US record snowfalls do little damage
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December 22, 2009, Tuesday
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A FIERCE weekend storm that dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers along the United States' east coast from Virginia to the northeastern New England states turned out not to be as bad as many had feared - and it may simply be leaving many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.
Residents mostly holed up for the weekend, then dug out from as much as 60 centimeters of snow to find sunny, mostly calm skies under a blanket of white unspoiled by cars and passers-by.
Neighbors shoveling snow in front of their homes on Sunday in the east side of Providence shrugged it off as a mild inconvenience that had the decency to come on a weekend.
"It's less of a disruption," said Chloe Kline, a 35-year-old musician. "I don't have to get out to go to school or work or anything like that."
To the south, others struggled with the aftermath of the storm that stranded hundreds of motorists in Virginia and knocked out power to thousands, but could have been much worse.
The storm dropped 40 centimeters of snow on Saturday on Reagan National Airport outside Washington - the most for a single December day - and gave southern New Jersey its highest single-storm snowfall in nearly four years.
Nearly 28 centimeters fell on New York City.
Pragmatic New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg encouraged people to take advantage of cancellations by seeing a Broadway show.
Residents mostly holed up for the weekend, then dug out from as much as 60 centimeters of snow to find sunny, mostly calm skies under a blanket of white unspoiled by cars and passers-by.
Neighbors shoveling snow in front of their homes on Sunday in the east side of Providence shrugged it off as a mild inconvenience that had the decency to come on a weekend.
"It's less of a disruption," said Chloe Kline, a 35-year-old musician. "I don't have to get out to go to school or work or anything like that."
To the south, others struggled with the aftermath of the storm that stranded hundreds of motorists in Virginia and knocked out power to thousands, but could have been much worse.
The storm dropped 40 centimeters of snow on Saturday on Reagan National Airport outside Washington - the most for a single December day - and gave southern New Jersey its highest single-storm snowfall in nearly four years.
Nearly 28 centimeters fell on New York City.
Pragmatic New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg encouraged people to take advantage of cancellations by seeing a Broadway show.
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