NYTimes - Frigid Blast Disrupts Life in South and Midwest as Emergencies Are Declared

By STEVEN YACCINO and ALAN BLINDER via NYT U.S. http://nyti.ms/1e5Fdo0 In Alabama, snow made roads impassable and forced some schools to prepare to keep students overnight. Even in the Midwest, the coldest stretch in decades started to wear some families down.