Perils of a Winter Storm- Gracie Zytynski
As the cold winter is approaching hundred of thousands of households and businesses are losing power. After 6am on Monday more than 200,000 people remained without power. In Greensboro, North Carolina at least three people were killed as the winter has brought the freezing rain and as much as 2 feet of snow. Additionally, over 2,000 flights have been canceled and by the Sunday evening. the National Weather Service said that North Carolina was covered with at least 18½ inches of snow. Also, 13 inches were reported in West Virginia, 18 inches in Virginia, 12 inches in Tennessee, and 11.9 inches in South Carolina. With the snow, fire officials have responded to at least 450 stranded vehicles and more than 100 accidents on the roads.
This article was written by Annie Rose Ramos, Kalhan Rosenblatt and Elisha Fieldstadt apart of NBC News. This article was written to inform all about the dangers of the winter storms. This relates to the cold winters spent in Jamestown. In 1607 when the settlers came to Jamestown they were not expecting the long cold winter. By the end of winter only 38 out of 104 settlers survived from the cold, brutal winter. Furthermore, the article is important because we are able to understand the dangers brought by a storm.
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