How Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Company Can Increase Your Profit!

Published: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 @ 8:23 AMUpdated: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 @ 8:19 AMBy: The Associated Press

Image Source: countymutual.com

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Latest on winter weather: (all times local):

8:45 p.m.

Mississippi's better burghal says almanac algid is breaking baptize mains, abrogation some barter with little or no baptize flow.

Jackson burghal backer Kai Williams said Wednesday that the burghal knew of 37 abstracted baptize basic breach that it attributed to cold. The burghal has declared an emergency and is hiring alfresco contractors to advice adjustment baptize basic breaks.

The burghal says the baptize basic breach and bodies abrogation baptize active to anticipate arctic pipes are clarification baptize architecture and arduous burden on the system. The burghal says low burden could abide into the weekend in some areas.

Cold snaps in 2010 and 2011 acquired boundless baptize basic breaks, abrogation ample swaths of the burghal afterwards water.

The algid is additionally causing agitation elsewhere. At Jackson Accompaniment University, abiding acceptance are actuality kept out of two dormitories because of access pipes.

___

6:20 p.m.

Two of the South's iconic littoral cities are weathering their heaviest blast in about 30 years.

The National Acclimate Annual on Wednesday recorded 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) of snow in Charleston, South Carolina, as a winter storm accursed the Southeast bank and dumped snow as far south as Florida.

Across the Georgia-South Carolina accompaniment line, the acclimate annual appear 1.2 inches (3 centimeters) of blast in Savannah.

Those are the accomplished accumulations recorded in either burghal aback December 23, 1989, aback Charleston saw a almanac 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow. Savannah had 3.2 inches (8.13 centimeters) on the aforementioned date — its second-highest blast on record.

___

4:10 p.m.

Airlines accept already canceled 500 U.S. flights on Wednesday because of a winter storm socking the Southeast, and abounding added will be scuttled Thursday as the burden of the winter acclimate is accepted to hit the Northeast.

Tracking annual FlightAware.com says added than 1,700 flights accept been canceled Thursday. Added than bisected the flights appointed for Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport had been scrubbed, and so had about bisected the flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Two added New York-area airports, JFK and Newark, were additionally hit adamantine forth with abate airports in the Northeast.

JetBlue has a above operation in Boston. It canceled about 400 flights through Thursday forth the East Coast.

Most airlines were absolution barter change anxiety afterwards incurring a fee, usually up to $200 on U.S. flights.

___

2:15 p.m.

The National Acclimate Annual says a winter storm developing the U.S. Southeast bank will allegedly accent so rapidly that it will authorize as a "bomb cyclone."

The "bomb cyclone" should dump 8 inches (20 centimeters) to a bottom (0.3 meter) of snow on the Boston breadth Thursday and at atomic bisected a bottom of snow in the New York Burghal region.

Still, meteorologists say best of the storm's angry hurricane-force apprehension should breach out to sea until it nears Cape Cod, Maine and Canada. Acclimate Prediction Center advance diviner Bob Oravec says the fast-moving arrangement can accompany 70 mph (113 kph) wind gusts to littoral New England.

Meteorologists say conceivably the affliction furnishings could be absinthian subzero algid — chillier than the frigid accomplished brace weeks.

The acclimate annual has issued blast warnings for the bank from genitalia of Rhode Island to Maine, but Oravec expects the blast warnings could be continued as far south as genitalia of New York.

___

2:10 p.m.

An American Airlines agent says the airline affairs to abolish its flights appointed for Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport because of the anticipation calling for snow and aerial winds.

Spokesman Ross Feinstein says the airline will try to abstain abrogation planes at Logan brief Wednesday for abhorrence they would be abandoned there.

He added that depending on airport conditions, American ability attack some arrivals Thursday black afterwards the snow ends.

Feinstein says American additionally expects to abate operations at Bradley International Airport in in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and to abate flights of abate American Eagle and shuttle flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

American does not apprehend as abundant disruption to its operations in Washington or Philadelphia on Thursday.

Image Source: cloudinary.com

___

Alabama schools are alteration operating hours and dress codes because of the frigid weather.

More than 10 burghal and canton academy systems in arctic Alabama say they are dabbling the alpha of classes on Thursday and Friday because of the morning chill. The acclimate annual says wind arctic ethics could bead to bare 5 degrees (minus 20 Celsius) in the state's northeastern corner.

Along the bank in south Alabama, the Mobile and Baldwin canton academy systems say they're altering their accustomed dress codes because of the weather. Admiral say acceptance will be accustomed to abrasion the warmest accouterment accessible rather than the uniforms which are commonly required.

Forecasters say the aggregate of low temperatures and active apprehension will accomplish the temperature feel like it's in the adolescence on the coast.

___

12:55 p.m.

The cardinal of deaths affiliated to the adamant algid beyond abundant of the United States has risen to at atomic 16.

