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School bus driver Derese Burnette, left, holds the hand of fellow school bus driver Joan Thompson while assisting Thompson up a slick hill after their school buses got stuck in Chapel Hill, N.C., during a snow storm on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. second winter storm in two weeks pummeled South Carolina on Wednesday prompting Gov. Nikki Haley to ask President Barack Obama to declare the state a federal disaster area. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)
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Ice coats trees and railings at the popular Broadway at the Beach tourist attraction in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 as a winter storm moves through South Carolina. The storm caused numerous traffic accidents and cut electric power to tens of thousands statewide. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Ice coats trees and the sign at the popular Broadway at the Beach tourist attraction in coastal vacation town of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 as a winter storm moves through South Carolina. The storm caused numerous traffic accidents and killed electric power to tens of thousands statewide. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A driver waits outside his vehicle on the Interstate 20 bridge, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Vicksburg, Miss. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday when an 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed into a railing. At least four other tractor-trailer rigs were involved in the accident. There was no immediate report on injuries. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Justin Sellers)
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Warren County Emergency Management director John Elfer speaks to the media local news after a multi-vehicle crash and chemical spill on the Interstate 20 bridge, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Vicksburg, Miss. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday when an 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed into a railing. At least four other tractor-trailer rigs were involved in the accident. There was no immediate report on injuries. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Justin Sellers)
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Vehicles line the Interstate 20 bridge after a multi-vehicle crash and chemical spill on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Vicksburg, Miss. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday when an 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed into a railing. At least four other tractor-trailer rigs were involved in the accident. There was no immediate report on injuries. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Justin Sellers)
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An icicle formed along an awning at a home Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Shreveport, La., after a winter blast hit the area causing power outages and making for hazardous driving conditions. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Douglas Collier) MAGS OUT;NO SALES: MANDATORY CREDIT SHREVEPORTTIMES.COM;
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Chris Harris of Shreveport, La., chips away at the ice that formed on his car Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Shreveport, La., after a winter blast hit the area causing power outages and making for hazardous driving conditions. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Douglas Collier) MAGS OUT;NO SALES: MANDATORY CREDIT SHREVEPORTTIMES.COM;
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A truck carrying salt and slag drives along a near empty road as a winter storm moves into the area in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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A Georgia DOT sign warns drivers of winter weather as they travel a bleak section of Hwy. 141 on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Norcross, Ga. The scene is the opposite of what drivers experienced two weeks ago when every major artery of metropolitan Atlanta was clogged during the last winter storm. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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In this image provided by the National Corvette Museum shows several cars that collapsed into a sinkhole Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Bowling Green, Ky. The museum said a total of eight cars were damaged when a sinkhole opened up early Wednesday morning inside the museum. (AP Photo/National Corvette Museum, HO)
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Several cars collapsed into a sinkhole on Feb. 12 at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. The museum said a total of eight cars were damaged when the sinkhole opened up inside the museum. (Associated Press/National Corvette Museum)
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Snow plows clear Interstate 75/85 on the downtown connector while transportation and business grinds to a halt during a winter storm on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Atlanta. Across the South, winter-weary residents woke up Wednesday to a region encased in ice, snow and freezing rain, with forecasters warning that the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm is yet to come. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
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A Fort Payne Public Works truck sands a hill on highway 35 at the top of Lookout Mountain Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014 in Fort Payne Ala. A winter storm warning covered almost the entire northern half of the state, and many schools and businesses were closed or opened late. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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Fort Payne Public Works employee Carl Prater uses a shovel to shift sand in the bed of his sand truck as they sand area roads Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014 in Fort Payne Ala. A winter storm warning covered almost the entire northern half of the state, and many schools and businesses were closed or opened late. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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Fort Payne Public Works employees prepare to put sand on icy roads atop Lookout Mountain Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014 in Fort Payne Ala. A winter storm warning covered almost the entire northern half of the state, and many schools and businesses were closed or opened late. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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Ice hangs from an ice machine Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014 in Fort Payne Ala. A winter storm warning covered almost the entire northern half of the state, and many schools and businesses were closed or opened late. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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A Fort Payne Public Works truck sands a section of Jeff Cook Parkway atop Lookout Mountain Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014 in Fort Payne Ala. A winter storm warning covered almost the entire northern half of the state, and many schools and businesses were closed or opened late. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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Heavy ice brings down pine trees in downtown Augusta, Ga., during a winter storm on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Across the South, winter-weary residents woke up Wednesday to a region encased in ice, snow and freezing rain, with forecasters warning that the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm is yet to come. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Michael Sullivan)
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Snow plows clear Interstate 75/85 on the downtown connector while transportation and business grinds to a halt during a winter storm on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Atlanta. Across the South, winter-weary residents woke up Wednesday to a region encased in ice, snow and freezing rain, with forecasters warning that the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm is yet to come. (AP Photo/David Tulis)