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...northeastern tip of Kentucky. Much of that region lies beneath a blanket of snow that is six inches or more thick. Says Herb Lieb, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "It's like a great, frigid lake, ready to run during a sudden thaw. We could have the makings of some real flood disasters...
...last week, the first worrisome runoffs began flowing into the ice-clogged streams, raising the threat of flooding in some areas. In Washington, federal officials were already working on plans to provide shelter, food and medical care for stricken communities that could be hit by floods if a sudden thaw turned the runoffs into torrents...
...ways of coping are as varied as the crisis. With so many cars marooned in the snow, like beasts stricken in their tracks, people ply the icy city streets in snowmobiles. Railroad engineers thaw out frozen whistles with flares and blowtorches. A Burger King in Camden County, N.J., is the envy of the competition. It serves customers twelve hours every day at 70° because it is heated by solar power. In Pittsburgh, a discotheque called Reflections has a sign on the door: THIS ESTABLISHMENT is WARMED BY BODY HEAT...
...closing of schools in 245 downstate Illinois communities. In Milwaukee, which has had a record 21 days of subzero weather, water mains burst or froze, creating extreme fire-fighting hazards. Amtrak canceled trains on eight major routes out of Chicago -and sent 25 cars down to New Orleans to thaw out. However, the cold did bring some blessings. Street crime was down, and three gunmen foolish enough to hold up the Cleveland Trust Co. were quickly caught when their getaway car spun its wheels futilely in the snow...
Sleepy Resignation. Handicapped by frequent foul weather over many of its domestic routes, Aeroflot provides needed transportation in a vast country where 70% of the roads are impassable during the spring thaw. Fares are cheap: only $18.23 to fly the 400 or so miles from Moscow to Leningrad (comparable fare in the U.S.: New York-Cleveland, $56). Travelers, however, are all too familiar with the price for Aeroflot's convenience: overbooking and canceled flights. Airports often resemble dormitories as hundreds of people slump in sleepy resignation, sometimes for days, without adequate dining facilities...