Friday, February 5, 2010

Airlines Canceld Flights in the Mid-Atlantic Regions

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The severe storm hit the United States Atlantic on Saturday, and dumping large amounts of snow, and make travel to fall asleep.
Snowfall totals from 20 to 30 inches (51 to 76 cm) and is expected from Virginia to southern New Jersey on Saturday night when the storm is expected to go to the sea.
About 10 inches (25 centimeters of snow had fallen by 1 am local time (0600 GMT) in Washington, DC, and local meteorologists said the storm could bring the heaviest snowfall in 90 years in the Washington area.
Strong winds caused blizzard conditions, especially along the Atlantic coast, with winds to 40 miles (64 kilometers per hour.
Most of the flights were canceled Saturday in Washington and three in the Baltimore area in major airports, Philadelphia International Airport.
Leadership in the region seriously and authorities advised drivers to stay away from roads.
Service Washington subway train will operate only on Saturday and the bus service has been canceled.
Amtrak canceled a number of trains on Saturday between Washington and New York, and between Washington and some places in the south.

Thousands of houses and cut off electricity in the Washington area and heavy wet snow and heavy trees and power lines.
The storm brought the closure of schools and long lines at the supermarket on Friday and rushed Frantic residents of the area to store food and other supplies before the weekend to see the traditional Super Bowl Sunday, a football game.
Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, each declared snow emergencies, allowing them to activate the emergency agencies, including the National Guard to help in the preparation of an attack in the winter and face the consequences.
Storm government offices in the United States in the Washington area to close for four hours Friday morning.
Smithsonian museums and National Zoo will close on Saturday in Washington.
Temperatures are unusually cold after the storm is expected next week in the northeast United States, which is the world's largest market for heating oil, Midwest, and the hub of demand for natural gas.
The field of cold helped to strengthen the New York market in natural gas in the winter Far on Friday, when prices reached about $ 11.50 per million British thermal units, on average, to over $ 4 for starting Thursday.
Chicago Spot gas rose 10 cents to more than $ 5.70. At the same time, heating oil was little changed.
"When we get through the storm the weekend, it will be cooler than the air, invaded the north-east and mid-Atlantic Ocean, and the outlook for a third of the north-east of the country next week and looking a lot cooler than normal," said Jim Rouiller, meteorologist with private forecaster Planalytics change energy.
The same weather system brought heavy rains in parts of south-eastern United States, including the Carolina and Georgia, while a new feed with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.

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