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...killer blizzard"strikes...
Roaring through the upper Midwest, the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley, from the Appalachians to the Canadian border, a blizzard blasted 31 in. of snow across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. With winds clocked at up to 100 m.p.h. (hurricane force is 75 m.p.h.), the wind-chill factor hitting -50° and record-low barometric readings, the National Weather Service classified the big blow as an "extratropical cyclone." That scarcely did justice to this great white whale of a storm. An NWS spokesman in Detroit called the blizzard "one of the worst, if not the worst...
...blizzard was economically devastating, too. Detroit's auto-industry analysts estimated potential losses at $130 million, with 300,000 workers idled and production schedules snafued. Utilities were hard hit, paying overtime to crews repairing downed power lines, which left more than 150,000 in Ohio and 160,000 in Michigan without heat or electricity. The Chicago Black Hawks, who average about 10,000 for their home hockey games, had only 527 fans cheering their 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Barons. About the only beneficiaries of the blizzard were hotel and motel operators, who filled their rooms and lobbies...
...England storms go, that is by no means an excessive amount; in fact, a blizzard that roared across the Northeast later in the week, paralyzing much of the Atlantic seaboard, dumped up to 16 in. on Hartford's rooftops. What is more, the flat, "space frame" roof, which was supported at its corners by four concrete pylons, was, supposedly designed to be strong enough to withstand far greater pressure. Said Hartford's embittered mayor, George Athanson: "I don't think it was a natural disaster. I think there was something wrong with how it was constructed...
...England's other hockey team, the Whalers, were unable to play a scheduled game in Houston last night as a blizzard left them stranded in Cincinnati...