PHOTOS: Another wintry blast sweeps the nation, dips deep south
January 28, 2014
Bryan Hancock gives his dog Roy a ride on a sled down his driveway off of Ridgewood Drive in Goldsboro, N.C., Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP PHOTO/News-Argus, Casey Mozingo) ( Winter Weather North Carolina )
A car lies half submerged in the Cahaba River Thursday Jan.30, 2014,. in Mountain Brook, Ala. The driver was able to escape before the car slid into the river during Tuesday's snow storm and was not injured. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
A man walks with his dog at the Cleveland MetroParks Acacia Reservation Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Temperatures should rise to the mid 20's by Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo) ( Winter Weather )
One car lies half submerged in the Cahaba River as another sits abandoned, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Mountain Brook, Ala. The one driver was able to escape before the car slid into the river during Tuesday's snow storm and was not injured. A storm that dropped just inches of snow Tuesday wreaked havoc across much of the South, closing highways, grounding flights and contributing to at least a dozen deaths from traffic accidents and a mobile home fire. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Vehicles are backed up on interstate 20 westbound Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Leeds, Ala. Hundreds of vehicles still litter the roadways as icy conditions and temperatures well below the freeing mark still exist. A storm that dropped just inches of snow Tuesday wreaked havoc across much of the South, closing highways, grounding flights and contributing to at least a dozen deaths from traffic accidents and a mobile home fire. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Ice crystals glisten in the sunlight on a bridge over Falls Lake in Wake Forest, N.C., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Temperatures reached the single digits. (AP Photo) ( Winter Weather North Carolina )
Vehicles make their way over an icy interstate 20 bridge Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Leeds, Ala. Hundreds of vehicles still litter the roadways as icy conditions and temperatures well below the freeing mark still exist. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Ice covers vegetation with temperatures well below the freezing mark on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Leeds, Ala. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
A truck blocks all east-bound lanes of Interstate 285 in Sandy Spring, Ga. after htting an icet patch of road. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. Some interstates remained clogged by jackknifed 18-wheelers Wednesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after snow began falling on the city. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Mike Picchietti, of Florida, takes a nap at Norfolk International Airport after learning that his flight had been canceled Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Most flights in and out of the airport were delayed or canceled. The coast of Virginia was blanketed in up to 10 inches of snow Wednesday, with many workers in the heavily populated Hampton Roads region being told to stay home rather than travel to work in dangerous conditions. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham) ( Winter Weather )
Icicles hang from a camellia shrub after a rare ice storm blanked the normally warm historic city on January 29, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina. The storm closed bridges and roads as a winter weather blanketed the region. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images) ( 465778593 )
Children play on a sand dune covered with snow after a rare ice storm blanked the normally warm historic city on January 29, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina. The storm closed bridges and roads as a winter weather blanketed the region. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images) ( 465778865 )
Mekenzie Bartone, 10, of Norfolk, Va., takes off down the hill on a sled at Northside Community Park in Norfolk on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. The coast of Virginia was blanketed in up to 10 inches of snow Wednesday, with many workers in the heavily populated Hampton Roads region being told to stay home rather than travel to work in dangerous conditions. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham) ( Winter Weather )
Joe Galunas and Ashley Berry work to clear ice and retrieve the car they abandoned on an exit ramp along I-75 North during the winter storm January 29, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. Drivers and kids on school buses were stuck in their vehicles overnight as the wintery weather and accidents snarled roads and highways thoughout the region. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) ( 465783543 )
Del. K. Rob Krupicka, D-Alexandria, makes a snow angel on the front lawn of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown). ( Virginia Legislature )
Abandoned vehicles line an exit ramp along I-75 South during the winter storm January 29, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) ( 465783549 )
North Atlanta High School student David Hunter and his mother Demetra Dobbins walk up an exit ramp along I-75 North on their way home during the winter storm January 29, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) ( 465783551 )
Joe Galunas works to clear ice and retrieve the car he abandoned on an exit ramp along I-75 North during the winter storm January 29, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images) ( 465783559 )
Richard Uzoma returns to his car after he lost control and abandoned it overnight along with other vehicles which couldn't traverse the ice build up on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Norcross, Ga. Uzoma said it took him 12 hours to travel 10 miles last night then lost control less than a mile from his house. (AP Photo/John Amis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Crews plow the tarmac at Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Va. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Most flights in and out of the airport were delayed or canceled. The coast of Virginia was blanketed in up to 10 inches of snow Wednesday, with many workers in the heavily populated Hampton Roads region being told to stay home rather than travel to work in dangerous conditions. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham) ( Winter Weather )
