by Puteri | December 1st, 2007
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest on Saturday, disrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, making highways hazardous and closing Des Moines’ airport.The National Weather Service posted winter storm and ice warnings across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the eastern Dakotas and northern Michigan, although some warnings were lifted by midday. Six to 16 inches of snow was forecast in parts of Minnesota.
Much of Iowa was hit with snow, sleet and freezing rain.
Officials decided to close Des Moines International Airport after a United Airlines plane slid off a taxiway as it was heading to a runway to take off on a flight to Chicago’s O’Hare, said airport spokesman Roy Criss.
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When I read this kind of news, I am glad to be living in California! Very, very glad! 
California is never, well at least for those of us who don’t live in the higher elevations, that cold. Even without that kind of cold temperatures here in California, there are times I feel I need to go somewhere warmer.
Today, for example, I just don’t feel in tip top shape, and even though the temperature in the house is about 65 F, I still feel cold. I am wearing a warm outdoor jacket even as I write this post. My workstation is in my garage turned studio and this room is definitely a lot colder than the rest of the house. 
I think I need to seriously get a portable heater for my studio. It’s miserable being cold.
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