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December 29, 2008 at 11:19 am by Alicia Wages in News• POWER OUTAGE: Nearly 200,000 homes in Michigan without power after winter storms. Now the Midwest is bracing for possible floods.
• LORDS OF DOGTOWN: Skaters in Fresno, Calif., are taking advantage of the skyrocketing foreclosure rate.
• SIGN OF THE TIMES: Newly incorporated cities Milton, Johns Creek and Sandy Springs having trouble finding their footing.
• FOR THAT HOURGLASS FIGURE: Atlanta’s Spanx will sell “mirdles,” aka man girdles, next year.
• DIRTY BIRDS: Heading to the playoffs. Falcons head coach Mike Smith asks, “Why not us?”
• BARGAIN HUNTING: After-Christmas shoppers are pickier than in years past.
• AULD LANG SYNE: Check out CL’s one-stop shop for New Year’s Eve events around the city.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I live in the Midwest and the flood problem in some areas is pretty bad. Once all the snow had fallen, the freezing rain came here and iced over the roads and sidewalks.
Then, on Saturday, it warmed up to about 50 degrees but rained all day. So all the ice turned into water, snow melted quickly, and the rain on top of everything caused several rivers here to overflow.
Even the park has a few extra nature-made lakes now until the water recedes a little. But it’s not surprising that there are flood problems throughout the Midwest after this kind of winter… and it’s still only December!
December 29th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
mirdles and nutcrackers should not be allowed in the same loaf.