Butch Inman, of Norfolk,, Va., who works for the City of Norfolk, digs his car out of the snow Wednesday morning, Jan. 29, 2014. The coast of Virginia was blanketed in up to 10 inches of snow Wednesday, with many workers in the heavily populated Hampton Roads region being told to stay home rather than travel to work in dangerous conditions. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham) ( Winter Weather )
An abandoned car sits on the roadway on the downtown Interstate 75-85 in the aftermath a winter storm in unprepared Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. Thousands of commuters and students were unable to reach their homes in the aftermath of the storm. EPA/BEN GRAY / ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Abandoned vehicles litter the roadway on the downtown Interstate 75-85 in the aftermath a winter storm in unprepared Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. Thousands of commuters and students were unable to reach their homes in the aftermath of the storm. EPA/BEN GRAY / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
A teacher at E. Rivers Elementary school covers sleeping children in the gymnasium of the school who were forced to stay in the aftermath of a winter storm in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2013. 115 students and 35 staff members including some parents and bus drivers spent the night at the school. Two movies with popcorn were served after a pizza dinner from the cafeteria. Thousands of commuters and students were unable to reach their homes in the aftermath of the storm. EPA/JOHN SPINK / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Atlanta Public Schools buses sit abandoned along Metropolitan Parkway, less than a block from the system's bus barn in the aftermath a winter storm in unprepared Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. EPA/BEN GRAY / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Matthew Miller walks along the Interstate 75-85 offering peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hot drinks to motorists stuck in early morning traffic in the aftermath a winter storm in unprepared Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. EPA/BEN GRAY / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Pedestrians cross a snow and ice covered roadway in the metro-Atlanta city of Lithonia, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. EPA/KENT D. JOHNSON / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Traffic is sparse on a snow and ice covered roadway in the metro-Atlanta city of Lithonia, Georgia, USA, 29 January 2014. EPA/KENT D. JOHNSON / ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Residents in the Historic Oakwood neighborhood cross Lane Street on Wednesday morning January 29, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C. after a winter storm dropped several inches of snow, canceling school and offering residents a chance to enjoy a winter holiday. School systems across much of North Carolina were closed on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The News & Observer,Robert Willet) ( Winter Wearther North Carolina )
In this aerial photo, abandoned cars at I-75 headed northbound near the Chattahoochee River overpass are piled up in the median of the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm , Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said early Wednesday that the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto Atlanta's snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to people. Georgia State Patrol troopers headed to schools where children were hunkered down early Wednesday after spending the night there, and transportation crews continued to treat roads and bring gas to motorists, Deal said. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather )
In this view looking south toward downtown Atlanta, the ice-covered interstate system is empty after a winter snow storm slammed the city with over 2 inches of snow that turned highways into parking lots when motorists abandoned their vehicles creating massive traffic jams lasting through Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. While such amounts of accumulation barely qualify as a storm in the north, it was enough to paralyze the Deep South. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather )
In this view looking at I-75 north at Moors Mill Rd., motorists get out of their vehicles to chat near abandoned cars along the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm slammed the city with over 2 inches of snow that turned highways into parking lots creating massive traffic jams lasting through Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 65 northbound as officials work to clear abandoned vehicles Wednesday January 29, 2014 in Pelham, Ala. People stranded overnight at school, at work or in their cars had a simple goal Wednesday: Just to get home. But Alabama's winter storm continued getting in their way as it entered a second day, with roads turned to ice from a hard freeze. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
In this view looking at Cobb Parkway at I-285, abandoned cars are piled up on the median of the ice-covered road after a winter snow storm slammed the city with over 2 inches of snow that turned highways into parking lots creating massive traffic jams lasting through Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather )
In this aerial view looking at I-75 north at Moors Mill Rd., motorists get out of their vehicles to chat near abandoned cars along the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm , Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said early Wednesday that the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto Atlanta's snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to people. Georgia State Patrol troopers headed to schools where children were hunkered down early Wednesday after spending the night there, and transportation crews continued to treat roads and bring gas to motorists, Deal said. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
In this aerial view, A good Samaritan on a four-wheeler patrols I-75 south at West Paces Ferry Rd. after a winter snow storm Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said early Wednesday that the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto Atlanta's snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to people. Georgia State Patrol troopers headed to schools where children were hunkered down early Wednesday after spending the night there, and transportation crews continued to treat roads and bring gas to motorists, Deal said. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
