See: Global cooling
"Snow, cold hit travelers on trains in Midwest" by Associated Press | December 24, 2008
CHICAGO - On one of the biggest travel days of the year, hundreds of Amtrak passengers bound for holiday destinations hunkered down in waiting rooms - some for nearly 24 hours - as snowstorms and Arctic cold delayed their trains and disrupted other Christmas traffic.
Don and Barbara Seifert of Prophetstown, Ill., spent a sleepless, frustration-filled night Monday at Chicago's Union Station with hundreds of angry customers. After waiting 12 hours for their New York-bound train to depart, their breath visible in the frigid air, the Seiferts finally abandoned plans to visit their son and his family for the holidays.
"It's spoiled our Christmas, sure," 73-year-old Don Seifert said yesterday before he and his wife headed back to their western Illinois home.
What, the fart mist about global warming or.... ?
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said crews in some cities headed out with picks and shovels to clear snow-packed track switches. Meanwhile, crowds of stranded travelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were drastically reduced, but more snow was on the way in the region.
Many surface streets remained snowpacked, icy and rutted with treacherous gray slush across the normally balmy Pacific Northwest, from weekend storms that brought 8 to 12 inches of snow to Seattle and nearby cities.
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