On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, you wrote
this from a press feed dated yesterday (13th) ...... [ one of many
over the past few days chasing this particular system across the
northern States]

" Winter-like storms blamed
for at least two dozen deaths in the central United States moved
east Thursday to the mid-Atlantic region and New England.
In Connecticut, state troopers responded to more than 100
crashes in the hours after the storm started, The Hartford Courant
reported. One of the worst hit areas was Hartford, Conn., where two
interstates meet in the center of the city. In Manchester, outside
Hartford, two tractor-trailers jackknifed, partly blocking an icy
I-84.
"We're holding our head above water," said Trooper William
Tate, a state police spokesman. "It's just a matter of getting
through the storm."
The National Weather Service predicted as much as 10 inches
of snow in parts of New Jersey and 6 inches in neighboring states.
In the central United States, thousands of people remained
without power after ice storms, with Oklahoma hit the worst. Hotels
were filled by people without electricity or heat at home, and
restaurants reported heavy business from those seeking a hot meal."

As we've discussed before, goodness knows what would happen this side
of the pond.


Could it happen this side of the pond? I mean, ice storms on that kind
of scale?

Mind you, it also freezes solid any chance of persuading the US to take
reduction of carbon emissions seriously.

(What do they mean, winter-'like'? It *is* winter, for heaven's sake!)

--
Kate B

London