eyewash facilities. The company was cited for the same violations at numerous
facilities between 2006 and 2010.
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flooding, repair work on the bridge that links Iowa and Nebraska, just to the north of
Omaha, is all but complete, Truckinginfo.com reported October 31. The bridge will
reopen later the week of October 31. Officials said all four lanes on a 3-mile stretch of
I-680 from I-29 to the Missouri River are ready for business. Officials had targeted the
end of 2011, but crews have been working almost 24-hours a day on the $19 million
project since late September to get the highway ready for traffic. The highway
experienced some of the worst damage from a summer of flooding on the Missouri
River.
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around the Northeast had one of the earliest snow days in memory October 31 after a
snowstorm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped power lines
and trees, causing widespread power outages that threatened to disrupt Halloween
trick-or-treating. Communities from Maine to Maryland went into now-familiar
emergency mode as shelters were opened, inaccessible roads were closed, regional
transit was suspended or delayed, and local leaders urged caution. The storm smashed
record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north. Communities in
western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in
Plainfield, and nearby Windsor got 26 inches. The snowstorm was blamed for at least
11 deaths, and states of emergency were declared in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, and parts of New York. Downed trees and messy roads delayed rescues of
motorists stranded along highways in upstate New York, where 50 to 75 vehicles were
towed overnight. A commuter train was also evacuated, and passengers were taken to a
shelter, state troopers said. Residents were urged to avoid travel altogether October 30.
Speed limits were reduced on bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and a
bridge in Delaware was closed. Two of the airports serving New York City, Newark
Liberty and John F. Kennedy International Airport, had hours-long delays October 29,
as did Philadelphia's airport. Commuter trains in Connecticut and New York were
delayed or suspended because of downed trees and signal problems. Amtrak suspended
service on several Northeast routes, and one train from Chicago to Boston got stuck
overnight in Palmer, Massachusetts. The 48 passengers had food and heat, a
spokeswoman said, and were taken by bus October 30 to their destinations.
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