In this view looking south toward downtown Atlanta near the I-75 Chattahoochee River overpass, abandoned cars are piled up on the median of the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm slammed the city with over 2 inches of snow that turned highways into parking lots creating massive traffic jams lasting through Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. While such amounts of accumulation barely quality as a storm in the north, it was enough to paralyze the Deep South. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
In this aerial photo, traffic is snarled along the I-285 perimeter north of the metro area after a winter snow storm, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather )
Icy conditions and abandoned vehicles has traffic at a stand still along Highway 280 on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Inverness, Ala. A Winter storm caught much of Alabama off guard and stranded thousands of people at work, schools and on roadways. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
In this aerial view looking at I-75 north at Mt. Paran Rd., abandoned cars are piled up on the median of the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
This aerial photo, traffic is snarled along the I-285 perimeter north of the metro area after a winter snow storm Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( Winter Weather )
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens over the city's perimeter highway known as "Spaghetti Junction," the ice-covered interstate system shows the remnants of a winter snow storm that slammed the city with over 2 inches of snow that turned highways into parking lots when motorists abandoned their vehicles creating massive traffic jams lasting through, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Atlanta. While such amounts of accumulation barely quality as a storm in the north, it was enough to paralyze the Deep South. (AP Photo/David Tulis) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Georgia )
A motorist steps out and gets some fresh air as he looks at the gridlocked cars on the snow-covered I-85 Northbound, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in Atlanta. Tuesday's storm deposited barely enough to qualify as a storm up North. And yet it was more than enough to paralyze Deep South cities such as Atlanta and Birmingham, and strand thousands of workers who tried to rush home early only to never make it home at all. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hyosub Shin) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Traffic is at a crawl on I-20 near the Connector Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Atlanta. Tuesday's storm deposited barely enough to qualify as a storm up North. And yet it was more than enough to paralyze Deep South cities such as Atlanta and Birmingham, and strand thousands of workers who tried to rush home early only to never make it home at all. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hyosub Shin) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Traffic is at a standstill on the southbound lanes as the northbound side is a empty sheet of ice in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. After a rare snowstorm stopped Atlanta-area commuters in their tracks รณ forcing many to hunker down in their cars overnight or seek other shelter, the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto the city's snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to students on them, Gov. Nathan Deal said early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray) ( APTOPIX Winter Weater Georgia )
A car sits abandoned on Peachtree Center Parkway, Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, 2014, in Dunwoody, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Georgia )
Vehicles that were abandoned Tuesday evening, sit on the Ashford Dunwoody exit off of Interstate 285, early Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Dunwoody, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Abandoned vehicles line I-285 early Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Dunwoody, Ga., after a rare winter storm hit Georgia. While such amounts barely qualify as a storm in the north, it was enough to paralyze the Deep South. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Officer Delaney walks towards a five-car pileup on Johnson Ferry Road, early Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Sandy Springs, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
A firetruck drives up an icy road late Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Dunwoody, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Two women walk in the freezing rain in downtown Mobile, AL on Tuesday afternoon Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Fayetteville Parks and Recreation workers shovel the city hall sidewalk during the early morning hours of Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Johnny Horne) ( Winter Weather North Carolina) )
Officer Delaney talks with a crash victim who was involved in a five-car pileup on Johnson Ferry Road early morning Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Sandy Springs, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Eryn Garza bounces on a slush-covered trampoline from an overnight sleet storm Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Spring, Texas.(AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer) ( WinterWeather Texas )
A man stands on the frozen roadway as he waits for traffic to clear along Interstate 75 Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Macon, Ga. A winter storm dumped snow and covered parts of the state with ice. Gov. Nathan Deal said early Wednesday that the National Guard was sending military Humvees onto Atlanta's snarled freeway system in an attempt to move stranded school buses and get food and water to people. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ( APTOPIX Winter Weater Georgia )
Gavin Chambers plays an electronic game at Oak Mountain Intermediate school on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Indian Springs, Ala. About 80 children and 20 adults spent the night at the school due to a winter storm. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate 65 in central Alabama. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Sydney Jaffe, left, and Peyton Meadors, right, play a card game with others students stranded at Oak Mountain Intermediate school on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Indian Springs, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Snow coats a neighborhood in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, after an infrequent snowstorm moved through the area. The Columbia area received two to three inches of snow from the storm that closed schools, government offices and businesses. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ( Winter Weather Carolinas )
