European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes Winter s Wrath thursday january 20,1994 toll rises As Tern erasures dive 69 deaths tied to big freeze in Eastern . By Michael Warren the associated press it was so cold they stopped making Beer in Milwaukee. People in Atlanta were asked not to Bathe. And a a faintly in new Hampshire opened their refrigerator to chill us food. Across most of the Eastern United states record lows have closed schools businesses roads and air ports. Thousands of people have been without electricity or drinking water. At least 69 deaths have been blamed on the cold snap that began Over the weekend. Most of the victims were killed on icy roads or had heart attacks shovelling Snow. Some froze to death including a baby born Mon Day in an unheated House in Dayton Ohio where it was a record 25 below Zero tuesday. Record lows were recorded wednesday in dozens of cities including 40 below in St. Cloud Minn. 22 below in leu Seville by. 27 below in Indianapolis and 22 below in Pittsburgh. It s the wind. It bites right through your face said Jerry Fitzpatrick a repairman entering Wisconsin s state carriers just bundled up and suffered. It s colder than a Boss heart said Ron Macke who delivered mail tuesday in snowy St. Louis county where it was 8 below Zero. I wore everything i owned and it was still schools and universities cancelled classes wednesday in much of the Midwest after deadly wind chills and temperatures Well below Zero were forecast for the usually try to hold out but the chill Factor Here is minus 50 degrees said Marilyn Ristevich a High school principal in Bedford Mich it s a Little too Minnesota gov. Arne Carlson closed schools tues Day rather than let children wait for buses in 40-Bclow temperatures. But he relented wednesday after parents complained. It was supposed to be no colder than M�Nus-14 wednesday morning. Ice inc Bistod Milwaukee firefighter Warren Warnecke takes a Coffee break while battling a Blaze tuesday. Temperatures had fallen to 16 below Zero with a wind chill of minus 61. In Kentucky ice covered interstates and parkways remained off limits to All but vehicles carrying essential food fuel and medical supplies. We re not patrolling said Lee Haynes a police officer in Edgewood by. We can t get help to you. You re going to freeze to death. People Don t under stand it s a killer cold and would t take the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island also were closed wednesday. The docks in Manhattan were too icy for tourists to Board the ferries. Dulles International Airport outside Washington was closed briefly tuesday after a brazilian Airliner Slid off an icy runway. Baltimore Washington International Airport reopened wednesday morning after being closed since monday. In Milwaukee on wednesday morning Miller brew ing co. Cancelled its evening and morning work shifts because of the weather for the first time in at least 10 years rather than make employees come to work in the cold. It was 17 below they usually like to make Beer so it takes a lot to shut them Down said Miller spokesman Mike Brophy. It s Nasty out from Kentucky to Maine thousands of customers had no electricity because of downed Power lines and record demand for heat. The cold also froze pipes and cracked water Mains i opened my eyes this morning looked out the door and said Nof " lamented Ron Vogel a Utility trouble shooter in Linden . The Tennessee Valley authority expected an All time Power demand wednesday eclipsing its record of24,627 megawatts on dec. 22,1989. Mayor Bill Campbell asked Atlanta residents hot to Bathe wednesday after three pipes supplying the City with water from the Chattahoochee River broke. Hotels and shelters were full in 3-degree Manches ten n.h., so Roger Sasseville threw More logs onto the fire and huddled in blankets with his family in their powerless be got the refrigerator door open to keep the food cold Sasseville said eyeing the thermometer i their living room. It s Down to 55 and this thing does t go any in Maine John Pawlina left his wife in labor pains for two hours and walked for an ambulance after their truck got stuck in the Snow around Midnight monday. Carol Pawlina gave birth in the Hospital to a healthy girl at 6 20 cold was a Boon to Farmers near the Mississippi River allowing them to bring heavy equipment Over ice and finish harvesting Fields left soggy by last summer s floods. Employees also weren t complaining at Psi towing in Milwaukee. It s about time. We be gone 15 year without a decent Winter and that what keeps us in business dispatcher Pat Rekowski said. Weather related deaths included 10 in Ohio seven in Georgia four each in new York Indiana and wis Consin three each in Virginia Pennsylvania and Ken Lucky two each in Iowa South Carolina North Carolina new Jersey Maine Illinois Oklahoma and Maryland and one each in Alabama new Hampshire Tennessee and West Virginia. Sage " f of of finding Cool ways to enjoy the cold Winter in Europe has its headaches but also its pleasures. On a Snow Fusto Mcd Moun ride their bikes without fear of traffic problems. At right a resourceful Berliner uses an Tain path near Urbana Spain three men become part of the postcard scenery As they umbrella to shield his three Wheeler during a Snow ride near the Brandenburg Gate
