Across the United States, many regions braced for hazardous weather on Wednesday. Travel warnings were issued for some southern states, where trees were toppled and downed power lines left hundreds of thousands without electricity. In Arkansas, state employees were told to stay home because of dangerously slick roads. Arkansas National Guardsmen were sent out to rescue motorists stranded during the second big ice storm to hit the state in two weeks. Abandoned cars hampered efforts to clear roads.
Roads are like skating rinks.
It's just catastrophic. In the Texas Panhandle, many roads were closed late Tuesday after more than a foot of snow accumulated. American Airlines canceled more than 700 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth because of weather problems elsewhere. Winter storm warnings were issued on Tuesday for parts of Missouri and Tennessee, while special weather statements were issued for Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia, describing such local forecasts as sleet or much colder temperatures. We won't know the exact track until we get all the weather elements together.