WKN Weer, Klimaat en Natuurrampen
Lees alles over het onstuimige weer op onze planeet, volg orkanen en tornado's, zie hoe vulkanen uitbarsten en hoe Moeder Aarde beeft bij een aardbeving. Alles over de verwoestende kracht van onze planeet en tal van andere natuurverschijnselen.
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Hier wat recente foto's trouwens van de sneeuw afgelopen week. Op dit moment ligt er alweer een laagje (gister was bijna alles weggesmolten) en het sneeuwt nog steeds, grote dikke vlokken.
Hier wat recente foto's trouwens van de sneeuw afgelopen week. Op dit moment ligt er alweer een laagje (gister was bijna alles weggesmolten) en het sneeuwt nog steeds, grote dikke vlokken.
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
Record-Setting Storm Pounds East, Causing Flooding and Power Outages click
April 16, 2007
USA Today
April 16, 2007
USA Today
quote:NEW YORK (AP) — A fierce spring nor'easter that stretched from Florida to Maine drenched the New York City area, causing heavy flooding that canceled school Monday, forced people to evacuate and slowed the soggy morning commute.
Deadly storm lingers in Northeast
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- Floodwaters swirled through low-lying communities, but commuters had an easier time Tuesday as remnants of a deadly spring storm lingered in the Northeast for a third day.
The nor'easter left a huge swath of devastation, from the beaches of South Carolina to the mountains of Maine. It knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and was blamed for at least 15 deaths nationwide.
Showers lingered Tuesday, and forecasters said the system wouldn't move out entirely for another day. Flood warnings remained posted in parts of New Jersey and eastern New York. (Watch the New York storm surge demonstrate the nor'easter's dangers )
More than 170,000 utility customers were without power in North Carolina alone. Utilities in New Hampshire said repairs were going slowly because of continued flooding, washed-out roads and the storm's broad reach, which meant other utilities couldn't send spare crews to help.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the New York area's airports were operating normally Tuesday, a day after about 600 flights were canceled.
The storm dumped up to 9 inches of rain on parts of New Jersey on Monday, and more than 8 inches fell on New York City's Central Park. The park's Sunday total, 7 ½ inches, quadrupled the 101-year-old record for April 15.
New Jersey was placed under a state of emergency and more than 1,400 residents were evacuated -- many by boat. (Watch I-Report video of Hoboken, New Jersey, residents escaping floodwaters )
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey said he expects the state to qualify for federal assistance to recover from the storm.
"We're going to well exceed it [the federal aid threshold], without question," Codey said.
The storm was especially harsh in Bound Brook, where five homes burned down after fire crews could not reach the buildings because of floodwaters.
The Raritan River was more than 10 feet above flood stage in Bound Brook late Monday and was not expected to return to below flood stage before Tuesday afternoon.
The river overran Route 18 in New Brunswick, forcing Rutgers University to cancel Tuesday classes at its New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses.
Dale Johnson said he and his girlfriend fled their second-story apartment through swirling, waist-deep water. They sought shelter at the Presbyterian Church of Bound Brook, where more than 100 cots were set up.
"I want to move out. I can't take it after this one," said Johnson, 48, noting that it was his third evacuation. The community also was hard hit by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
New Jersey Transit, particularly affected during Monday's commute, had trains running close to schedule Tuesday, but trains were skipping certain stations because of flooding. A section of the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark Liberty Airport remained closed.
In New York's Orange County, where hundreds of residents had been forced from their homes, some roads remained closed Tuesday morning.
In New Hampshire, more than 5,000 people were evacuated from 13 communities and more than 400 roads were closed because of flooding, Gov. John Lynch said. A mudslide blocked the state's main east-west route.
Winds blew loose the boards protecting oceanfront windows at Hampton Beach, shattering windows and flinging merchandise into the street. Waves crashed over the sea wall at high tide. Residents reported up to 5 feet of water gushing into their front doors.
"We went to look, but the wind was so strong that you couldn't walk," said Linda Pepin of Bristol, Connecticut, who owns a second-floor condominium less than 50 feet from the shore.
Snow fell in inland areas, including 17 inches in Vermont. Wind gusts to more than 80 mph toppled trees on highways in Maine, and snow drifts stranded tractor-trailers on highways in Pennsylvania. Washouts, flooding, mudslides and fallen trees blocked roads from Kentucky to New England.
Amtrak's Downeaster suspended service in Maine because tracks were washed out in Berwick. Flooding delayed or canceled Amtrak service between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington.
New York had activated 3,200 National Guard members to help with evacuations. New Hampshire and New Jersey also sent Guardsmen to hard-hit towns, while the Connecticut National Guard supplied amphibious vehicles to the hard-hit southwestern part of the state.
Suburbs north of New York City were among the hardest hit. Mamaroneck resident Nicholas Staropoli said a truck near his home "actually floated up on the riverbank."
