Weather
Palm
Trees and Snow: Freezing Weather Bites the West
Snow was reported in Las Vegas and temperatures were
below freezing for 80 percent of the country Wednesday, bringing a chill that
did not dissuade some New Year's Eve revelers. The day saw the coldest
temperature of 2014 anywhere in the Contiguous United States: The small village
of Daniel, Wyoming, recorded a bone-chilling 48 degrees below zero — even
without the wind chill —according to
The Weather Channel.
Rare snow fell in San Diego and other
parts of southern California, delighting some, while elsewhere the weather was
deadly: Two people were killed by falling trees near Sacramento, and a harbor
patrolman and another person died on Catalina off the Los Angeles coast after
winds ripped boats loose from their moorings at a marina. And in Pasadena, a
"freak" wind storm blew tents and equipment around outside the Rose
Bowl, injuring four people, NBC Los
Angeles reported. The
winds were so fierce in Southern California that at least three tractor
trailers were blown onto their sides, the station
reported. And
in the north of the state winds blew over power lines and left thousands in the
dark,according to
NBC Bay Area. In
Colorado, an avalanche on Kelso Ridge in the Rocky Mountains killed one man and
trapped two others, NBC station
KUSA reported.
Cold weather didn't dampen the mood for
some in chilly Las Vegas, where it was the coldest New Year's Eve in years.
John Madole, owner of Las Vegas Heater Rentals, told NBC
station KSNV that he expected to make well more Wednesday night
than the $6,000 he usually earns on New Year's Eve from last-minute rentals.
"It's cold for New Year's Eve — about 10 degrees colder than it usually
is," Madole said.
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