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Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: A “Hurricane of Snow”–State of Emergency Declared for Southern Wisconsin

• February 2, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, Health, Hurricanes, Television, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Blizzard, Blizzard of 2011, Blizzards, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Dane County Regional Airport, Dane County Wisconsin, Digging Out, Dodgeville, Edgewood College, Governor Scott Walker, Mad City, Madison Metro, New Orleans, Snowplows, State of Emergency, United States, University of Wisconsin–Madison, UW-Madison, Wisconsin, WTDY

Ice, Ice, Baby…The Winds Have Died Down a Bit, Leaving Bitter Cold. And It’s Not Even Winter. Officially…

• December 14, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Bitter Cold, Blizzard, Cold, Digging Out, Ice, Inch, Inches, Mad City, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Midwest, National Weather Service, Slippery, Snow, United States, WBBM-TV, Wind Chill Factor, Winter Storm, Winter Storms, Wisconsin

The Great Blizzard of ’09 Comes to Madison

• December 9, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in History, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Blizzard, Buses, Channel 3000, Closed, EMS, Governor Jim Doyle, Inclement Weather, Live Blogging, Madison Metro, MG&E, State of Emergency, The Beltway, The National Guard, Thursday, Weather, Winds

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The Guardian, UK

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Coronavirus kills young Wuhan doctor as hundreds infected in China's prisons February 21, 2020
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The BBC

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