Feb. 6, 2010
Top Five Snow Storm in History (Hopefully) Skirts Huntington
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Washington, D.C. politicians will be seeing white this weekend in the nation’s capital. Depending upon the prediction, The Weather Channel has pronounced that the storm making its way up the East Coast may rank among history’s Top Five.
D.C. has a blizzard warning in place and their heavy wet snow expectations are in feet not inches. The same for other major cities such as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and those in North Carolina which will receive snowfalls and wind capable of disrupting electrical power. In fact, D.C.’s public transportation systems have announced closures, except for trains that run underground.
As of 11 p.m. Friday evening, AEP had reported increasing outages in Virginia, but less than 1% of customers in West Virginia. Areas impacted in the Mountain State included Beckley, Bluefield and Wyoming County. However, the AEP continues growing hourly. 6.7% or 35,500 customers have lost power in Virginia. WV’s total is at 11 p.m. under 3,000.
Blowing snow, icing, slush and other travel challenging conditions will continue until at least Saturday evening.
The snowiest storm in history was 28 inches; the current storm may bring up to thirty inches to D.C., according to a representative from NOWA.
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Top Five Snow Storm in History (Hopefully) Skirts Huntington
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Washington, D.C. politicians will be seeing white this weekend in the nation’s capital. Depending upon the prediction, The Weather Channel has pronounced that the storm making its way up the East Coast may rank among history’s Top Five.
D.C. has a blizzard warning in place and their heavy wet snow expectations are in feet not inches. The same for other major cities such as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and those in North Carolina which will receive snowfalls and wind capable of disrupting electrical power. In fact, D.C.’s public transportation systems have announced closures, except for trains that run underground.
As of 11 p.m. Friday evening, AEP had reported increasing outages in Virginia, but less than 1% of customers in West Virginia. Areas impacted in the Mountain State included Beckley, Bluefield and Wyoming County. However, the AEP continues growing hourly. 6.7% or 35,500 customers have lost power in Virginia. WV’s total is at 11 p.m. under 3,000.
Blowing snow, icing, slush and other travel challenging conditions will continue until at least Saturday evening.
The snowiest storm in history was 28 inches; the current storm may bring up to thirty inches to D.C., according to a representative from NOWA.
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