Monster Storm Benjamin about to Slam Connecticut, Numerous States
If you just moved here from California (as I did in 2001) you are in for a doozy: Winter Storm Benjamin promises to bring a foot or more of snow to the region, below-zero temps and days of sold-out-supplies at your local Big Y. About 205 million people are under some kind of winter weather watch, a watch that promises not only snow and extreme cold, but ice. Unlike the usual Northeast storm, this one also will impact, even paralyze, some parts of Southern states including Mississippi, Texas , and the Carolinas and the Mid Atlantic and parts of the Plains. A growing list of states have declared a state of emergency, including Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, as well as D.C., late this morning. Ice impacts will possibly impact the District Sunday night, following the impact to more Southern regions. Here in Connecticut we will feel the effects of this second-named storm of the season, Benjamin, by Sunday morning. However, the temperatures will quickly plummet, to as low as ...