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U.S. NEWSMonday 15 February 2016
Northeast wakes up to record cold for Valentine’s Day
VERENA DOBNIK People are bundled up as they walk in cold weather, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in the Queens bor- regulator left about 400
Associated Press ough of New York. Bitter temperatures and biting winds had much of the northeastern United customers in Connecticut
NEW YORK (AP) — For States bundling up this weekend. without natural gas ser-
much of the northeast Unit- vice and officials believe
ed States, Valentine’s Day Associated Press extreme cold in Vermont
was the coldest on record, broke a utility pole, knock-
with people bundling up the homeless. way station. nus-24.5 C), also breaking ing out service to about
for the not-so-warm em- Outreach teams brought Boston reached minus-9 F records from 1979. 1,500.
brace of teeth-chattering 105 people into New York (minus-23 C), breaking the In Montpelier, Vermont, the The cold kept many peo-
temperatures. shelters, and 288 showed record set in 1934 of minus-3 overnight temperature hit ple inside. In a New Jersey
From New York and Bos- up at hospitals and health F (minus-18.5). It reached minus-19 F (minus-28.5 C), bagel shop that’s usually
ton to Providence, Rhode facilities including more minus-16 F (minus-26.5 C) in tying a record set in 2003. brimming with customers
Island and Hartford, Con- than 20 who were brought Worcester, Massachusetts, And South Lincoln, Ver- on Sunday mornings, Joe
necticut, temperatures on in for care needed imme- breaking the 1979 record mont, recorded 27 below Weir was among a small
Sunday morning dipped diately, New York May- of 11 below zero F (24 be- zero F (33 below zero C). handful of people who sat
to as low as minus-40 Fahr- or Bill de Blasio said at low zero C). Providence Temperatures were so low drinking coffee.
enheit minus-40 Celsius — a news conference inside hit minus-9 F (minus-23 C) in some spots, utilities were “I just came from a church
on Mount Washington in- a lower Manhattan sub- and Hartford minus-12 (mi- knocked out. A frozen service, and it definitely
New Hampshire. wasn’t as packed as it usu-
The National Weather Ser- ally is,” the 60-year-old Toms
vice said the temperature River man said. “We have
in New York City’s Central a lot of elderly parishioners,
Park fell to minus-1, a re- and when the weather
cord low for the date. The gets bad or real cold like
last time it was below zero this, a lot them choose to
in Central Park was in Janu- stay in and watch a Mass
ary 1994. on TV instead of going to
“I’m dumb enough to do church. Can’t say I blame
this,” exclaimed John Male them.”
before starting a 12-mile Temperatures were ex-
(19-kilometer) park run on pected to climb before a
Sunday morning with two winter storm already bring-
companions. ing snow to the Midwest
“I just always come out moves into the region.
and I just decided not to The storm was expected
do anything differently” — to bring 5 inches (12.5 cen-
except to wear a furry tiger timeters) of snow to parts
hat with two tails over his of Kentucky and up to 6
normal headgear, in addi- inches (15 centimeters) to
tion to four layers of cloth- parts of Tennessee before
ing. turning to rain.
Officials said the cold West Virginia could see up
weather was danger- to 9 inches (22.5 centime-
ous and could be fatal to ters) of snow from the storm
those spending too much before it heads into the
time outdoors — especially warming northeast.q
