– Nor’easter blasts millions with snow, wind and bitter cold (CNN Jan 3, 2014):
An onslaught of fast-falling snow, whipping winds and bitter cold socked parts of the Northeast on Thursday, spurring a slew of travel woes, highway closures and worries that the headaches will only get worse as temperatures fall further.
This kind of weather, this time of year, in this region is nothing new: Connecticut’s governor, for instance, noted the snow totals won’t come close to the 40 inches that buried parts of his state last February.
At the same time, by Thursday night, it was already causing a mess — whether you were waiting at an airport, had skidded off a road or were stuck at home hoping that your lights and perhaps your heat wouldn’t suddenly stop working.
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