In Maine, a woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter died when they were swept into a river by the fast-moving floodwaters as they tried to cross a washed-out section of road in Lebanon, near the New Hampshire line, the Maine Warden Service reported. Rescuers pulled two people from the Little River, but they were pronounced dead at a hospital.
A man died in a car stalled in deep water in an underpass in New Jersey, while another drowned in a flooded street. Another person was killed by a tornado in South Carolina, and three died in car accidents -- one in upstate New York, one in Connecticut and one in North Carolina. The same storm was blamed for five deaths earlier in Texas and Kansas.
Runners in the Boston Marathon on Monday had to compete amid moderate rain and wind that made the final homestretch to Copley Square a particular challenge.
The storm was expected to turn into the worst of its kind since the December 1992 nor'easter that caused millions of dollars worth of damage to buildings, boardwalks and beaches.
CNN
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- Floodwaters swirled through low-lying communities, but commuters had an easier time Tuesday as remnants of a deadly spring storm lingered in the Northeast for a third day.
The nor'easter left a huge swath of devastation, from the beaches of South Carolina to the mountains of Maine. It knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and was blamed for at least 15 deaths nationwide.
Showers lingered Tuesday, and forecasters said the system wouldn't move out entirely for another day. Flood warnings remained posted in parts of New Jersey and eastern New York. (Watch the New York storm surge demonstrate the nor'easter's dangers )
More than 170,000 utility customers were without power in North Carolina alone. Utilities in New Hampshire said repairs were going slowly because of continued flooding, washed-out roads and the storm's broad reach, which meant other utilities couldn't send spare crews to help.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the New York area's airports were operating normally Tuesday, a day after about 600 flights were canceled.
The storm dumped up to 9 inches of rain on parts of New Jersey on Monday, and more than 8 inches fell on New York City's Central Park. The park's Sunday total, 7 ½ inches, quadrupled the 101-year-old record for April 15.
New Jersey was placed under a state of emergency and more than 1,400 residents were evacuated -- many by boat. (Watch I-Report video of Hoboken, New Jersey, residents escaping floodwaters )
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey said he expects the state to qualify for federal assistance to recover from the storm.
"We're going to well exceed it [the federal aid threshold], without question," Codey said.
The storm was especially harsh in Bound Brook, where five homes burned down after fire crews could not reach the buildings because of floodwaters.
The Raritan River was more than 10 feet above flood stage in Bound Brook late Monday and was not expected to return to below flood stage before Tuesday afternoon.
The river overran Route 18 in New Brunswick, forcing Rutgers University to cancel Tuesday classes at its New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses.
Dale Johnson said he and his girlfriend fled their second-story apartment through swirling, waist-deep water. They sought shelter at the Presbyterian Church of Bound Brook, where more than 100 cots were set up.
"I want to move out. I can't take it after this one," said Johnson, 48, noting that it was his third evacuation. The community also was hard hit by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
New Jersey Transit, particularly affected during Monday's commute, had trains running close to schedule Tuesday, but trains were skipping certain stations because of flooding. A section of the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark Liberty Airport remained closed.
In New York's Orange County, where hundreds of residents had been forced from their homes, some roads remained closed Tuesday morning.
In New Hampshire, more than 5,000 people were evacuated from 13 communities and more than 400 roads were closed because of flooding, Gov. John Lynch said. A mudslide blocked the state's main east-west route.
Winds blew loose the boards protecting oceanfront windows at Hampton Beach, shattering windows and flinging merchandise into the street. Waves crashed over the sea wall at high tide. Residents reported up to 5 feet of water gushing into their front doors.
"We went to look, but the wind was so strong that you couldn't walk," said Linda Pepin of Bristol, Connecticut, who owns a second-floor condominium less than 50 feet from the shore.
Snow fell in inland areas, including 17 inches in Vermont. Wind gusts to more than 80 mph toppled trees on highways in Maine, and snow drifts stranded tractor-trailers on highways in Pennsylvania. Washouts, flooding, mudslides and fallen trees blocked roads from Kentucky to New England.
Amtrak's Downeaster suspended service in Maine because tracks were washed out in Berwick. Flooding delayed or canceled Amtrak service between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington.
New York had activated 3,200 National Guard members to help with evacuations. New Hampshire and New Jersey also sent Guardsmen to hard-hit towns, while the Connecticut National Guard supplied amphibious vehicles to the hard-hit southwestern part of the state.
Suburbs north of New York City were among the hardest hit. Mamaroneck resident Nicholas Staropoli said a truck near his home "actually floated up on the riverbank."
In Maine, a woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter died when they were swept into a river by the fast-moving floodwaters as they tried to cross a washed-out section of road in Lebanon, near the New Hampshire line, the Maine Warden Service reported. Rescuers pulled two people from the Little River, but they were pronounced dead at a hospital.
