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Ice and snow melt as sunshine and warmer temperatures arrive in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday Jan 30, 2014. A winter storm paralyzed much of the south this week. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) NO SALES.

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Jim Messer, left, gets a jump from his brother, Roger Messer as he tries to get his car started after being forced to abandon the car due to icy road conditions on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Leeds, Ala. Thousands of vehicles still line the roadways around Alabama after a winter storm forced many to abandon their vehicles when it dumped several inches of ice and snow across Alabama. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Roger Messer, left, helps his brother, Jim Messer get his car started after being forced to abandon the car due to icy road conditions on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Leeds, Ala. Thousands of vehicles still line the roadways around Alabama after a winter storm forced many to abandon their vehicles. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program for the Department of Water Resources, walks leaves a snow covered meadow after the second snow survey of the year near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Despite the overnight snow storm the survey showed the snow depth at 12.4 inches with a water content of only 1.4 inches for this location at this time of the year. Gehrke said that while the recent snow fall will help, it is not enough to impact the water supply.(AP Photo)

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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program for the Department of Water Resources, right, outlines for reporters his findings after conducting the second snow survey of the year near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Despite the overnight snow storm the survey showed the snow depth at 12.4 inches with a water content of only 1.4 inches for this location at this time of the year. Gehrke said that while the recent snow fall will help, it is not enough to impact the water supply.(AP Photo)

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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program for the Department of Water Resources, weights the snow collected during the second snow survey of the year near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Despite the overnight snow storm the survey showed the snow depth at 12.4 inches with a water content of only 1.4 inches for this location at this time of the year. Gehrke said that while the recent snow fall will help, it is not enough to impact the water supply.(AP Photo)

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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the depth of the snow pack during the second snow survey of the year near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Despite the overnight snow storm the survey showed the snow depth at 12.4 inches with a water content of only 1.4 inches for this location at this time of the year. Gehrke said that while the recent snow fall will help, it is not enough to impact the water supply.(AP Photo)

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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program for the Department of Water Resources, walks through a snow covered meadow to conduct the second snow survey of the year near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Despite the overnight snow storm the survey showed the snow depth at 12.4 inches with a water content of only 1.4 inches for this location at this time of the year. Gehrke said that while the recent snow fall will help, it is not enough to impact the water supply.(AP Photo)