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Record Cold Shatters Power Use Across Chicago Area
NiGas reports 2.3 to 3 billion cubic feet daily on a January day as Commonwealth Edison tallies a winter peak of 14,179 megawatts Tuesday evening. Edison keeps 450 emergency personnel on call to restore power amid WARP Weather Alert. grid outages affect 20,000 people across six counties. Schools largely closed for MLK weekend with one exception Homewood Flossmoor open for exams. many parents drive students to school in cars. Metra and Pace face delays and extra staff as wires and frozen roads hamper travel. water mains burst in Park Forest and Richton Park. a car fire in University Park is linked to extreme cold.
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Commonwealth Edison
Edison
Martin Luther King
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Illinois State Police
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ted Smith
IDOT
Smith
Abbot
Amoco
Park Forest
Metra
Chris Knapton
Metra Electric
van Buren Street
Knapton
Lamme
Pace
Chicago Heights
Wally Piet
Mary Gordon
Richton Park
Crete
Star
Willowbrook
Peter Evers
University Park
Klemme
State Line
Bemmes
Richton Park Road
Evers
Ray Gonzales
Will County
Chicago
O’leary
Brementon Woods
East Hazel Crest
Louise Morrisson
Western Avenue
Erin McGuiness
Cal Mohamad
Hope Lutheran Church
McGuiness
Springfield Street
Kentucky
Hay Streets
McGuinnes
Public Works
Ben Adcock
Hawthorne Way
Richton Hills
Adcock
Crete Township
Litton
Mokena
Wolf Road
Parker Street
S. Wolf Rd
Joe Holomy