{"id":42700,"date":"2019-01-13T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42700"},"modified":"2019-01-13T19:20:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:20:15","slug":"a-massive-winter-storm-buries-parts-of-the-us-kills-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42700","title":{"rendered":"A Massive Winter Storm Buries Parts Of The US, Kills Seven\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-01-13\/massive-winter-storm-buries-parts-us-kills-seven\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">A Massive Winter Storm Buries Parts Of The US, Kills Seven\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"2355\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"2355\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>After what was a quiet but abnormally warm start to 2019,\u00a0a\u00a0severe winter storm has left seven people dead as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2019\/01\/13\/Winter-storm-moves-east-leaves-thousands-without-power-on-Atlantic-coast\/2051547395520\/\">charged<\/a> across the Midwestern US, striking\u00a0the Mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/winter%20hell%20storm%20.jpg?itok=-q-JiZl0\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/winter%20hell%20storm%20.jpg?itok=-q-JiZl0\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/winter%20hell%20storm%20.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/winter%20hell%20storm%20.jpg?itok=-q-JiZl0 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b23abd93-56a3-42cf-8fb6-8868d139f014\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By late\u00a0Saturday night, the storm\u00a0had shifted over the\u00a0Virginia,\u00a0Washington, D.C., and Baltimore region,\u00a0where\u00a04 to 7 inches of snow is\u00a0on the ground\/<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/nws%20dc%3Abalt.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/nws%20dc%3Abalt.jpg?itok=_F55NM_k 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"981e000a-ae85-45fb-954c-a5b2e28dc460\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weather models\u00a0suggest the\u00a0<em>snow<\/em>\u00a0could get\u00a0heavier\u00a0around 2:30 p.m. for a few hours, especially in the\u00a0Washington metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Weather Prediction Center (WPC)\u00a0warned that freezing rain would also be\u00a0a big concern for the region into the overnight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">A winter storm will shift east off the Carolina coast through today. Heavy snow will continue over portions of the Mid-Atlantic while freezing rain is expected for the western Carolinas into southern Virginia. The snow and ice will contribute to slick travel into tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7DPWMuaa5x\">pic.twitter.com\/7DPWMuaa5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS (@NWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWS\/status\/1084441722657169408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2019\/january\/headline-837777-en.html\">\u00a0declared a state of emergency<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday in\u00a0anticipation of the storm.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am declaring a state of emergency\u00a0in order to\u00a0prepare and coordinate the Commonwealth&#8217;s response to anticipated winter storm impacts, including snow and ice accumulations, transportation issues, and power outages,&#8221;\u00a0said Northam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The state of emergency allows officials to &#8220;mobilize resources and to deploy people and equipment to assist in response and recovery efforts,&#8221; according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis, which was pounded the hardest by the storm so far, recorded almost 11 inches, forcing\u00a0closures of\u00a0Interstates 44, 64 and 70 around the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/snow%20totals%20st.%20louis%20.jpg?itok=R5FNFWzN\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/snow%20totals%20st.%20louis%20.jpg?itok=R5FNFWzN\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/snow%20totals%20st.%20louis%20.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/snow%20totals%20st.%20louis%20.jpg?itok=R5FNFWzN 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5ed72f57-ed26-45d3-984e-8eabdbe43b1a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parts of central Missouri, around Harrisburg, recorded almost 20 inches of snow.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia, Missouri, saw more than one foot of snow,\u00a0more than doubling\u00a0a 109-year-old record for snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Massive Winter Storm Buries Parts Of The US, Kills Seven\u00a0 After what was a quiet but abnormally warm start to 2019,\u00a0a\u00a0severe winter storm has left seven people dead as it charged across the Midwestern US, striking\u00a0the Mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday. By late\u00a0Saturday night, the storm\u00a0had shifted over the\u00a0Virginia,\u00a0Washington, D.C., and Baltimore region,\u00a0where\u00a04 to 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23927,533,827,11347,9931,3535,4318],"class_list":["post-42700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-maryland","tag-missouri","tag-united-states","tag-virginia","tag-washington-d-c","tag-winter-storm","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42701,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42700\/revisions\/42701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}