#winter-storm

#winter-storm

Friday, February 10, 2023 by Jo Clifton
In response to complaints from the public about Austin Energy's response to the extreme ice storm that knocked out electric power for at least 173,000 AE customers, City Council Member Mackenzie Kelly asked her colleagues Thursday to approve a resolution directing City Auditor Corrie Stokes to perform an extensive audit.

(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Southern Californians yearning for sunshine can instead expect another week of June gloom, with a chance of thunderstorms and showers on the horizon.A cloudy weather pattern across the Los Angeles area is expected to last until at least Thursday, when there's a small chance of some clearing, according to the National Weather Service.

Weather In New Hampshire, where heavy, wet snow was expected to fall over the southern half of the state, more than 50 towns postponed municipal elections that had been scheduled for Tuesday, according to the secretary of state's office.A major late-winter storm that brought rain to the Northeast on Monday was expected to intensify overnight with heavy, wet snow and strong winds that could cause widespread power failures, disrupt travel and flood coastal communities, forecasters said.

A major late-winter storm was on its way into the Northeast on Monday, packing a mix of heavy, wet snow, rain and strong winds that could cause widespread power failures, disrupt travel and flood coastal communities, forecasters said.The storm, which was expected to strengthen into a nor'easter, could unload more than a foot of snow in the Catskills and southern Adirondacks in New York, the Berkshires and Worcester hills in Massachusetts, the Monadnocks and White Mountains in New Hampshire, and the southern Green Mountains in Vermont, the National Weather Service said.

"All systems go for a major and unusual storm," the National Weather Service said in its forecast on Wednesday.The powerful winter storm moving through California is expected to drop heaps of rain, sleet and snow across much of the state, including Southern California, where several feet of fresh powder could fall in the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties at elevations as low as 1,500 feet Thursday into Friday.

The sets of Greta Gerwig's upcoming Barbie movie required such vast amounts of pink paint, they swallowed up one company's entire global supply, according to production designer Sarah Greenwood.Speaking to Architectural Digest, Gerwig revealed that the team constructed the movie's fluorescent Barbie Land sets almost entirely from scratch at the Warner Bros Studios Leavesden - all the way down to the sky, which was hand-painted rather than CGI rendered.

The official start of spring may be just 10 days away, but another winter storm is forecast to bring more snow to the GTA on Friday.Environment Canada has issued weather advisories for the whole region.In Toronto, between four and eight centimetres are expected to fall.Forecasted amounts are slightly higher west of the city, with between 10 and 15 centimetres expected in Peel and Halton.

Changing course on the Gardiner East project may not save money and could inflate costs to rehabilitate the elevated expressway, a new briefing note from Toronto city staff says.The note in response to questions from Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie was provided less than a week after council pushed the issue onto a key committee agenda.

In the winter of my 40th year, I received a cancer diagnosis that required major surgery.I packed my hospital bag and kissed my spouse, toddler and baby goodbye.While there, a Canadian storm pelted the area with every precipitation possible.The roads were treacherous, but my mother waltzed in as if by magic.

HOUSTON Representative Colin Allred, a Dallas-area Democrat who defeated an incumbent Republican to gain his seat in 2018, announced on Wednesday that he would challenge Senator Ted Cruz of Texas next year.In a three-minute video, Mr. Allred, 40, a former civil rights lawyer who played as a linebacker in the N.F.L., presented himself as a bipartisan politician whose working-class upbringing would enable him to overcome the long odds: No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas since the 1990s.

In advance of an expected winter storm, Front Range Community College announced Tuesday evening that its Longmont and Westminster campuses will be closed for in-person services on Wednesday.FRCC employees and students will shift to remote work and learning for all classes, school spokeswoman Jessica Peterson said in an email.

ROUND ROCK, Texas Now that last week's ice storm has come and gone, Central Texas school districts are looking to make sure teachers will still get paid for the days that the storm canceled class.Round Rock ISD's Board of Trustees is expected to adopt an emergency resolution at Thursday night's meeting that will compensate teachers for the four days schools were closed.

As a winter storm blasted much of California on Friday, the state's most famous bald eagles - Jackie and Shadow - have been hunkering down in their Big Bear nest keeping two eggs warm in snowy conditions.On Friday afternoon, Jackie was spotted on a live camera sitting on the two eggs, standing firm against thundering winds and constant snow that has nearly covered the entire nest.

After weeks of historic snowfalls that buried parts of the San Bernardino Mountains in up to 100 inches of snow, residents have only now started to clear roads, reopen businesses, run errands and get in touch with snowbound neighbors.But the respite may be short-lived as a new storm is forecast to strike the region Friday morning and linger into the weekend.