Berta Sosa adjusts her coat as she crosses Walker Street on her way to work, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Houston. "I'm very cold and it's only going to get worse," she said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) ( Winter Weather Texas )
Cattle farmer Wayne Lynn, of Slygo, walks to close a pasture gate as he delivers a roll of hay for his 22-head of cattle midday Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014 in Dade County. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tim Barber) ( Winter Weather Tennessee )
With a winter storm making its way over southeast Virginia late Jan. 28, 2014, Sean Cantrell, center, and his wife Megan Cantrell venture out onto the snowy Virginia Beach oceanfront for a look with there dog Griffin. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, L. Todd Spencer) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Virginia )
Naomi Chaves, a student at Oak Mountain Intermediate school, gets some breakfast from assistant principal, Sasha Hood, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Indian Springs, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
The South Carolina Statehouse and grounds are blanketed in snow in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 after an infrequent snowstorm moved through the area. The Columbia area received two to three inches of snow from the storm that closed schools, government offices and businesses. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ( Winter Weather Carolinas )
Icicles hang off a camellia bush in historic Forsyth Park after freezing rain hit the area, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. A winter storm brought snow, ice and brutal cold to the Deep South, a part of the country more accustomed to hurricanes. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
A group of Virginia Department of Transportation plows clear snow from U.S. Route 13 near Exmore, Va. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. The Virginia Department of Transportation and crews from local governments worked throughout the night to make roads passable, although the snowfall was forecast to continue through Wednesday morning. VDOT said road conditions in the region were moderate to severe Wednesday morning, with snow or ice covering major portions of roadway. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Jay Diem) NO SALES ( Winter Weather Virginia )
A truck slides off the road as it tries to avoid another wrecked truck as snow begins to accumulate on Interstate 65 near Clanton, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The southern half of Alabama shut down Tuesday because of a rare storm that left a slippery layer of ice and snow across a region unaccustomed to dealing with the wintry threat. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Jesse Hatcher looks over his crashed car after he says another motorist caused him to lose control of his car and spin out off I-20 West near Conyers, Ga., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Light snow moved into parts of north Georgia by midmorning and began coating the metro Atlanta region by noon. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Sevierville Primary School students load up as school is let out early due to snow in Sevierville, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Snowfall across East Tennessee has led several school districts to call off classes early. (AP Photo/The Mountain Press, Curt Habraken) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Tennessee )
A truck slides into the median while trying to avoid another wrecked truck in the snow on I-65 several road Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Clanton, Ala. A rare storm left a slippery layer of ice and snow across a region unaccustomed to dealing with the wintry threat. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Alabama Weather )
Vehicles moves slowly on Interstate 575 in North West Ga., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, near Kennesaw, Ga. Georgians stocked up on ice-melting chemicals, school systems closed, and road crews prepared to clear snow and ice from highways as a winter storm took aim. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Commuters drive in the snow on Interstate 85 as a winter storm affects Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 28 January 2014. Several inches of snow were expected in parts of the southern United States. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Vehicles are backed up on a snow covered US Highway 280 during a snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Chelsea, Ala. A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday, causing multiple wrecks, stranding hundreds of children in schools and coating palm trees with ice at the beach. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather )
Chris Gurnick walks past several snow rollers Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olmsted Township, Ohio. The National Weather Service has placed most of Ohio under a wind chill warning until Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( Winter Weather Ohio )
Maya Tilley covers her head from the blowing snow as she walks home from school in Childersburg, Ala. Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Tobias Maines walks home with last minute groceries as a winter storm affects Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 28 January 2014. Several inches of snow were expected in parts of the southern United States. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER ( USA SOUTHERN WINTER STORM )
Jaci Silman uses a snow shovel to clean off her car on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Kalamazoo, Mich. Temperatures dropped to dangerous, record-breaking lows in Michigan on Tuesday, leading to the closure of hundreds of schools. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group) ( Deep Freeze Michigan )
Snow rollers dot a field at the Cleveland Metroparks Mastic picnic area Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Fairview Park, Ohio. The snowballs are formed when high winds roll accumulated snow across open areas. The National Weather Service has placed most of Ohio under a wind chill warning until Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( Winter Weather Ohio )
