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THEY’RE CALLING IT the ‘Battle of Mt. Vernon‘. After a record 29.2 inches of snow fell in Baltimore, more than 600 people turned up to a mass snowball fight yesterday.
The snow battle came about after local man Aaron Brazell created the event on Facebook and started inviting people.
“I knew people would be cooped up in their houses and wanting to come outside,” Brazell said, as he was hit by multiple blasts of perfectly soft but firm snow.
The weekend timing could not have been better, enabling many to enjoy a gorgeous winter day.
But this morning, after a weekend sledding, snowboarding and staying put, the blizzard-blanketed the eastern US will return to the commute slowed by slick roads, damaged transit lines and endless mounds of snow.
Authorities cautioned against unnecessary driving, airline schedules were in disarray and commuter trains will be delayed or cancelled for many as the work week begins after a storm that dumped near record snows on the densely populated areas
The last flakes fell just before midnight on Saturday, but crews raced the clock all day Sunday to clear streets and sidewalks devoid of their usual bustle.
Ice chunks plunging from the roofs of tall buildings menaced people who ventured out in Philadelphia and New York.
Yesterday’s brilliant sunshine and gently rising temperatures provided a respite from the blizzard that paralysed Washington.
In New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said yesterday evening that almost all mass transit services will be running in time for the morning rush hour, including nearly 80% of the Long Island Rail Road.
Broadway reopened after going dark at the last minute during the snowstorm, but museums remained closed in Washington, and the House of Representatives postponed votes until February, citing the storm’s impact on travel.
Flying remained particularly messy after nearly 12,000 weekend flights were cancelled.
Airports resumed limited service in New York City, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, which said it got an entire winter’s snow in two days. Washington-area airports remained closed yesterday after the punishing blizzard.
Major airlines also cancelled hundreds of flights for today and people flying to or from the US eastern seaboard are being asked to check their flight status with their airline.
- With reporting by Rónán Duffy
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Oh my God, that is just awful, I hope she makes a full recovery. What a dreadful journey for any parent to make.
Conveyors are extremely dangerous I know people who have lost limbs and been killed by them, she is very lucky to be alive once you are caught by it either your clothing or hair gives way or you get pulled in, hope she makes a full recovery.
Poor girl
God love her, sounds awful
Get well soon. poor girl
Such a pity the author had to refer to this poor girl by just her surname, in his comment he says “Dunnes parents have flown out to Australia to be with her”…… Such a lack of respect for her as she was named Annie at birth… Hope Annie makes a full recovery.
In most reports people are referred to by their surname not their forename, they could have used Miss though.
Cindy, congratulations in advance on winning Nitpicker of the Year 2015!
Cindy, I’m sure if the family are reading this they will be appreciating your valuable input.
What an horrific, freak accident! Sincere hopes for a full recovery.
Why would 5 people give the thumbs down or dislike for the comment .am I missing something ?
Trolls patrick… theres no escaping the trolls… some people just want to watch the world burn
Scrubbed in on one those scalp transplants in the past. It’s a gore fest but recoverable. Good luck to her.
Jesus, that’s horrific, I hope she’ll be ok.
Who the hell is giving all the red thumbs?
Loyal haters I think, my common number is 5 nearly in every comment. Don’t worry about it, go by the green thumbs.
Cute: stop coming back to check how many thumbs you got.
*Cure:
I never consider them, or what colour they are Michael. I consider the comment, and/or the debate. There’s some that do though and that’s sad.
@Neal, cute is better :).
Molly, you see the red thumbs up even on people who send out sympathy comments to tragic stories and you wonder what is wrong with some people. I never go by the red myself as I am happy just to have 1 green thumb, reds just means they did bother to read it lol.
Just telling John not to worry about the red thumbs, once you mention the red thumbs then they build up. Once you say anything negative about yourself in public then they are out for their pound of flesh, here is no different but it is a dark sense I have as well lol.
Hope she has a speedy recovery, last thing you want over here. Hope her employer had insurance too. God speed
Why do these beautiful people have to go away for work… Get well soon.
Apparently they don’t have enough ugly people to fill these positions.
That’s true, send all the ugly one’s.
That’s horrific. I did my farming on the same farm as where it happened. Poor girl, I hope she has a speedy recovery.
I only thumb down people who complain about thumb downs,or thumbs down,or thumbs downs.
Thumber downers obviously do their thumbing downing just for the schadenfreude of annoying the people who don’t like thumb downs (or should that be “thumbs down”?)
I’ll start the ball rolling by giving myself a thumbs down for this comment.
Kudos for use of shadenfreude
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