A man died in a car stalled in deep water in an underpass in New Jersey, while another drowned in a flooded street. Another person was killed by a tornado in South Carolina, and three died in car accidents -- one in upstate New York, one in Connecticut and one in North Carolina. The same storm was blamed for five deaths earlier in Texas and Kansas.
Runners in the Boston Marathon on Monday had to compete amid moderate rain and wind that made the final homestretch to Copley Square a particular challenge.
The storm was expected to turn into the worst of its kind since the December 1992 nor'easter that caused millions of dollars worth of damage to buildings, boardwalks and beaches.
CNN
Uniek noodweer treft New England
Het noodweer dat afgelopen weekend huishield in het midden van de Verenigde Staten heeft in het oosten aan drie mensen het leven gekost. Het noodweer ging gepaard met regen, sneeuw en wind tot orkaankracht. In New York JFK daalde de luchtdruk tot 968,5 hPa tijdens de storm.
In Central Park in New York werd de grootste hoeveelheid regen gemeten sinds 1882. Hier viel in 24 uur tijd 192 millimeter neerslag. In totaal viel hier 214 millimeter. In Riverdale (New Yersey) viel in totaal 236 millimeter neerslag. In Vermont, de staat New York en in New Hampshire lag na de sneeuwstorm plaatselijk meer dan 40 centimeter sneeuw. Blue Mountain Lake in New York meldde 48 centimeter.
In Maine werden windstoten tot 130 kilometer per uur gemeten. Op Mount Washington zelfs tot 250 kilometer per uur. Het totale noodweer koste uiteindelijk aan 15 mensen het leven.
Ook in Canada was het raak. In Ontario en Quebec viel 40 centimeter sneeuw tijdens de sneeuwstorm. Hier kwamen ook drie mensen om het leven en raakten 11 mensen gewond bij verkeersongelukken.
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Het noodweer dat afgelopen weekend huishield in het midden van de Verenigde Staten heeft in het oosten aan drie mensen het leven gekost. Het noodweer ging gepaard met regen, sneeuw en wind tot orkaankracht. In New York JFK daalde de luchtdruk tot 968,5 hPa tijdens de storm.
In Central Park in New York werd de grootste hoeveelheid regen gemeten sinds 1882. Hier viel in 24 uur tijd 192 millimeter neerslag. In totaal viel hier 214 millimeter. In Riverdale (New Yersey) viel in totaal 236 millimeter neerslag. In Vermont, de staat New York en in New Hampshire lag na de sneeuwstorm plaatselijk meer dan 40 centimeter sneeuw. Blue Mountain Lake in New York meldde 48 centimeter.
In Maine werden windstoten tot 130 kilometer per uur gemeten. Op Mount Washington zelfs tot 250 kilometer per uur. Het totale noodweer koste uiteindelijk aan 15 mensen het leven.
Ook in Canada was het raak. In Ontario en Quebec viel 40 centimeter sneeuw tijdens de sneeuwstorm. Hier kwamen ook drie mensen om het leven en raakten 11 mensen gewond bij verkeersongelukken.
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Winterverwachting voor de VS
quote:Winter VS zal zacht verlopen
Een winterverwachting voor de Verenigde Staten die vorige week door de NOAA werd uitgegeven, laat zien dat de VS een zachte winter gaan beleven. Alleen het noordwesten maakt kans op een normale winter.
Daarmee zegt NOAA dat de eerder gedane verwachting voor een milde winter wordt gesteund. Het zuiden van de VS krijgt ook te maken met aanhoudende droogte.
Ook de meteorologen van Accuweather hebben een winterverwachting opgesteld. Het oosten van de VS krijgt volgens hun te maken met een zachtere winter dan die van vorig jaar. Ze spreken vooral hun zorgen uit voor het zuidoosten waar sprake is van aanhoudende droogte. Ook gedurende de komende winter.
Eerste winterse situatie in VS
Delen van het merengebied in de Verenigde Staten hebben te maken gehad met de eerste sneeuwval van het seizoen. Plaatselijk viel 20 centimeter.
De sneeuw viel in een aantal plaatsen rondom Lake Erie. De sneeuw werd veroorzaakt door een lagedrukgebied boven het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten. Het westen van de staat New York en Pennsylvania kregen met de sneeuw te maken.
Dinsdag viel in Waterford 20 centimeter in 12 uur tijd. Dit ging gepaard met de gebruikelijke ongemakken als slippartijen en het uitvallen van elektriciteit. De sneeuwval werd gestimuleerd doordat de lucht over het relatief warme water werd aangevoerd.
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Delen van het merengebied in de Verenigde Staten hebben te maken gehad met de eerste sneeuwval van het seizoen. Plaatselijk viel 20 centimeter.