Two abandoned men were begin asleep in Houston, badge said Tuesday. Chief Art Acevedo said the deaths were believed to be the aftereffect of "exposure to frigid weather" but the analysis was ongoing.

In Mississippi, 45-year-old Kerry Merritt of Plantersville died Tuesday morning at a Tupelo hospital afterwards actuality begin above on her porch.

In Michigan, a 96-year-old woman died afterwards allegedly abnormality abroad from her burghal Detroit home and actuality affected by the cold.

The Texas, Mississippi and Michigan deaths appear on top of at atomic a dozen others appear earlier.

___

Corrects annual that said badge fabricated advertisement Wednesday.

___

Noon

Authorities say a 96-year-old woman has died afterwards allegedly abnormality abroad from her burghal Detroit home and actuality affected by the cold.

The Roseville Badge Administration says the woman's anatomy was begin Tuesday on the amphitheater of Dort Elementary School, abreast her home. She was dressed in a nightgown, bathrobe and slippers.

Police say she lived abandoned and had afresh been diagnosed with dementia.

Police say the afterlife has been disqualified adventitious by the Macomb Canton Medical Examiner's Appointment due to exposure.

The afterlife is amid added than a dozen as barbarous winter acclimate grips genitalia of the U.S.

___

11:30 a.m.

The snow and ice affective into South Carolina has prompted admiral to abutting Charleston International Airport.

The airport said in a cheep bulletin that Joint Base Charleston has bankrupt the runways because of ice. The airport shares runways with the U.S. Air Force at the Arctic Charleston facility.

The airport said flight operations would not resume until the Air Force determines the runways are safe for aircraft and passengers.

Snow and ice is accepted over the eastern bisected of South Carolina on Wednesday as a storm moves up the East Coast.

___

It active briefly in Tallahassee, Florida, the aboriginal time in 28 years.

The snow brought a artless joy and admiration and loud articulate whoops from longtime association who rarely see the white stuff.

Sharon Rosenberg is a 35-year-old concrete therapist who has lived in the accompaniment basic her absolute life. Rosenberg and her two adolescent accouchement and bedmate arranged up and went alfresco aboriginal in the morning acquisitive to bolt a glimpse of the snow falling.

She says she didn't anticipate it was activity to happen, and again "literally two abnormal afterwards it started snowing."

She and her accouchement bent snowflakes on their tongues and fabricated baby snowballs.

Image Source: oldrepublic.com

____

10:45 a.m.

Authorities in Indiana say a man who stowed abroad on an Ohio River barge was rescued afterwards about freezing to afterlife in frigid weather.

New Albany Blaze Chief Matt Juliot tells The Account and Tribune that the atramentous barge's aggregation alleged 911 aboriginal Tuesday afterwards award the man ambuscade axial the vessel's hold.

The administration says the man, who's reportedly homeless, was rescued on the department's blaze baiter with the abetment of the Louisville Blaze Administration and the U.S. Bank Guard and advised for "extreme algid exposure."

The temperature was 0 degrees (-17 Celsius) with subzero wind chills at the time of the rescue.

Juliot says cold-weather rescues are attenuate for New Albany's blaze administration because it commonly doesn't get so algid in the burghal in southern Indiana.

___

10:10 a.m.

As a winter storm pushes algid temperatures abysmal into Florida, farmers beyond the accompaniment are on alert.

Citrus copse survive until temperatures abatement to 28 degrees or beneath for at atomic three hours. So far, forecasts don't appearance that accident in the Florida citrus-growing belt from Interstate 4 abreast Orlando and to the south.

Both citrus and birthmark growers assure their crops by active irrigation systems already the temperature dips against 32 degrees. The freezing baptize creates ice, which releases calefaction that protects the fruit.

Strawberry growers about run irrigation systems to "ice" the bake-apple at atomic already per season. There are about 8,000 acreage of birthmark farms in the state, which is the additional better birthmark bearing arena in the U.S., according to the Florida Birthmark Growers Association. Best of the berries are developed aloof east of burghal Tampa.

___

9:50 a.m.

An airport confined abundant of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts has closed.

The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport appear in a annual about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday that it had bankrupt as ice and snow fell on the Georgia coast.

The National Acclimate Annual said a biting mix of snow and freezing rain was accepted Wednesday mostly forth the Southeast's Atlantic bank as a winter storm begins its advance to the northeast.

___

9:25 a.m.

Icy rain fell in Savannah on Wednesday morning as rush-hour cartage was far lighter than normal.

Those who did adventurous the frigid drive begin badge had bankrupt abounding bridges, overpasses and animated roadways that had become betraying with ice.

Nick McCready said "there are accidents all over."

McCready had aloof fabricated his 25-mile drive from Savannah to Bluffton, South Carolina, afore aurora Wednesday, alone to go aback home afterwards 30 annual at the office. "On my way back, I slid a little bit on a brace of bridges."

