretch of eastbound interstate 80 in Pennsylvania was closed tuesday Between Bloomsburg and Hazleton because of Jackknife tractor trailers. Its already the snowiest january on record at Wilkes Barre and Scranton pa., with 36.7 inches of Snow. The previous record for the whole month was 29.6 inches in 1987. Dulles International Airport outside Washington was closed through mid morning after a brazilian Airliner Slid off an icy runway. About 400 people spent the night at Baltimore Washington International Airport because it was closed to flights from monday afternoon until Early tuesday said spokeswoman Adrienne Walker Pittman. The weather was blamed for seven deaths in Georgia four in new York three in Virginia and Pennsylvania two each in Iowa Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina new Jersey Ohio Indiana Illinois and Oklahoma and one each in new Hampshire Maryland Tennessee and West Virginia. Causes of death ranged from traffic accidents on icy roads to hypothermia to heart attacks while shovelling Snow
