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Saturday, February 6, 2010 - FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. WERE SLAMED WITH ONE OF THE WORST SNOW STORMS IN RECORDED HISTORY. MONONGALIA COUNTY RECEIVED NEARLY FIFTEEN INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE HITE OF THE STORM. ALLEGHENY POWER REPORTED NEARLY 10,OOO CUSTOMERS IN MONONGALIA COUNTY AND OVER 50,000 STATE WIDE WERE WITHOUT POWER. FIRE ,EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RESPONDED TO HUNDREDS OF CALLS FOR HELP DURING THE STORM. 911 DISPATCHERS WERE STILL TAKING EMERGENCY CALLS FOR HELP WELL AFTER THE STORM HAD PASSED. EMERGENCY SHELTERS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE STRANDED AND WITHOUT POWER. WE AT THE SEVENTEEN HOUSE BEG TO DIFFER WITH THE THEORY OF GLOBAL WARMING AT THIS TIME.
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