De sneeuw viel in een aantal plaatsen rondom Lake Erie. De sneeuw werd veroorzaakt door een lagedrukgebied boven het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten. Het westen van de staat New York en Pennsylvania kregen met de sneeuw te maken.
Dinsdag viel in Waterford 20 centimeter in 12 uur tijd. Dit ging gepaard met de gebruikelijke ongemakken als slippartijen en het uitvallen van elektriciteit. De sneeuwval werd gestimuleerd doordat de lucht over het relatief warme water werd aangevoerd.
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Winterstorm treft Verenigde Staten
Delen van de Verenigde Staten beleven de tweede winterstorm van het seizoen. De meeste sneeuw wordt verwacht voor het noordoosten van het land.
Achter een lagedrukgebied bij de Rocky Mountains stroomt koude Canadese lucht naar het zuiden. Regen, ijzel en sneeuw valt in een groot gebied van de Verenigde Staten.
De sneeuw is welkom voor de skipistes in de Rocky Mountains. Sommige zijn door gebrek aan sneeuw nog niet geopend. Zaterdagochtend was in Colorado 71 centimeter verse sneeuw gevallen. Maar ook in het lager gelegen Michigan viel 30 centimeter.
Nebraska en Iowa lagen zaterdagochtend volledig onder het ijzelgebied. In Kansas werd plaatselijk 12 millimeter neerslag afgetapt door ijzel. De komende dagen krijgt New England te maken met winters weer.
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Delen van de Verenigde Staten beleven de tweede winterstorm van het seizoen. De meeste sneeuw wordt verwacht voor het noordoosten van het land.
Achter een lagedrukgebied bij de Rocky Mountains stroomt koude Canadese lucht naar het zuiden. Regen, ijzel en sneeuw valt in een groot gebied van de Verenigde Staten.
De sneeuw is welkom voor de skipistes in de Rocky Mountains. Sommige zijn door gebrek aan sneeuw nog niet geopend. Zaterdagochtend was in Colorado 71 centimeter verse sneeuw gevallen. Maar ook in het lager gelegen Michigan viel 30 centimeter.
Nebraska en Iowa lagen zaterdagochtend volledig onder het ijzelgebied. In Kansas werd plaatselijk 12 millimeter neerslag afgetapt door ijzel. De komende dagen krijgt New England te maken met winters weer.
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[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door #ANONIEM op 01-12-2007 21:25:21 ]
Stormpje op komst, ook hier in Michigan.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Hmm, waar ik over een weekje naartoe ga krijgen ze vannacht ook een cm of 20 sneeuw:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAON0658
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAON0658
Ik kan het je wel uitleggen maar het niet voor je begrijpen........
http://www.rtl.nl/videotext/rtl4/pag120/01
Wat een toeval :-)
ps: ik wilde eigenlijk alleen de foto hier neerzetten maar krijg dat niet voor elkaar, vandaar alleen de link.... :-(
Wat een toeval :-)
ps: ik wilde eigenlijk alleen de foto hier neerzetten maar krijg dat niet voor elkaar, vandaar alleen de link.... :-(
Ik kan het je wel uitleggen maar het niet voor je begrijpen........
6-8" morgennacht hier, als het goed is. Leuk! 
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"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
ALBANY, N.Y.
Drivers in much of the Northeast navigated a treacherous mix of rain, sleet and snow Monday as a storm blamed for at least 14 deaths slid through the region after pounding the Upper Midwest.
Schools canceled or delayed classes from New York to Maine as highways turned slippery and wind gusted to 40 mph in parts of the region.
The speed limit on part of the Massachusetts Turnpike was cut to 40 mph as police reported numerous traffic accidents around the state during the morning commute. States put hundreds of plows on the roads, including about 650 in New Hampshire alone.
Most courts in Maine closed for the day and Gov. John Baldacci considered sending state workers home early. Communities around the state imposed parking bans for Monday and Tuesday to make way for snowplows.
"It's snowing so hard you can hardly keep your eyes open," said Bill Swain, spokesman for Maine's Sugarloaf USA ski area in Carrabassett Valley.
The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine and a foot in northern New York's central Adirondacks and Lake George region.
Ice storm warnings were issued for Massachusetts and Connecticut, and winter storm warnings were in effect in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and northern and western New York.
The heavy snow and wind discouraged hikers at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center in Crawford Notch, N.H., Maeve Lugris said at the center's front desk. "Today would be at the discretion of our guide whether they felt confident taking people out due to the wind chill factor," Lugris said.
Air travel was disrupted Monday at the Portland International Jetport in Maine as flights were canceled because of poor conditions at connecting airports.
Hundreds of flights into the New York City area's three main airports Kennedy, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia ; were delayed as long as two hours Sunday by wind and ice, and hundreds of flights were canceled Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare.
