Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Global Warming Alert



(AP) Ben Tobin, right, and Jamie Schmidt remove a snow berm left in their driveway by snowplows.

Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow

Jan 7, 5:36 AM (ET)

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has left Spokane residents frustrated. Tempers are so frayed that a man was arrested for shooting at a snow plow operator.

This unusually harsh winter has disrupted schools, traffic, garbage pickup and mail service in the city of 200,000.

Roofs are collapsing, streets are clogged with ice and slush and locals are starting to refer to this as Sno-maggedon.