A storm of snow, ice, and rain is causing chaos throughout the midwest and it is expected to continue through New Years Day. This weather caused a 100 car pile-up in North Dakota. As a result of this pile up it caused I-94 to close. This started when two semi trucks jacknifed on Thursday. With the Visibility and road conditions so bad, highway patrol were rescueing drivers by foot and snowmobile. Three people were sent to the hospital. Out by Denver, it faced heaviest snows of the season on Friday, while in parts of Wyoming and New Mexico were getting ready for stormy weather and fridged temperatures. Phoenix was bracing for subfreezing temperatures on Friday also because the storm dumped a snowy mix of precipitation on the edge of the desert city on thursday.Strong winds have also creates snow dunes on rooftops, streets, and yards across mountanious areas of Arizona. Because of this, two major thoroughfares in northern Arizona were closed, which stranded people just south of the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff. New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada also all have major roadways shut down due to the storm. Up to a foot of snow is predicted to fall in the Denver and Colorado Springs area while the eastern plains are expected to get about 7 inches. Ski resorts are happy for the snow, but it has trapped some skiers on the mountain and prevented others from coming. This is because roads have been closed to those resorts because of the dangerous conditions and the threat of avalanches. United Airlines has had to cancel 32 flights from Denver on Thursday alone.
The title of this article really caught my eye because it was a 100 car pile up and I was interested in what caused it first. What caused this was the 2 semis that jacknifed eachother. Pretty much from this article much of the United States was experiencing the snow and wintery mix. I am kinda interested in this that New Mexico and Arizona were seeing snow and they don't really see this very much but some of this is not in our control because it is mother nature that is in charge of all this and the weather.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40861490/ns/weather/
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