Airliners slid off slippery pavement during the weekend at airports in Syracuse, N.Y.; Des Moines, Iowa, and Madison, Wis. No one was injured.
Minnesota's Grand Marais, on Lake Superior's North Shore, got 20 inches of snow Saturday, according to the weather service. However, Grand Marais roads were already cleared Sunday, said Jane Shinners, owner of the downtown Harbor Inn.
Before the storm hit the Plains and Midwest, it dumped about 3 feet of snow in one mountain area in western Colorado. Silverton Mountain ski resort had to postpone Sunday's scheduled season opener for a day because of the storm.
Icy or wet pavement was blamed for four deaths in Michigan, three in Wisconsin, two in New Jersey and one each in Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Dakota and Colorado. One of the New Jersey deaths occurred during the night in a 15-car pileup that also injured 28 people, police said.
Elsewhere, a separate storm raked the Oregon and Washington coasts with wind gusting higher than 100 mph in some spots and surf reported 45 feet high. The Washington State Patrol said most major roads were closed in two coastal counties Monday morning, and 33,000 customers were reported without electricity.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314607,00.html
Drivers in much of the Northeast navigated a treacherous mix of rain, sleet and snow Monday as a storm blamed for at least 14 deaths slid through the region after pounding the Upper Midwest.
Schools canceled or delayed classes from New York to Maine as highways turned slippery and wind gusted to 40 mph in parts of the region.
The speed limit on part of the Massachusetts Turnpike was cut to 40 mph as police reported numerous traffic accidents around the state during the morning commute. States put hundreds of plows on the roads, including about 650 in New Hampshire alone.
Most courts in Maine closed for the day and Gov. John Baldacci considered sending state workers home early. Communities around the state imposed parking bans for Monday and Tuesday to make way for snowplows.
"It's snowing so hard you can hardly keep your eyes open," said Bill Swain, spokesman for Maine's Sugarloaf USA ski area in Carrabassett Valley.
The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine and a foot in northern New York's central Adirondacks and Lake George region.
Ice storm warnings were issued for Massachusetts and Connecticut, and winter storm warnings were in effect in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and northern and western New York.
The heavy snow and wind discouraged hikers at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center in Crawford Notch, N.H., Maeve Lugris said at the center's front desk. "Today would be at the discretion of our guide whether they felt confident taking people out due to the wind chill factor," Lugris said.
Air travel was disrupted Monday at the Portland International Jetport in Maine as flights were canceled because of poor conditions at connecting airports.
Hundreds of flights into the New York City area's three main airports Kennedy, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia ; were delayed as long as two hours Sunday by wind and ice, and hundreds of flights were canceled Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare.
Airliners slid off slippery pavement during the weekend at airports in Syracuse, N.Y.; Des Moines, Iowa, and Madison, Wis. No one was injured.
Minnesota's Grand Marais, on Lake Superior's North Shore, got 20 inches of snow Saturday, according to the weather service. However, Grand Marais roads were already cleared Sunday, said Jane Shinners, owner of the downtown Harbor Inn.
Before the storm hit the Plains and Midwest, it dumped about 3 feet of snow in one mountain area in western Colorado. Silverton Mountain ski resort had to postpone Sunday's scheduled season opener for a day because of the storm.
Icy or wet pavement was blamed for four deaths in Michigan, three in Wisconsin, two in New Jersey and one each in Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Dakota and Colorado. One of the New Jersey deaths occurred during the night in a 15-car pileup that also injured 28 people, police said.
Elsewhere, a separate storm raked the Oregon and Washington coasts with wind gusting higher than 100 mph in some spots and surf reported 45 feet high. The Washington State Patrol said most major roads were closed in two coastal counties Monday morning, and 33,000 customers were reported without electricity.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314607,00.html
DES MOINES, Iowa — Much of America's center was in the icy grip of a deep freeze Tuesday that has been blamed for the deaths of at least 18 people and left more than 600,000 homes and businesses without power.
Trees snapped, flights were canceled and roads closed as the National Weather Service posted ice and winter storm warnings Tuesday for parts of the five states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.
The waves of frozen rain left at least 18 dead in Oklahoma and Missouri, with 15 of them killed on slick highways. Officials in Kansas and Oklahoma declared states of emergency.
About an inch of ice was expected over parts of Iowa, followed by up to 5 inches of sleet and snow. "It's a pretty good ice-maker," said Frank Boksa, a weather service forecaster.
Rain that started falling Monday evening was causing slushy conditions in the Kansas City metro area and farther south, where temperatures hovered around freezing.
"The predictions were pretty grim, and they're still not good at all," said Noelle Runyan, a weather service meteorologist. She warned that with ice of more than half an inch accumulating, power lines could come down across a wide area.
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Ice Storm Hits Oklahoma City At Kansas City International Airport, most incoming flights scheduled after 8 p.m. Monday (0200 GMT, Tuesday) were canceled, as were a few dozen departures.
