Weather Damage Mounts After Cold Week in Aiken County
Frigid Christmas week storms prompt up to 42 inch snow and sleet accumulations with freezing rain, fires and widespread school damage. Officials warn the worst may yet come as temperatures rise and pipes thaw, with Aiken County reporting multiple broken pipes and flooded buildings across elementary schools and high schools.
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John Morgan
Aiken Elementary
Laurens Street
Morgan
Robert Paskel
Paskel
Aiken
Gloverville
Jackson Middle
Summerfield
Downer
J.D. Lever
Byrd Elementary
Jefferson Elementary
Ridge Spring-Monetta High School
Warrenville
Ridge Spring
South Aiken High School
Busbee
Aiken High School
New Canadian Ice Wave Blasts Plains
A severe Arctic air outbreak swept the Great Plains from Texas to Tennessee driving sleet glazed roads and lifting the death toll from December's freeze to 268. Snow scattered from Washington to the Great Lakes as a brief warmup faded and another cold snap moved in. Forecasters warned temperatures would stay below normal with only the Southwest spared.
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Texas
Tennessee
Washington
Great Lakes
Chicago
Midwest
Harry Gordon
National
Dakotas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Washington Mountains
Oregon
Utah
Record cold blamed for twelve SC deaths in holiday toll
The bitter Canadian cold blamed for at least 12 Carolina deaths amid fires burst pipes and stalled cars during Christmas. Eight exposure deaths occurred in the Upstate with four more from weather related fires and three additional exposure fatalities suspected. A travel advisory covered Mountains Piedmont and Midlands as sleet fell near Edgefield Johnston Clark's Hill Reservoir and Aiken McCormick counties. A 43 year old Charleston man was found in a junked taxicab with overnight low of 24 degrees.
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South Carolina
Upstate
National Weather Service
Mountains
Piedmont
Edgefield
Johnston
Clark's Hill Reservoir
Aiken
McCormick
Weather Service
Charleston
Cab Co
Ernest King
King
Jail Christmas at Aiken County Jail Brightens Inmates
Christmas Day at the Aiken County Jail found 65 inmates in low spirits despite a special turkey meal. Two area groups First Baptist Church of North Augusta and the Alston Wilkes Society delivered fruit baskets snacks and carols before inmates faced a regular schedule and visiting hours.
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Bernie Heyward Proposes Publicly With Signaneled Ring
Bernie Heyward gave his girlfriend an engagement ring at Christmas and publicly proposed after she complained he had never formally asked. He displayed the message Dear Linda Will you marry me on a large Piggly Wiggly sign near Richland Avenue as onlookers heard him recite a wish. The moment turned humorous when he mistook a helicopter for a star.
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Bernie Heyward
Bernie
Linda
Richland Avenue
Shoppers Seek Better Merchandise This Christmas
County merchants reported a strong Christmas season with record sales over the past decade. John Graytop of J B White noted rising demand for designer line clothes in the men's department and accessories, plus name brand women's sportswear, as shoppers pursued higher quality gifts.
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Aiken County
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J.B. White
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