Snowstorm Brings Power Outages Across Upper Midwest

Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

Large parts of the upper Midwest are without power as a massive snowstorm dumps up to a foot of snow in some areas. The storm seems to not be weakening as it bears down on the east coast, putting cities like Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. in danger of outages.

Heavy, wet snow knocked out power across parts of Indiana that reported a significant increase in car accidents in places that received as little as two inches of the thick snow. Tippecanoe County, Indiana reported 25 accidents in the first 5 hours of the storm Tuesday.

Winchester, Virginia reported 7-8 inches of snow on the ground and power outages attributed to the heavy snow and high winds. Fairfax County Virginia reported over 1,000 homes without power.

In Washington, the “snowquester” is causing government offices to close and schools across the area have been closed in anticipation of the storm. Six hundred power outages have already been reported as the storm starts making its way through the area.

National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro said the snow has the consistency of “wallpaper paste.”

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