Westar Energy, Kansas' largest electrical provider, said outages started spiking as temperatures dropped after 10 p.m. Monday (0400 GMT, Tuesday). Some 25,000 were without power.
Spokeswoman Gina Penzig said the company was prepared for the worst, calling in hundreds of line workers from states like Colorado and Nebraska — farther away than the utility normally goes to get additional help.
Oklahoma utilities said Monday that 500,000 customers were blacked out as power lines snapped under the weight of ice and falling trees — the biggest power outage in state history. Utilities in Missouri had more than 100,000 homes and business without power.
"This is a big one. We've got a massive situation here and it's probably going to be a week to 10 days before we get power on to everybody," said Ed Bettinger, a spokesman for Public Service Company. "It looks like a war zone."
Schools across Oklahoma were closed and some hospitals were relying on backup power generators. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers sent 50 generators and three truckloads of bottled water from Texas to distribute to blacked-out areas of Oklahoma.
Tulsa International Airport had no power for about 10 hours and halted flight operations for the day, and most morning flights at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City were canceled because of icy runways. Greyhound bus passengers were stranded overnight at a shelter in a church in Tulsa, and were joined by some local residents who had no heat.
Parts of two major roads were shut early Monday afternoon in Oklahoma City after ice-laden power lines collapsed and fell into the roadways.
The sound of branches snapping under the weight of ice echoed through Oklahoma City neighborhoods. "You can hear them falling everywhere," Lonnie Compton said Monday as he shoveled ice off his driveway. A large elm tree in his front yard had crashed onto his wife's sport utility vehicle.
At O'Hare International Airport, about 200 flights were canceled by late Monday, with delays of up to 45 minutes, said Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride. Fewer than a dozen flights were canceled at Midway Airport, and a handful of flights were delayed for up to an hour, she said.
Trees snapped, flights were canceled and roads closed as the National Weather Service posted ice and winter storm warnings Tuesday for parts of the five states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.
The waves of frozen rain left at least 18 dead in Oklahoma and Missouri, with 15 of them killed on slick highways. Officials in Kansas and Oklahoma declared states of emergency.
About an inch of ice was expected over parts of Iowa, followed by up to 5 inches of sleet and snow. "It's a pretty good ice-maker," said Frank Boksa, a weather service forecaster.
Rain that started falling Monday evening was causing slushy conditions in the Kansas City metro area and farther south, where temperatures hovered around freezing.
"The predictions were pretty grim, and they're still not good at all," said Noelle Runyan, a weather service meteorologist. She warned that with ice of more than half an inch accumulating, power lines could come down across a wide area.
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Ice Storm Hits Oklahoma City At Kansas City International Airport, most incoming flights scheduled after 8 p.m. Monday (0200 GMT, Tuesday) were canceled, as were a few dozen departures.
Westar Energy, Kansas' largest electrical provider, said outages started spiking as temperatures dropped after 10 p.m. Monday (0400 GMT, Tuesday). Some 25,000 were without power.
Spokeswoman Gina Penzig said the company was prepared for the worst, calling in hundreds of line workers from states like Colorado and Nebraska — farther away than the utility normally goes to get additional help.
Oklahoma utilities said Monday that 500,000 customers were blacked out as power lines snapped under the weight of ice and falling trees — the biggest power outage in state history. Utilities in Missouri had more than 100,000 homes and business without power.
"This is a big one. We've got a massive situation here and it's probably going to be a week to 10 days before we get power on to everybody," said Ed Bettinger, a spokesman for Public Service Company. "It looks like a war zone."
Schools across Oklahoma were closed and some hospitals were relying on backup power generators. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers sent 50 generators and three truckloads of bottled water from Texas to distribute to blacked-out areas of Oklahoma.
Tulsa International Airport had no power for about 10 hours and halted flight operations for the day, and most morning flights at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City were canceled because of icy runways. Greyhound bus passengers were stranded overnight at a shelter in a church in Tulsa, and were joined by some local residents who had no heat.
Parts of two major roads were shut early Monday afternoon in Oklahoma City after ice-laden power lines collapsed and fell into the roadways.
The sound of branches snapping under the weight of ice echoed through Oklahoma City neighborhoods. "You can hear them falling everywhere," Lonnie Compton said Monday as he shoveled ice off his driveway. A large elm tree in his front yard had crashed onto his wife's sport utility vehicle.
At O'Hare International Airport, about 200 flights were canceled by late Monday, with delays of up to 45 minutes, said Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride. Fewer than a dozen flights were canceled at Midway Airport, and a handful of flights were delayed for up to an hour, she said.
tsjah, mogen de grootste CO2 uitstoters er zelf ook eens iets van merkenquote:
"We meet every day at the same cafe, six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there."
