今天的天氣很詭異，其實沒有颳大風也沒下大雨，對在南方小島見識過颱風威力的我來說，根本沒當一回事，看著窗外細細的雨，我也沒放在心上，一早也忘了拎傘就出門去也。
沒想到，小覷冰雨威力的我，結實踢到了個大鐵板！從下了公車，從下車處到系館大樓短短五分鐘路程，就讓我猶如踩在一堆雪泥、思樂冰上，戰戰兢兢、苦不堪言。小靴子裡開始浸水，然後必須一隻腳踩穩了才敢把另一隻腳從濕答答的雪泥中拔出來。就這樣，我非常狼狽的到了系館。中午時分，本來只想回家吃飯的我，搭上了遲到的公車，一路上，公車也開得異常緩慢，路旁結了冰的樹枝啪啦啪啦的打在車窗上，讓我不禁害怕起來，怕車窗就這樣被一大把樹枝給捅破了。
下午兩點，上網陸續收到幾個學生的信，問下午的課是否還照常，之後甚至有學生稍來最新消息，說學校全面停課，下午以及晚上的課都取消了。平白賺了半天的我，沒辦法只得在家趕報告，只是效率極低。傍晚六點想要振作一下，收拾東西打算去游泳，但看窗外的天色，我想上個網查一下吧！果不其然，唉～游泳池晚上也關門了，真鬱悶啊！
冰雨冰雨真討厭！
CEDAR RAPIDS - With ice and freezing rain collecting on trees and power lines, Eastern Iowans could be heading into a prolonged period of scattered power outages.
"We're not out of the woods yet, unfortunately," Alliant Energy spokesman Ryan Stensland said early Tuesday afternoon. "Customers have to be prepared to be in this for the long haul."
Approximately 41,000 Alliant customers were without power at 3 p.m. Included in that total, as of noon today, were 14,400 customers at around 150 sites scattered around Cedar Rapids, Stensland said.
Other hard-hit areas are Centerville, the Creston-Osceola area (about 8,000 customers down), and Ottumwa, where about 10,000 customers were without power.
"That's probably one of our hardest-hit areas," Stensland said. "We can't even get down some streets" due to downed trees.
MidAmerican Energy reported 22,958 customers without power at 3 p.m. today -- down from 27,483 customers without power at noon. However, the 3 p.m. total included 4,187 customers without power in Iowa City, more than double the 2,000 reporting power outages in Iowa City at noon.
In addition to about 300 Alliant workers, the company was shifting 150 contract employees to recovery operations from other projects, Stensland said.
"We'll redeploy those crews as we're able," he said, although recurring outages may happen as the situation develops. "That's what's really so unpredictable — you really don't know where it's going to happen."
MidAmerican power outages may be followed online at www.midamericanenergy.com/storm
Alliant Energy outages may be tracked here.
Road conditions remain slick after a storm that coated roads, tree branches and everything else in up to 1/2 inch of ice overnight.
Approximately 41,000 Alliant customers were without power at 3 p.m. Included in that total, as of noon today, were 14,400 customers at around 150 sites scattered around Cedar Rapids, Stensland said.
Other hard-hit areas are Centerville, the Creston-Osceola area (about 8,000 customers down), and Ottumwa, where about 10,000 customers were without power.
"That's probably one of our hardest-hit areas," Stensland said. "We can't even get down some streets" due to downed trees.
MidAmerican Energy reported 22,958 customers without power at 3 p.m. today -- down from 27,483 customers without power at noon. However, the 3 p.m. total included 4,187 customers without power in Iowa City, more than double the 2,000 reporting power outages in Iowa City at noon.
In addition to about 300 Alliant workers, the company was shifting 150 contract employees to recovery operations from other projects, Stensland said.
"We'll redeploy those crews as we're able," he said, although recurring outages may happen as the situation develops. "That's what's really so unpredictable — you really don't know where it's going to happen."
MidAmerican power outages may be followed online at www.midamericanenergy.com/storm
Alliant Energy outages may be tracked here.
Road conditions remain slick after a storm that coated roads, tree branches and everything else in up to 1/2 inch of ice overnight.
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冰風暴10日繼續侵襲美國大平原區，在美國中部地帶鋪上一層厚冰，超過60萬用戶停電。奧克拉荷馬和密蘇里州至少17人喪生。國家氣象局預測11日晚上還會有另一波冰風暴，可能出現更嚴重結冰。
冰凍天氣已延伸到東北部，紐約上州許多學校因路面結冰而停課或延遲上課。這股冰風暴可望繼續向東推進，在本周末衝擊華府和紐約地區。
奧克拉荷馬全州已進入緊急狀態，各地紛紛設立收容所，接納家裡停電又沒有暖氣的居民，國民兵和志工也忙著運送食物和清水到災情最慘重地區。密蘇里州9日也宣布緊急狀態，並出動國民兵協助救災。
周末展開的冰風暴，10日繼續肆虐奧克拉荷馬州和四周地區，然後向北移動。中部地帶有些地方樹枝和電線結冰厚達一寸，地面也結了一、兩吋厚冰。
國家氣象局發布警報，表示密蘇里、堪薩斯、內布拉斯加、愛阿華和伊利諾州部分地區11日將受到冰風暴侵襲。
奧克拉荷馬電力公司說，厚冰和墜落的樹枝壓斷電線，使50萬用戶為之停電，可能要一個星期以上才能全部修復。這是奧州歷來最大規模的停電事件，約有三分之一州民受到影響。
密蘇里州也有十多萬用戶停電，伊利諾州南部有1萬1000個用戶停電，堪薩斯州則有五千個用戶停電。德州、路易斯安納、印第安納和密西西比州都調派人手前往災區，協助搶修電線。
從德州向北到奧克拉荷馬和堪薩斯，東至密蘇里和伊利諾州，都發布冰風暴警報，愛阿華和阿肯色州也受到影響。一些公路因路面結冰而關閉，芝加哥、堪薩斯市、聖路易和奧克拉荷馬市主要機場有數以百計班機取消。
路面結冰引起車禍連連，在奧克拉荷馬州造成12人喪生，還有一個遊民凍死。密蘇里州一名汽車駕駛人停車協助另一個開車的人，卻被在冰上打滑的一輛汽車撞死。
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