Published 1/18/2009
at The Independent - Environment RSS Feed
Alabama was colder than Alaska, water fountains froze into ice sculptures in South Carolina, and Florida shivered through an Arctic air blast as the coldest week of the winter continued to grip large parts of the US. > >
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