Drie doden door ijzige koude en sneeuw in VS
WASHINGTON - Drie mensen zijn in het noordoosten van de VS omgekomen door verkeersongelukken als gevolg van zware sneeuwval. Twee doden vielen in de staat Michigan en een in Wisconsin.
Het noordoosten van de VS heeft te maken met hevige sneeuwstormen en delen kampen met 30 centimeter sneeuw.
Waarschuwingen
De Amerikaanse meteorologische dienst NWS vaardigde waarschuwingen uit voor winterstormen in onder meer de staten Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania en New York.
Veel snelwegen zijn bedekt onder een dikke laag ijs en sneeuw. Tweehonderd vluchten zijn zaterdag en zondag geschrapt in Chicago. Ruim 100.000 personen in Pennsylvania zaten zondag in het donker.
IJsstormen
De storm is de tweede binnen een week, nadat ijsstormen aan zeker 38 mensen het leven kostte in het midden van het land. De slachtoffers waren toen ook vooral in het verkeer gevallen.
WASHINGTON - Drie mensen zijn in het noordoosten van de VS omgekomen door verkeersongelukken als gevolg van zware sneeuwval. Twee doden vielen in de staat Michigan en een in Wisconsin.
Het noordoosten van de VS heeft te maken met hevige sneeuwstormen en delen kampen met 30 centimeter sneeuw.
Waarschuwingen
De Amerikaanse meteorologische dienst NWS vaardigde waarschuwingen uit voor winterstormen in onder meer de staten Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania en New York.
Veel snelwegen zijn bedekt onder een dikke laag ijs en sneeuw. Tweehonderd vluchten zijn zaterdag en zondag geschrapt in Chicago. Ruim 100.000 personen in Pennsylvania zaten zondag in het donker.
IJsstormen
De storm is de tweede binnen een week, nadat ijsstormen aan zeker 38 mensen het leven kostte in het midden van het land. De slachtoffers waren toen ook vooral in het verkeer gevallen.
Nieuwe sneeuwdepressie trekt over VS
Een depressie met plaatselijk zware sneeuw heeft opnieuw in de Verenigde Staten voor sneeuw gezorgd. De depressie is onderweg naar New England waar al meer dan 30 centimeter verse sneeuw ligt.
Ondertussen is 51 procent van de Verenigde Staten bedekt met een witte sneeuwlaag. Dit betreft voornamelijk de noordelijke helft van de Verenigde Staten, behalve Montana en de westkust. Het noordoosten en het merengebied kent de meeste sneeuwdikte met plaatselijk meer dan 50 centimeter sneeuw in de hogere delen.
Na de sneeuwdepressie van zaterdag is ook het noorden van Texas bedekt met sneeuw. Kansas en Nebraska kregen te maken met een nieuwe sneeuwlaag van 5 tot 10 centimeter dik. Op sommige plaatsen viel zaterdag 30 centimeter.
Oklahoma, Arkansas en Missouri bleven bespaard van sneeuw. Deze staten zijn herstellende van ijzel die de afgelopen week voor zeer veel overlast zorgde. In totaal kwamen - bij voornamelijk verkeersongelukken - 38 mensen om het leven.
Een depressie met plaatselijk zware sneeuw heeft opnieuw in de Verenigde Staten voor sneeuw gezorgd. De depressie is onderweg naar New England waar al meer dan 30 centimeter verse sneeuw ligt.
Ondertussen is 51 procent van de Verenigde Staten bedekt met een witte sneeuwlaag. Dit betreft voornamelijk de noordelijke helft van de Verenigde Staten, behalve Montana en de westkust. Het noordoosten en het merengebied kent de meeste sneeuwdikte met plaatselijk meer dan 50 centimeter sneeuw in de hogere delen.
Na de sneeuwdepressie van zaterdag is ook het noorden van Texas bedekt met sneeuw. Kansas en Nebraska kregen te maken met een nieuwe sneeuwlaag van 5 tot 10 centimeter dik. Op sommige plaatsen viel zaterdag 30 centimeter.
Oklahoma, Arkansas en Missouri bleven bespaard van sneeuw. Deze staten zijn herstellende van ijzel die de afgelopen week voor zeer veel overlast zorgde. In totaal kwamen - bij voornamelijk verkeersongelukken - 38 mensen om het leven.
Daar woon ik. Het is op de weg inderdaad erg verraderlijk. De sneeuwopruimdiensten zijn altijd prima voorbereid maar soms is het gewoon vechten tegen de bierkaai en heb je nooit alles op tijd schoon.quote:Op zondag 16 december 2007 22:16 schreef aloa het volgende:
Drie doden door ijzige koude en sneeuw in VS
WASHINGTON - Drie mensen zijn in het noordoosten van de VS omgekomen door verkeersongelukken als gevolg van zware sneeuwval. Twee doden vielen in de staat Michigan en een in Wisconsin.