Vehicles travel on US highway 280 as snow begins to make driving conditions difficult Tuesday January 28, 2014 in Chelsea, Ala. A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Traffic is directed off of the Alabama River Parkway at the toll bridge over the Alabama River in Montgomery, Ala. as freezing rain falls on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
A Sevierville Primary School student writes on a bus window as county schools let out at 10:15 a.m. due to snow and cold in Sevierville, Tenn. Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. Snowfall across East Tennessee has led several school districts to call off classes early. (AP Photo/The Mountain Press,Curt Habraken) ( Winter Weather Tennessee )
Vehicles are backed up on a snow covered US Highway 280 during a snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Chelsea, Ala. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather )
Water runs through a frozen fountain outside the Alabama Association of Realtors across from the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Montgomery, Ala. A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday. (AP photo/AL.com, Julie Bennett) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Alabama )
A.J. Libero pumps kerosene in Leland, N.C., Tuesday Jan 28, 2014. Residents are preparing for the winter storm that is approaching the area overnight by fueling up and buying supplies at local stores. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected across much of North Carolina. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Ken Blevins) ( Winter Weather North Carolina )
Traffic backs up as a wrecker pulls a car out of a ditch on I-65 during an unual snow Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Clanton, Ala. A rare storm left a slippery layer of ice and snow across a region unaccustomed to dealing with the wintry threat. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Kerry Howard refills the brine tank on his truck at the N.C. Division of Highways in Jacksonville, N.C.,Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014,s to continue brining the roads in the local area as freezing rain and snow approaches. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected across much of North Carolina. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, John Althouse) ( Winter Storm )
Frito Lay employee Ray Harris delivers chips to a store in Childersburg Alabama as a snow and ice storm came to the south Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Truckers are informed that US highway 280 has been shut down in Childersburg, Ala. Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
Ice forms on a palm tree on Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. A winter storm began dumping ice, snow and brutal cold on parts of the Deep South where wool coats and gloves are rarely worn. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek) ( Winter Weather Florida )
Houston County Emergency Management Agency Director Jimmy Williams leads a meeting of representatives from Houston County's Houston County's law enforcement agencies, Red Cross, hospital, RABF, and school system after a National Weather Service weather briefing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Warner Robins, Ga. Across the Deep South, residents stocked up on fuel and groceries, schools and offices closed, and road crews were at the ready as a storm moved in Tuesday from the central U.S., threatening to bring snow, ice and subzero temperatures to a region more accustomed to air conditioners and sunscreen than parkas and shovels. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Letter carrier Steve Zona delivers mail through snow and subzero temperatures in Berea, Ohio Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Another arctic front descended on the midwest overnight closing schools and some businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( Deep Freeze Ohio )
A sign alongside 13th Street near 10th Avenue in Columbus, Ga., warns westbound motorists Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2015 of potential icing on the bridge due to wintry precipitation. Georgians stocked up on ice-melting chemicals, school systems closed, and road crews prepared to clear snow and ice from highways as a winter storm took aim. (AP Photo/Columbus Ledger, Mike Haskey) ( Winter Weather )
Danielle, front, and Stephen Pilipovic scream along with father Roger as he family enjoys a sled ride down a hill, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, as snow falls unexpectedly in the area causing school and government closings in Blount County, in Maryville, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Tom Sherlin) ( Winter Weather Tennessee )
Ryan Garner sleds down a street, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Kennesaw, Ga. Georgians stocked up on ice-melting chemicals, school systems closed, and road crews prepared to clear snow and ice from highways as a winter storm took aim. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ( Winter Weather Georgia )
Freezing rain falls as Darlene Crum scrapes ice from her car windshield as she prepares to drive home from her job at Resurrection School in Montgomery, Ala. on Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) ( Winter Weather )
Traffic creeps along Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, as ice and snow flurries cause difficult driving conditions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( APTOPIX Winter Weather Mississippi )
Belhaven University students Melissa Rey, left, and James Lewellan take advantage of the snow to play soccer on campus Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, on the Jackson, Miss., campus. An arctic blast spread across Mississippi with below freezing temperatures and treacherous driving conditions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Winter Weather Mississippi )
A pedestrian makes her way along a downtown sidewalk with traffic snarling behind her as people try to beat the snow accumulating on the streets Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgians stocked up on ice-melting chemicals, school systems closed, and road crews prepared to clear snow and ice from highways as a winter storm took aim. (AP Photo/John Amis) ( Winter Weather )
Traffic on I-85 South is at a standstill after the ramps onto I-85 started icing over due to freezing rain on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Lloyd Gallman) ( Winter Weather Alabama )
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