KNEE-DEEP SNOW IMMOBILIZES EAST\Blizzard kills 19, knocks out utilities, shuts down roads, airports.Byline: Roger Petterson Associated Press One of the worst blizzards to hit the East in 70 years paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. much of the region Sunday, piling up knee-deep snow that shut down airports, made truckers give up and even closed the doors at Wal-Mart. Most state offices were ordered closed today in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. closed its schools for the first time since 1978, and the United Nations told some 10,000 workers to stay home. At least 19 people died, and thousands were without heat and light. "We are stranded big-time," said Neva Runyon at remote Hardy in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Almost 2 feet of snow covered the ground by mid-Sunday, and a deputy had to hike to her house with a delivery of special formula for her 5-month-old son. Thousands of travelers were stranded at airports, bus terminals and highway rest stops. USAir said it canceled about 1,100 flights serving airports from Washington north to Boston. States of emergency were declared in all or parts of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, New York Maryland is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,920 at the 2000 census. The Town of Maryland is on the county's south border, and was named for the U.S. state of the same name. , New Jersey and Delaware, sending hundreds of National Guardsmen out to help. At least 19 deaths were blamed on the storm, including two in Ohio, and one each in Washington, West Virginia Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wood County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,170 at the 2000 census. The CDP is home to the Washington Works, one of the largest single facilities of chemicals manufacturing giant DuPont. , Virginia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . The snow piled up as an intense low-pressure area sucked in moisture from the Atlantic and combined it with arctic cold. Blizzard and heavy snow warnings were posted from Kentucky into Connecticut, the National Weather Service said. More than 2 feet was likely in northern Virginia, Washington and Maryland. There hadn't been that much snow in the area since January 1922, when 24.7 inches fell at Baltimore, the Weather Service said. Philadelphia had a record 22.5 inches by nightfall. Cab driver cab·driv·er also cab driver n. One who drives a taxicab for hire. cab driver n → taxista m/f cab driver n → Sam Winder, who called himself "the toughest of the tough," said even he had to give up and get off the road after six runs to the Philadelphia airport. "Too crazy out there," said Winder, 54, "You can't see spit out the windshield." CAPTION(S): PHOTO Phil Russ pulls his daughter Victoria, 6, on a sled Sunday past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Knight-Ridder Tribune Photo Service |
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