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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Storm blasts winter-weary Northeast; thousands lose power

By ALANNA RICHER me,” the Louisville, Ken-
Associated Press tucky, man said. “I didn’t
BOSTON (AP) — The third have to go through the last
powerful nor’easter in two two nor’easters so this still
weeks slammed the North- feels like fun.”
east on Tuesday, bringing Miami residents Ashley
blizzard conditions and Pozo, 21, and Ray Milo, 25,
more than a foot of snow who we visiting friends in
to some communities and Boston, were stuck at the
knocking out power to tens airport after their Tuesday
of thousands of homes and flight was canceled. Rather
businesses. than risk getting stranded
High winds and blowing in the city, they plan to stay
snow led meteorologists another night in the airport,
to categorize the storm as sleeping on chairs, watch-
a blizzard in parts of New ing Netflix and munching
England, including Bos- on supplies they picked up
ton. By afternoon, power from a CVS drug store.
outages climbed to more In Rhode Island, the snow
than 250,000 just in Massa- didn’t stop residents from
chusetts, Rhode Island and getting to church. In East
Connecticut. Gabby DiGiacomo, of Whitefield, Maine, slides down Congress Street in Portland, Maine, on a Greenwich, the Rev.
“We’re not out of winter saucer during the latest winter storm, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Portland, Maine. With the excep- Bernard Healey said he
yet, that’s for sure,” Paul tion of snowplows, the streets had very little traffic during the third major nor’easter in two weeks celebrated noon Mass
to slam the storm-battered Northeast.
Knight, of Portland, said as (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) with “two hearty souls”
snow accumulated on his who came despite the
eyebrows during a stroll. Airport, the terminals were his son in a stroller and his “We are freezing,” the nor’easter.
“The groundhog was right. mostly empty with airport dog alongside, said he was 39-year-old said. “If I lost power, we’d (still)
Six more weeks of winter, workers and the cleaning happy to see another big Joe Rotella ducked into celebrate Mass,” Healey
and probably then some.” crew outnumbering pas- storm. a train station as he tried said. “We would just use
Boston’s usually-packed senger “I think it may be one of the to find his way to a hotel more candles.”
subway trains were nearly More than a foot of snow last ones so I’m out here that’s hosting a conven-
empty as many workers was reported in parts appreciating it,” Gesler tion where he’s speaking. Eastern Long Island felt the
stayed home and schools of Massachusetts, New said. “I love the white stuff, Organizers were scram- brunt of the storm in New
closed. Amtrak suspended Hampshire, Maine, Con- always had ever since I bling to establish video York. Newsday reported
all service Tuesday be- necticut and Rhode Island was a kid.” links to speakers whose that the storm knocked out
tween Boston to New York on Tuesday afternoon with Janice James’ Osterville planes were delayed or power to more than 6,000
City. storm expected to contin- house on Cape Cod was in canceled, said Rotella, homes and businesses on
The storm was expected to ue dumping snow for sev- the dark again after losing chief medical officer with Long Island, and forecast-
last through most of Tues- eral more hours. power for three days in the the American Academy ers said the island’s East
day, disrupting road and Some areas could get last storm. James and her of Hospice and Palliative End could get up to a foot
air travel. The flight-tracking more than 2 feet, meteo- four children spent Tues- Medicine. of snow.
site FlightAware reported rologists said. day eating baked goods “As a visitor to Boston, I’ve Slick roads were blamed
more than 1,500 canceled Not everyone complained. she made before the storm been looking forward to for at least one death in
flights on Tuesday. At Bos- Andrew Gesler, who was and hoping the lights and this for months, and this is North Carolina, which got
ton’s Logan International walking in Portland with heat come back soon. kind of an adventure for snow Monday.q
Student walkouts planned across US to protest gun violence

By COLLIN BINKLEY Some planned roadside Although the group want-
Associated Press rallies to honor shooting ed students to shape pro-
From Maine to Hawaii, victims and protest vio- tests on their own, it also
Paradise in the Caribbean thousands of students lence. offered them a list of de-
planned to stage walkouts Others were to hold dem- mands for lawmakers, in-
Wednesday to protest gun onstrations in school gyms cluding a ban on assault
violence, one month after or on football fields. In weapons and mandatory
the deadly shooting inside Massachusetts and Ohio, background checks for all
a high school in Parkland, students said they’ll head gun sales.
Florida. to the statehouse to lobby “Our elected officials
Organizers say nearly for new gun regulations. must do more than tweet
3,000 walkouts are set in The coordinated walkout thoughts and prayers in
the biggest demonstra- was organized by Em- response to this violence,”
tion yet of the student ac- power, the youth wing the group said on its web-
tivism that has emerged of the Women’s March, site.
following the massacre which brought thousands It’s one of several pro-
of 17 people at Marjory to Washington, D.C., last tests planned for coming
Stoneman Douglas High year. The group urged weeks. The March for Our
School. students to leave class at Lives rally for school safety
Students from the elemen- 10 a.m. local time for 17 is expected to draw hun-
tary to college level are minutes — one minute for dreds of thousands to the
SALES OFFICE +297 2801005 info@leventaruba.com taking up the call in a vari- each victim in the Florida nation’s capital on March
MOBILE +297 5927275 www.leventaruba.com ety of ways. shooting. 24, its organizers said.q