Icy Storm Hits Hard

Paducah Power System crews work to remove a fallen tree across a road in order to repair fallen power lines and snapped poles Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Paducah, Ky. Snow and ice spread across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday, closing schools, knocking out power for thousands of homes and businesses and collapsing a bakery roof.

A woman brushes off a car in a parking lot Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Cleveland. All day snows caused massive traffic backups on all arteries leaving the city.

Debbie Sisinger clears snow from her car Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Grandview Heights, Ohio.

A McCracken County Sheriff's deputy clears debris from ice-covered Tennessee River bridge between Paducah and Ledbetter, Ky., after a head-on collision, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Snow and ice spread across the Ohio Valley, closing schools, knocking out power for thousands of homes and businesses and collapsing a bakery roof. Roads were littered with cars that had spun out and first lady Laura Bush canceled appearances.

Continental planes sit lined up at Terminal D as flights were temporarily cancelled due to freezing rain Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Cleveland. It was just one of many weather-related problems Northeast Ohio experienced Tuesday.

An ice jam is seen on Lake Shafer near West Shafer Drive in Monticello, Ind., on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008. The jam caused flooding in the area.

Pat Moriarity runs through the slush after the frigid water went over his boots on West Shafer Drive in Monticello, Ind., on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008. The flood was due to an ice jam on Lake Shafer.

Gas pumps are submerged in a Lake Shafer ice jam in Monticello, Ind., on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

Heavy commuter traffic in downtown Annapolis, Md. is seen Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, after an ice storm in the area caused accidents and bridge closings. Maryland election officials got a judge to give voters an extra 90 minutes to get to the polls Tuesday after icy weather created traffic gridlock in parts of the state.

A driver clears snow off her car at the end of the work day in a downtown Columbus, Ohio, parking lot Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

A driver steps out of his vehicle to watch officials deal with a wreck involving a semi-truck dangling at a bridge over the Little Darby Creek in the east bound lanes of I-70 near West Jefferson, Ohio, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008. The accident closed down the highway in both directions forcing drivers to use detours or wait for the cleanup to end.

An inch of ice from an ice storm that blanketed southwest Missouri covers the grass in the median along Highway 60 near Diggins, Mo., as an Amish buggy goes by in the background.

A light coating of snow covers the World Trade Center site on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in New York.

Pedestrians make their way along Market Street during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.