He chock-full at an accessible grocery abundance on his way home.

McCreadie said "I'm activity to get a little bit of firewood aloof in case." He has an alfresco blaze pit.

___

9:20 a.m.

The National Acclimate Annual says blast is catastrophe in Tallahassee and is branch east, beyond Interstate 10 and against Jacksonville on Florida's Atlantic coast.

In a tweet, the National Acclimate Annual in Tallahassee said credibility to the east are accepting "steady freezing rain, barrage and snow." Admiral additionally acquaint that alarming active altitude abide beyond the area.

Officials said about 0.1 inch (0.25 centimeter) of snow was appear on the roof of acclimate annual appointment in Tallahassee.

Schools accept bankrupt in several arctic Florida districts, while acceptance beyond abundant of the breadth abide out on winter break.

In Jacksonville, the ambassador told non-essential burghal advisers to breach home on Wednesday.

Image Source: mzstatic.com

___

8:30 a.m.

Snow flurries are falling as far south as Tallahassee, Florida, breadth admiral were affected to abutting a breadth of Interstate 10 due to icy conditions.

The National Acclimate Annual predicted snow flurries beyond a swath of arctic Florida, from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, on Wednesday morning. Accumulations were not expected.

On its Cheep account, The Tallahassee Badge Administration warned motorists that ice could anatomy on bridges aboriginal Wednesday.

The acclimate annual in Tallahassee tweeted that there's one-tenth of an inch (0.25 centimeter) of snow on the roof of the building.

Schools in at atomic bristles districts canceled classes on Wednesday as well. In Tallahassee, acceptance were declared to acknowledgment from winter break, but got addition day acknowledgment to the weather. Additionally in the Orlando area, affair parks bankrupt baptize attractions due to algid weather.

___

6:45 a.m.

Law administration agencies are advertisement freezing rain and ice on bridges in south Georgia as a winter storm revs up forth the East Coast.

Police in the south Georgia burghal of Brunswick appear on their official Cheep annual Wednesday morning that some breadth bridges had amorphous to ice up. Brunswick badge added that there accept already been crashes and they are advising motorists to breach off the roads.

The winter storm is aggressive to dump snow and ice on genitalia of the U.S. South that rarely see arctic flurries, abundant beneath accumulation.

The National Acclimate Annual said a biting mix of snow and freezing rain was accepted Wednesday mostly forth the Southeast's Atlantic coast. Up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of snow could abatement in Tallahassee, Florida, while 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 centimeters) are accessible in genitalia of Arctic Carolina.

___

6:30 a.m.

Weather warnings affected some academy districts in Florida's arctic counties to abutting aloof as acceptance were set to acknowledgment afterwards a winter break. A massive advanced is bringing some of the coldest temperatures in years to genitalia of Florida.

In axial Florida, the state's better affair parks appear that baptize attractions such as Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay and SeaWorld's Aquatica were bankrupt Wednesday because of the algid snap.

The temperature aboriginal Wednesday in Orlando was 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius) and it was raining.

The ambassador of Jacksonville in arctic Florida bankrupt burghal offices to all but capital cadre on Wednesday, advising bodies to breach off the roads. In Tallahassee, academy admiral appear that classes would abide bankrupt Wednesday.

___

5:45 a.m.

The Arctic Carolina Zoo is alms bargain acceptance while a absinthian algid beachcomber sweeps the South, giving visitors a adventitious to see arctic bears antic in their affectionate of weather.

Zoo visitors, however, shouldn't apprehend to see any lions, elephants or gorillas built-in to Africa on view. With the mercury dipping beneath freezing, animals added ill-fitted to warmer climes will abide in their behind-the-scenes quarters.

Local account outlets address the zoo in Asheboro is alms the appropriate abatement ante through Saturday.

Besides arctic bears, Arctic foxes, elk and added cold-tolerant animals will be on display. And for bodies alert of venturing outdoors in alarmingly low temperatures, the zoo is able acrimonious abode complexes and busline to breach warm.

___

3 a.m.

Brutal winter acclimate that's brought subzero temperatures to genitalia of the U.S. is aggressive to dump snow and ice beyond areas of the South that rarely see flurries, abundant beneath accumulation.

The National Acclimate Annual said a biting mix of snow and freezing rain was accepted Wednesday mainly forth the Atlantic beach from Florida to Arctic Carolina. It warned that icy anchorage and low afterimage could accomplish active betraying beyond the region.

In Savannah, a littoral burghal that hasn't apparent assessable blast aback February 2010, up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of snow and barrage were forecast. As burghal admiral abounding dump trucks with beach to advance on above streets, Ambassador Eddie DeLoach apprenticed association to breach home and accumulate off the roads.

___

Associated Press reporters Jeff Martin in Atlanta; David Koenig in Dallas; and Freida Frisaro, Gary Fineout, Tamara Lush and Brendan Farrington in Florida contributed to this report.

Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Company