3/7/2008
1:13:00 PM
Clinton County under a Level 2 Snow EmergencyLEVEL 2: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Only those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the roads. Contact your employer to see if you should report to work.
March 8, 2008
Fremont, Ohio
Photographer states :: Fremont Blizzard
This has been the third day in a row that the Midwest is under heavy snow. Now the east coast may experience flooding. Hello?
Ohio Valley Socked by Blizzard; East Coast May Flood (Update1)
By Nancy Kercheval and Linda Shen
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- A winter blizzard with wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour moved through the Ohio Valley after dumping as much as 18 inches of snow in Arkansas, as areas east of the Appalachian Mountains braced for flooding.
Snow and ice shut down Cleveland Hopkins International Airport today until tomorrow, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Thunderstorms and fog are causing delays of two to four hours for flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York, Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, according to the FAA Web site.
New York's Long Island and southern Connecticut are expecting as much as 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain before the storms move out, the National Weather Service reported.
``Overall, this might be one of the worst storms this season,'' said meteorologist Michael Sager at AccuWeather.Com in State College, Pennsylvania. ``Other storms had more tornadoes or more snowfall, but this one has a little bit of everything.''
The ground, already saturated from rainfall earlier this week, and streams and rivers -- nearing overflow levels from rainfall and melting snow -- will contribute to the threat of flooding along the Interstate-95 corridor from the mid-Atlantic region to Maine, according to AccuWeather.com.
Whiteouts
The possibility of tornadoes dissipated by midday, Sager said. At least 15 tornadoes were reported yesterday when severe storms hit the southeastern states including Florida and South Carolina....
My, my.