Het noordoosten van de VS heeft te maken met hevige sneeuwstormen en delen kampen met 30 centimeter sneeuw.
Waarschuwingen
De Amerikaanse meteorologische dienst NWS vaardigde waarschuwingen uit voor winterstormen in onder meer de staten Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania en New York.
Veel snelwegen zijn bedekt onder een dikke laag ijs en sneeuw. Tweehonderd vluchten zijn zaterdag en zondag geschrapt in Chicago. Ruim 100.000 personen in Pennsylvania zaten zondag in het donker.
IJsstormen
De storm is de tweede binnen een week, nadat ijsstormen aan zeker 38 mensen het leven kostte in het midden van het land. De slachtoffers waren toen ook vooral in het verkeer gevallen.
Moet wel zeggen dat rijden in een laag van 30/40 cm sneeuw wel spannend is.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
In maart 2005 lag hier ook een 40 cm sneeuw. Een aantal probeerde het toch nog om te gaan rijden, wat niet echt een succes was.quote:Op zondag 16 december 2007 23:55 schreef popolon het volgende:
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Daar woon ik. Het is op de weg inderdaad erg verraderlijk. De sneeuwopruimdiensten zijn altijd prima voorbereid maar soms is het gewoon vechten tegen de bierkaai en heb je nooit alles op tijd schoon.
Moet wel zeggen dat rijden in een laag van 30/40 cm sneeuw wel spannend is.
A pre-winter blend of snow, sleet and freezing rain cut visibility and iced over highways from the Great Lakes to New England, dumping more than 10 inches of snow in parts of Michigan and Vermont, stranding air and road travelers and causing a jetliner to skid off a runway.
School districts across the region -- including Michigan's largest, in Detroit -- canceled classes Monday. Slippery roads were blamed for two traffic deaths over the weekend in Michigan, and one each in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Before the snowfall eased up Sunday night, 10 inches had fallen in Michigan's Ann Arbor, and a similar amount in Jackson County, the National Weather Service said.
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School districts across the region -- including Michigan's largest, in Detroit -- canceled classes Monday. Slippery roads were blamed for two traffic deaths over the weekend in Michigan, and one each in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Before the snowfall eased up Sunday night, 10 inches had fallen in Michigan's Ann Arbor, and a similar amount in Jackson County, the National Weather Service said.
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Veel Amerikanen al een week zonder stroom
quote:WASHINGTON - Een week na de zware storm met ijsregen zitten in de Amerikaanse staat Oklahoma nog steeds 100.000 mensen zonder stroom. De autoriteiten zijn er nog steeds niet in geslaagd de elektriciteitsleidingen te repareren die waren geknapt onder het gewicht van het ijs.
Dit heeft het tv-station CNN gemeld. Vorige week hadden tijdelijk 600.000 mensen zonder stroom gezeten. Door kou en ongelukken als gevolg van ijzel vielen achttien doden.
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quote:OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) -- An official with an electric cooperative in Kansas says the utility hopes everyone who lost power in the ice storm more than a week ago will have electricity back by Christmas.
1 of 2 But he said that may not be a realistic goal. About 24,000 rural customers in Kansas are still out.
More than 88,000 homes and businesses across the Midwest remained without power early Tuesday. Overnight temperatures in the past week have dipped into the teens.
Rebeca Rascon's two children were bundled up against the brisk wind when she went to report power was still off at her south Oklahoma City home.
Rascon speaks little English, but her 7-year-old son, Josue Velasquez, described the house Monday as "very cold."
"We've got eight days without lights," the boy said. "We just sit on the couch and wait for the lights to come on."
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Mid-December Snowstorm in United States
A major snow storm slid across the United States over the weekend of December 15, 2007, laying down ice and snow across the country from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. More than a foot of snow fell in some places, cancelling air travel and causing some states to forbid all but emergency vehicles from being on the roads. This was the second major storm to wallop the country’s mid-section in December; the first arrived at the start of the month.
As the storm moved toward the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the skies cleared over the Midwest on December 16, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite to capture these images of a wide swath of snow spanning the country’s mid-section. The top image is a photo-like view of the scene, while the bottom image uses visible, shortwave, and near-infrared light to make snow on the ground (bright blue) stand out from clouds (white) and vegetation (green). Lakes appear deep blue in this type of image.
The snow highlights the topography of the Rocky Mountains, which run north-south through the images in a series of sub-ranges from Idaho and Montana to New Mexico. The evergreen forests on their slopes appear dark brown in the top image, but green in the false-color version of the scene. Near the center of the image, the dark blue ribbon of the Missouri River cuts through South Dakota, the river widening in places in a series of reservoirs. Near the lower right of the false-image, standing water (or water-saturated ground) in the Mississippi River alluvial plain appears light blue.
