Robles, Johana (2010-02-05). "Baja probabilidad de lluvia en Valle de México"[Low probability of rain in the Valley of Mexico]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City . Retrieved 2010-02-07. a b c Ellingwood, Ken (February 6, 2010), "Mexico rainstorms leave at least 15 dead", Los Angeles Times . Snowmageddon’ is a decent entry into Syfy’s building lineup of fun original movies that remind me of some of my favorite B-movie classics. Is ‘Snowmageddon’ one of their best? No, but it’s not their worst either. Maybe next year Syfy will bring us ‘Snowmageddon 2: The Revenge of the Globe.’ If not, I still would like Syfy to bring us more holiday-themed original movies.

Powerful blizzard shuts down US capital". Google News. AFP. February 5, 2010 . Retrieved February 11, 2010. The storm, dubbed "Snowpocalypse" and "Snowmageddon" by many locals, Episcopal Life Online - DIOCESAN DIGEST". Archived from the original on 2010-02-11 . Retrieved 2010-02-09. BBC News – 'Snowmageddon' still gripping Washington and eastern US". news.bbc.co.uk. February 8, 2010 . Retrieved 2010-02-08. As for the effects, well... Let's just say, don't prepare yourself to be blown away by the special effects. The effects in "Snowmageddon" are far from impressive. They do, however, get the job done, and most of the time work out well enough.Snowmageddon': cleanup begins after record Newfoundland storm". The Guardian. Canada. Reuters. 18 January 2020. Many cross-country skiers were spotted throughout Washington, D.C., during the blizzard. Photographs of two skiers were shown in several regional newspapers, making them an iconic image of the storm and local celebrities. [47] Casualties [ edit ] Mexico [ edit ] Amtrak shut down much of their service in the region, canceling its Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Crescent, Carolinian, Palmetto, and Capitol Limited, as well as canceling Cardinal service past Huntington, West Virginia However services north continued to operate through the teeth of the storm on a limited schedule. Blizzard Blasts Eastern U.S. "Blizzard blasts eastern US, Washington snowed under | the Jakarta Globe". Archived from the original on 2011-01-14 . Retrieved 2010-02-11. Brooker, Charlie (January 16, 2010). "Charlie Brooker's Screen burn". The Guardian . Retrieved February 11, 2010. As far as the 24-hour rolling networks were concerned, this wasn't a freak weather condition. This was war. Death from the skies. Earth versus the Ice Warriors. Snowmageddon.

In Pittsburgh, both the impact and severity of the storm caught many by surprise. Snow began falling in earnest late Friday morning. The sudden onset of the storm forced many local school districts, especially districts south of the city, to close early due to rapidly deteriorating road conditions; this is an extremely uncommon event for schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. [45] Nearly all schools, including the Pittsburgh Public Schools, cancelled classes the following week. Most local universities were also forced to cancel classes for much of the following week due to the storm's effects. Additionally, over 130,000 people in the Pittsburgh area were without power as a result of the heavy, wet snow. [46] For many residents, power was not restored until Monday, February 15. The 2008 children's book Winter Blast by Chris Wright, uses the term "snowmageddon" in the storyline of the book. [9] Examples [ edit ] Flatfooted action, glacial pacing, phoned in performances, and a premise that nobody seemed to put much thought into. Some Syfy movies are at the very least enjoyably bad. This certainly isn’t one of those. It’s inoffensively lame, but damn is it lame – and boring. Roylance, Frank D.; Bowie, Liz; Dresser, Michael & Wheeler, Timothy B. (February 6, 2010), " 'Extremely dangerous' storm buries Md. in snow Residents urged to stay at home, off roads; BWI, most transit operations shut down", Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on February 13, 2010 , retrieved February 6, 2010 . The storm was well spotted by the winter storm reconnaissance (WSR) program at National Center of Environmental Predictions (NCEP). Two aircraft missions were deployed over the Pacific regions on February 1, 2010. Accurate measurement in the cloudy regions were taken, the data were assimilated by the global forecast models in different numerical forecast prediction centers.

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The only thing I can think of when it comes to Christmas movies that could be better than ones about killers dressed in Santa Claus outfits are disaster films centered around the holiday. I don't know if it's just coincidence or if Anchor Bay Home Entertainment is trying to start a new tradition, but last Christmas they gave us "Ice Quake" and now this year we get the gift of "Snowmageddon." SyFy Channel does deserve some of the credit for these entertaining low-budget time-wasters since they originally aired there first. One thing I find interesting about these particular SyFy Channel movies is their family-oriented tone. Both "ice Quake" and "Snowmageddon" are aimed at an "all ages" audience. Besides a few scenes with blood, there's nothing too gory about it. They also center around families trying to save each other while staying united during incredible events. There are far worse movies of the same genre out there, many of which spewed out from SyFy Channel and The Asylum, so it was a fresh breath of air to have a movie that actually managed to stay a bit more afloat in the pond of otherwise unbearable movies.

The special effects are impressive. The explosions are big, dangerous, and numerous. The destruction from the earthquake and other disasters looks believably devastating. My favorite effect was the spikes from the ground. Combined with the editing, the sudden random appearances of the spikes made me tense; I did not know when or where the spikes would shoot from the ground, making me truly surprised when one of the most interesting death scenes happened. Die In Accident During Snowstorm In Va". The Associated Press. 2010-02-05. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010 . Retrieved 6 February 2010.

The storm affected Arizona and New Mexico from February 1 to 4. Up to 1 foot (0.30m) of snow fell in the mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, while snow accumulations in the city varied from less than 1 inch (2.5cm) near downtown to 5 inches (13cm) on the West Mesa and in the far northeast foothills. Ice-covered roadways caused numerous accidents – including one fatal crash near Gallup – shutting down Interstate 40 through Tijeras Canyon and between Grants and Gallup for several hours on February 3. [23] Deep south [ edit ] Obama calls capital's blizzard 'Snowmageddon' ". Google news. Associated Press. February 6, 2010 . Retrieved February 11, 2010.

Snowmageddon" is glorious disaster-film fun for everyone who enjoys B- movies made on a one-shoestring budget. This has everything you could ever want in this sort of film and more. The CGI and special effects are maybe two steps above what we've come to expect from C-grade Asylum movies. I was very mixed on Snowmageddon actually, of the above categories it sits between the tolerable and so bad it's good ones. I do give it plaudits for the better than average acting, granted it is not brilliant but it is award-worthy compared to the likes of Quantum Apocalypse and Titanic II, decent photography and a storyline that is mostly interesting and original in concept.In Delaware, officials investigated 8 deaths in New Castle County related to the storm. Two men were found under snow piles and a third suffered from dementia and wandered outside only to be found an hour later by a family member half buried in snow. [53] Pennsylvania [ edit ] It really felt to me like they came up with the “Twilight Zone”-ish premise of a mystical snow globe that causes natural disasters in a town that has suddenly been mysteriously cut off from the rest of the world and then were clueless where to go from there or how to even entertainingly bullshit their way through it. Okay, that’s not a completely fair statement. A movie called Snowmageddon ends with a volcano so clearly there was some major league bullshitting going on.