books. let s look at how it got here. the wind is starting to pick up. there s no question we re going to lose control for a period of time. there s no way that plows can operate when they can t see in front of their face. it s almost really a minor hurricane with snow. if you re in your homes, just stay there. the conditions outside really are about as bad as they can be. if you need assistance, if you have an emergency, call 911, we ll get there. but at this point, just stay in your houses until this gets over and we get it cleaned up. we re ready for what could be a really rough storm. i m just definitely going to stay inside, make sure i ve got our shovels out, just stock up. you get the plows ready, the snowblowers ready, just pray it stops snowing as soon as possible. we are concerned, as we continue to plow, is with these temperatures getting so low, that you re going to see the snow and the ice just lock in place, just free in place and
cps energy blamed strong winds for disrupting power lines. we re having to charge our mobile phones in the cars. we re having to go and warm up in our vehicles. we re using our gas stove, which is one of the number one no no s that cps says not to do, yet that s the only thing that s keeping our house warm at this time is our gas stove. in tennessee, power cables are down. trees have been toppled. lorries overturned on slippery highways. and in toledo, ohio, residents used snowblowers to clear thick snow from driveways. but it wasn t all bad news. some made the most of it, taking time out in the local parks. aruna iyengar, bbc news. an expedition is setting off this weekend to try to find the shipwreck of the antartic explorer sir ernest shackleton. his vessel, the endurance, sank more than 100 years ago and is believed to be nearly two
flipped over and slid off snow-covered roads in duluth, minnesota. a landslide of cars slamming into one another and piling up at the bottom of the street. and a massive cleanup job under way across much of minnesota all the way into the upper peninsula of michigan. that early season storm dumped more than a foot of snow in northern wisconsin where shovels and snowblowers are working overtime. ferocious winds are sweeping in as that arctic plunge stretches as far south as texas. the winds have moved into the pacific northwest taking don trees, knocking out power to thousands in western washington. behind this storm, the cold dropping temperatures 30 to 40 degrees below normal. accuweather s jim dickey has the latest. good morning. arctic cold has settled into the nation s midsection. these are expected early morning lows. 7 in bismarck, 5 in pierre. 10 in minneapolis. chicago falling to 24.